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Techniques are the easy part

Life in the clinic is the hard part

Ideally mentorship happens in clinic, in the hallway, and in between patients. Unfortunately, most PTs don’t get the mentorship they need. If you’ve been figuring it out on your own, join me here. Each week I share what took me nearly two decades to learn the hard way.

What the notes cover

The parts you figure out on your own

You can learn a technique in a weekend. The harder parts take longer, and most of us learn them alone.

Communication

I’ll share the words I’ve found that work: scripts you can use tomorrow, and how to develop your own.

Reasoning under uncertainty

Most con-ed tries to manufacture certainty, and it never quite works. I’ll teach you clinical reasoning that points the way forward, whatever the situation.

Structuring sessions

Excellent care in a poorly structured session can still leave patients unhappy and outcomes poor. I’ll show you how I structure mine for happier patients and better results.

Context and care

Patients judge your care by much more than technique: the room, how you move, how you explain. I’ll show you how to use these effects well and ethically, so good care works even better.

Hands beyond technique

Techniques are taught. Good hands are grown. I’ll show you how touch develops into a real skill, and how to use your hands for far more than techniques.

Building a career you love

Pursuing excellence, making a difference, getting paid well, and not burning out. They don’t have to compete. I’ll share how I’ve built a career that holds all four, including what hasn’t worked.

Who you’ll learn from

Cody Weisbach, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT

Hi, I’m Cody, a physical therapist in Boulder, Colorado. I have nearly 20 years of experience as a PT, mostly in outpatient orthopedics. I’ve worked in private practice, hospital based clinics, as a contractor, and as an independent cash-pay PT.

I’m board certified in orthopedics (OCS) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (FAAOMPT). I’ve taught spine, manual therapy, and headache and face pain in continuing education courses and DPT programs, and chaired the Manual Therapy SIG for APTA Massachusetts.

I’ve mentored all kinds of physical therapists, from first affiliation to year long interns to manual therapy fellowship candidates. And I’ve been a formal mentor to early career PTs in my clinics.

I was lucky to have strong mentors early on. The rest, the clinic taught me the hard way. Over the years, the thing other clinicians asked me about most wasn’t a technique. It was how I talk with patients, how I structure session, how to handle uncertainty, how to prevent (or handle) burnout, and how to build a career.

These days I run a hybrid practice, seeing patients one-on-one while teaching and writing. I’ll share how that’s going as it happens, including what isn’t working.

My aim is simple: teach you what I’ve had to learn through experience, so you can build a career you’re glad you chose.

Join me

Notes on the parts of clinical work you’d otherwise learn the hard way. Subscribers also get first access to free one-on-one mentorship conversations.