The Performance Rehab Authority

This episode is for US outpatient rehab clinicians (PTs and rehab chiros, ~2–10+ years in) who feel burned out, dread complex evals (especially low backs), and secretly worry they’re still guessing even when patients improve. Deidre talks about going from “some people get better and I don’t know why” and not wanting to go to work, to having a clear system where she looks forward to low-back evals and can answer patient questions with confidence. It shows skeptical, cost-conscious clinicians what actually changes when you have a repeatable clinical reasoning framework instead of another random weekend course.If you’re a rehab clinician who dreads complex evals and feels like you’re still guessing years into practice, this will feel uncomfortably familiar.Deidre went from “some patients get better and I don’t know why” to actually looking forward to low-back evals because she finally had a system.In this episode, you’ll learn:How “patients get better and I don’t know why” quietly destroys your confidence.Why talking to 10–15 year PTs who feel the same can kill your hope.How PRA gave her a step-by-step clinical reasoning framework instead of more random techniques.The specific shift that made her look forward to low-back evals instead of dreading them.How she uses Day-1 education (bed, car, house tasks) to change outcomes fast.Why she now sees patients as teammates in the plan of care, not people she has to “fix”.Her honest take on cost, “this might be a scam,” and what changed in her first week using PRA.

This episode is for outpatient PTs and rehab chiros who left insurance, opened their own clinic, and are now realizing that “being good in-network” isn’t enough when people pay top dollar and expect real answers. Jared shares how he went from drowning in enthusiasm but guessing on complex cases to using a clear evaluation system that lets him confidently call neck-driven elbows, get “first time I’m not in pain in 8 months” texts, and fill his practice almost entirely by word-of-mouth. It shows clinicians how tightening their eval and reasoning can reduce imposter syndrome, improve outcomes, and directly drive business growth and expansion.If you left insurance thinking private practice would “fix it,” but still feel like you’re guessing in evals, this story will hit home. Jared was the “favorite PT” in-network, then opened his own clinic and realized that bar was way too low.In this episode you’ll learn:How seeing 100+ patients per week in-network pushed him to the edge and into starting his own clinic.Why being “good” in the insurance world didn’t translate to confidence when people were paying him directly.The moment he realized he didn’t need another treatment trick… he needed a real evaluation system.How he now quickly spots when “elbow pain” is really a neck problem and saves months of frustration.The texts he gets like “first time I haven’t been in pain in 8 months” and how that changed his belief in himself.How tightening his clinical reasoning filled his schedule without ads and let him expand into a second space.