PRIVATE PRACTICE – Partnering for Profit: Transform Your PT Practice Through Strategic Partnerships

This course was recorded live on June 24, 2025

Course level: Intermediate

Want to grow your physical therapy practice without spending a fortune on marketing? Discover how strategic partnerships can become your most powerful tool for sustainable growth. In this interactive session, you'll learn proven strategies to build profitable alliances that consistently drive new referrals to your clinic.

Through an interactive case study and real-world examples, you'll gain practical insights that you can implement immediately in your practice. You'll also leave equipped with a ready-to-use template for pitching your ideal partner and strategies for nurturing and growing your partnerships.

Key takeaways:

Find and approach ideal partners in your community
Understand win-win partnership agreements that drive mutual growth
Transform casual relationships into reliable revenue streams
Develop sustainable growth strategies through strategic collaborations

This session is perfect for clinic owners who want to scale their practice and create lasting growth through powerful partnerships. Whether you're struggling to maintain a steady flow of referrals or looking to expand your practice's reach, this session will provide you with the tools and strategies needed to thrive in today's competitive healthcare landscape. Join us to unlock the collaborative advantage your practice needs and discover how strategic partnerships can become your secret weapon for success.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

Recognize the importance of partnerships for physical therapy practice growth.
Identify key strategies for creating partnerships using proven frameworks and templates.
Describe best practices for sustaining profitable partnerships.
Apply real-world examples of successful partnerships to your practice.

Karen Litzy

PT, DPT

Karen Litzy Physical Therapy, PLLC

Dr. Karen Litzy, PT, DPT is a licensed physical therapist, international speaker and owner of Karen Litzy Physical Therapy, PLLC.

As the host of Healthy Wealthy & Smart, a top 200 podcast on Apple Podcasts, she has interviewed influencers in the worlds of health, medicine, and entrepreneurship. She also shares how she has prevailed with her own experience of chronic pain.

Karen’s expertise has been featured in The Washington Post, Time Magazine, Well + Good, and more. She was recently added to the Medical Advisory Board of Prevention Magazine.

No financial relationships to disclose.

Stephanie Weyrauch, PT, DPT,

Dr. Stephanie Weyrauch is a self-employed physical therapist at Movement X in Billings, MT. She received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy and Master of Science in Clinical Investigation from Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Weyrauch has served in multiple leadership roles within the American Physical Therapy Association, currently serving as Chair of the APTA Nominating Committee. She has also served on the APTA Private Practice Nominating Committee, the Marketing and Public Relations Committee, and the Leadership Development Task Force. Dr. Weyrauch is a highly sought-after speaker and consultant specializing in burnout, generational issues, leadership, and injury prevention programs within the workplace. Her expertise has been featured in various media outlets, including NPR, Kaiser Health News, Glamour, Life Hacker, Private Practice Impact Magazine, and NBC News.

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

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