Practice & Career
2 tools · 4 guides · 4 comparisons · 10 pages
What clinicians earn, what a visit costs, what a new clinic needs on paper and which system to run it on.
The business and career side of rehab. Pay figures on this shelf come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and are read on the date each page shows; nothing here is a survey we ran. Start with the physical therapist salary guide or the chiropractor salary guide if you are weighing a job, and with the visit fee calculator if you are pricing your own.
The comparisons set neighbouring professions side by side, from physical therapy vs chiropractic to OT vs PT and athletic trainers vs PTs: training, scope, where each works and how each is billed.
Tools
Guides
Physical therapist salary
National and state pay for physical therapists, straight from BLS data.
9 min read
PracticePhysical therapist assistant salary
PTA pay, the gap to PT pay, and where the highest-paying settings are.
8 min read
PracticeChiropractor salary
What chiropractors earn employed versus in their own practice.
8 min read
PracticeChiropractic marketing
The channels that fill a chiropractic schedule, ranked by cost per new patient.
10 min read
Comparisons
Physical therapy vs chiropractor
Training, scope, what a visit looks like and which one to see first.
PracticeChiropractic EHR software
What a chiropractic EHR must do (region notes, the AT modifier) and how it is priced.
PracticeOccupational therapy vs physical therapy
What each treats, the degree each needs, pay, and how Medicare bills them apart.
PracticeAthletic trainer vs physical therapist
Degree, exam, settings, pay and Medicare billing, and where the two hand off.
