CF 353: Head And Neck Cancer & Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Today we’re going to talk about Head And Neck Cancer & Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy But first, here’s that sweet sweet bumper music

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Now if you missed last week’s episode, we talked about PT In The ER & Back Pain And Mortality. Make sure you don’t miss that info. Keep up with the class.

On the personal end of things…..

Well, let’s see, what’s up this week? I think we’re picking up a little. We had 155 chiro visits last week and being a Monday when I’m sitting down and thinking about all this, we have 47 today which includes 3 new patients and 4 re-exams so we’re looking pretty good. At the moment Monday morning, we have 134 set up for the whole week. Some will fall off and some will hop onto the schedule.

That’s just the deal but Wednesday folks will re-book on Friday and Tuesday folks will re-book on Thursday or Friday so I’m betting we wind up back around the 150-155 mark if not more. We shall see. The story is that I’m still not where I was prior to COVID which is super frustrating. Back then I was around 180-200 per week. Which if I’m being honest, is too much for me. I’m too old for that. I’m actually pretty happy with 155-165. But, have you considered your future? I know two folks with two different stories I’ll share.

One worked his whole life until he was diagnosed with cancer when he was in his 60s. He didn’t have an exit plan. He ended up passing away and his practice at that point was worthless and there was nothing to sell. Nothing. I don’t want that for you. The other died in his office working at about 75 or 80 years old. Now, this guy, I don’t believe in bad shape financially. I think he loved his job. But I also don’t want you forced into working into your 70s or 80s because you have failed to plan and you don’t have an exit plan.

So, start at the end and work backward. What do you want your retirement to look like? What age would you like to retire? I’d recommend getting a wealth planner to help you plan it out, set goals, and keep you on track to reaching those goals. How much do you have to make and how much do you need to be investing monthly? What other talents and skills do you have that can hurry up your plans? I promise you have knowledge that nobody else has. Write books, become a speaker, release online courses, podcasts, etc. Become the expert and monetize it. Real estate is a good investment. Lots of things that can be done that give you better returns than just doing the stock market alone.

These things can get you there quicker. One thing I’ll share is to make sure your clinic is sellable when you’re ready to sell one day. If you name the clinic ‘My Last Name Chiropractic’…..trust me if your last name is Williams, someone named Pavlochek doesn’t love the name ‘Williams Chiropractic’. If you’ve made the whole thing about you (and sometimes it’s really hard to not be about you), then when someone else comes in, trust fades. A lot of what we do in my clinic is ME centered but I advertise and promote our medical team a lot, acupuncture, massage, exercise/rehab and all that because I can’t have it being all about me. And when we find an associate that wants to make Amarillo and my clinic their home, you better believe we’re promoting the crap out of that associate. Before they even start. You won’t see my face on much if anything.

These are things that make your clinic more sellable. That’s why mine is called Creek Stone Integrated Medical….because I don’t want to be the focus. As a result, we are in talks with a private equity investment group to sell 60% of our clinic which will pay me a salary plus my commission plus the buyout. Then, I can get an associate, and then once they’re busy and profitable, get another associate.

That system sets up redundancy. If one leaves, the remaining associate can step up and train the next that we hire without me needing to be in the mix. Plus, we’ll be adding a PT soon so, with a nurse prac, a PT, an acupuncturis...