PT Pintcast - Physical Therapy
by Jimmy McKay, PT, DPT | Physical Therapy Podcast
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Your Google Reviews Are a Gold Mine. Start Digging.
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About this podcast
PT Pintcast is a physical therapy podcast featuring conversations with physical therapists, clinic owners, educators, and leaders shaping the future of physical therapy.
Hosted by Jimmy McKay, PT, DPT, PT Pintcast blends real talk, big ideas, and practical insight on clinical care, business, culture, and where physical therapy is headed next. If a TED Talk and a radio show had a baby and raised it in a physical therapy clinic, this would be it.
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- Your Google Reviews Are a Gold Mine. Start Digging. · 52 minYour Google Reviews Are a Gold Mine. Start Digging. PT Breakfast Club | October 8, 2026 Featuring Jimmy McKay, Dave Kittle, and Tony Maritato What if your physical therapy…
- $7,000, Six LinkedIn Posts, One New PT Hire · 47 min$7,000, Six LinkedIn Posts, One New PT Hire PT Breakfast Club | Jimmy McKay, Dave Kittle & Tony Maritato Finding and hiring great physical therapists is one of the biggest…
- If Physical Therapy Is for Everyone, Who Are You Actually Talking To? · 59 minPhysical therapy is for everyone. But if your marketing is for everyone, who exactly are you talking to? On the first day of Physical Therapy Month, Jimmy McKay, Tony Meritato…
- Understand What Game You’re Playing: Barnes & Noble, AI and the Future of PT · 55 minWhat does Barnes & Noble have to do with the future of physical therapy? More than you might think. Barnes & Noble couldn't compete with Amazon by simply offering more books. So…
- Stop Overthinking Content. Start Getting Reps. · 1 h 1 minYou probably don’t need another camera. You probably don’t need a better microphone. And you definitely don’t need to wait until your content is perfect. You need reps. On this…
- Stop Waiting for Perfect · 57 minWhat if the biggest thing holding your clinic back isn’t a lack of ideas? It’s waiting until the idea feels safe. Jimmy McKay, Tony Maritato and Dave Kittle bounce from Airbnb…
- Your PT Job Ad Is Probably Selling the Wrong Thing · 46 minWhat if the goal of your next physical therapy job ad wasn’t to attract more people? What if it was to repel almost everyone except the few clinicians who would actually love…
- Your Practice Sale Starts Years Before You Sell · 34 minYour Practice Sale Starts Years Before You Sell Most physical therapy practice owners think about selling their business when they’re ready to sell. Paul Martin thinks that’s…
- PTs Are Overthinking Everything · 35 minAre physical therapists spending too much time optimizing things that barely matter? Jimmy McKay and Tony Maritato start with the growing backlash against AI-generated content…
- The Cost of Swinging the Bat Is Almost Zero · 57 minAI has made experimentation cheap. So why are we still acting like every idea costs $5,000? On this episode of PT Breakfast Club, Jimmy McKay and Tony Maritato start with the…
- Why PT Clinics Feel Broken: Hiring, Efficiency and the Race to the Bottom · 52 minWhy do physical therapy clinics feel broken even when everyone seems to be working harder? On this episode of PT Breakfast Club, Jimmy McKay, Tony Maritato, and Dave Kittle dig…
- Do you own a business or just a job? · 46 minShould physical therapists be the only people who own physical therapy clinics? In this episode of PT Breakfast Club, Jimmy McKay and Tony Maritato dig into the business of…
- State Boards Are Coming for PT Packages · 58 minCan cash-pay physical therapy clinics sell packages? In this episode of PT Breakfast Club, Tony Maritato, Dave Kittle, and Jimmy McKay react to recent discussion around state PT…
- Your One-Star Review Is Content · 51 minWhat if your one-star review is not a disaster? What if it is actually one of the clearest ways to show people what your clinic stands for? In this episode of PT Breakfast…
- Can Cash Pay PT Actually Scale? · 55 minWhat if the future of physical therapy is not just more visits, more units, and more productivity pressure? In this episode of PT Breakfast Club, Tony Maritato, Dave Kittle, and…
- The Therapist Who Took the Interview While Driving · 59 minWhat matters more in a physical therapy hire: clinical skill, reliability, values, or fit? In this episode of PT Breakfast Club, Dave Kittle and Tony Maritato talk through the…
