STA131 ’Have Your Say’ - Preparing Your Clinic for 2023

Happy New Year! As it’s the first Tuesday of the month, we bring you a 'HAVE YOUR SAY' episode in which host Matt Phillips is joined in the studio by soft tissue therapists to discuss real issues that affect our industry, with a particular focus in this episode on how soft tissue therapists can/should be preparing their business & clinic for the coming year. To help us, we are also joined by Tim Allaryce, Group Clinical Director, Founder of RehabMyPatient and NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur. Guests in this episode:  Gary Benson - Founder of the Sports Therapy Association (STA) Catherine Rimer - STA Regional rep for Leeds/West Yorkshire Nicki Mansfield of Mansfield Massage & Movement in St Ives, Canbridgeshire  Scott Loynes:  Regional Rep Co-ordinator STA North East and Yorkshire Tim Allaryce: Founder of RehabMyPatient and NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur   Topics discussed: 8:23 - Is 2023 going to be a difficult year for Soft Tissue Therapists? 11:30 - The value that Membership Associations will play in 2023 14:50 - Catherine Rimer: the worry of high expenses 17:14 - Tim Allardyce: how to keep expenses low 20:50 - Gary Benson: Viability Studies 22:05 - Nicki Mansfield: moving home & having a vision 25:40 - Tim Allardyce: is now a time to put prices up? 30:30 - Scott Loynes: Coffee Morning Chats for STA members 38:20 - Gary Benson: tips for vision and the prices we charge 44:30 - Nicki Mansfield: skills & specialisms 49:05 - Should soft tissue therapists have websites? 57:10 - Soft tissue therapists preparing for 2023: top tips      Useful Links: Tim Allardyce Website: Surrey Physio Rehab My Patient Clinical Software STA Website Our sincere thanks to al of the STA regional reps & members who joined us for this episode, as well as the great Tim Allardyce of Rehab My Patient and everyone who tuned in live to watch the recording.  Want to join the live recordings? Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available. Please Support Our Podcast! If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes. Questions? Email: [email protected]