- John Gallucci: You’re Never Smarter Than the Curve · 30 minJohn Gallucci, CEO of JAG Physical Therapy, joins PT Pintcast for a conversation about business, failure, community, mentorship, branding, and building a physical therapy company…
- Make 100 Mediocre Things! · 58 minYour clinic is already full of content. You just may not be noticing it. In this episode of PT Breakfast Club, Tony Maritato and Jimmy McKay dig into what is actually working in…
- The Apple Pie Lesson for PT Clinics · 57 minIs physical therapy school still worth it? In this episode of PT Breakfast Club, Jimmy McKay joins from the APTA Connecticut golf fundraiser at Lyman Orchards, where every round…
- Payment, Reimbursement, and Grandpa the Mailbox Guy · 1 h 1 minThis episode of PT Breakfast Club starts with Jimmy McKay reporting from Prompt HQ after a trip to Portland for APTA’s Payment Summit and House of Delegates. Jimmy explains how…
- What’s Your Clinic’s Zip Line? · 52 minWhat does Sophie Cunningham have to do with physical therapy? More than you might think. In this episode of PT Breakfast Club, Tony Maritato, Dave Kittle, and Jimmy McKay start…
- The Business Model Behind the Care · 57 minWhat if physical therapy is not bad at care, but bad at naming, packaging, and selling the thing patients actually want? In this episode of PT Breakfast Club, Jimmy McKay, Tony…
- The PT Profession Has a Math Problem · 1 h 1 minPhysical therapy has always told students some version of the same story: Work hard. Get the degree. Help people. There will be a job waiting. But what happens when the math…
- Would You Do PT Again? · 1 h 0 minWould you become a physical therapist again? That question sits underneath this episode of PT Breakfast Club with Jimmy McKay, Tony Maritato, and Dave Kittle. The conversation…
- Stop Making the EMR Suck Less · 55 minThis episode of PT Breakfast Club starts with a simple question: What should an EMR actually do? Tony Maritato and Jimmy McKay discuss the divide between the clinical and…
- Understand What Game You’re Playing · 56 minToday on PT Breakfast Club, we’re talking physical therapy business, cash PT positioning, fall recovery, and the uncomfortable question: are trainers reaching patients better…
- The Messy Middle Between Physical Therapy and Fitness | Sean Pastuch · 43 minBeing medically cleared does not always mean someone feels capable of returning to the life they actually want. In this episode of PT Pintcast, Jimmy McKay sits down with Dr…
- The Golden Mile Problem: Money, PR, and Why AI Still Needs You · 52 minDave Kittle and Tony Maritato open with a prediction: Sophie Cunningham becomes the WNBA's first billionaire — not from basketball, but from the same social-media gravity that's…
- Burnout, Better Jobs, and the PT Social Media Game · 1 h 0 minOn this episode of PT Breakfast Club, Jimmy McKay, Tony Maritato, and Dave Kittle unpack one of the profession’s loudest conversations: burnout. But instead of stopping at “PTs…
- How Physical Therapists Can Turn Content Into Patients, Income and Opportunity · 27 minPhysical therapists spend years learning how to help people—but almost no time learning how to reach them. Jimmy McKay is joined by Tony Maritato and Dave Kittle to unpack what…
- Why Patients Quit PT After Visit 3 · 59 minThis week on PT Breakfast Club, Jimmy McKay and Dave Kittle start with a simple patient text exchange and end up inside one of the biggest problems in physical therapy…
- Why Most PT Ads Don’t Work · 29 minThis week on PT Breakfast Club, Tony Maritato, Dave Kittle, and Jimmy McKay look at a real physical therapy Instagram ad and ask a simple question: Would this actually make…
- Physical Therapists Need to Stop Selling Visits · 1 h 2 minPhysical therapists keep saying they provide value — but then many clinics hand patients a confusing menu of visits, rates, packages, discounts, weekday pricing, weekend pricing…
- What PT Clinics Can Learn From Amazon Prime Day · 36 minIn this episode of PT Breakfast Club, Jimmy McKay, Tony Maritato, and Dave Kittle look outside healthcare to ask a practical clinic question: what are other industries doing to…
- Stop Pricing Physical Therapy Like Billing Codes · 1 h 0 minThis episode of PT Breakfast Club is a practical conversation about value, access, content, and revenue in physical therapy. Jimmy McKay, Tony Maritato, and Dave Kittle start…
- Content Is Not The Business. Patients Are. · 1 h 1 minThis episode is a practical clinic-owner conversation about marketing that actually has a job to do. Jimmy McKay, Dave Kittle, and Tony Maritato talk through content creation…
- Chronic Pain Isn’t What You Think It Is · 39 minChronic pain patients are some of the toughest cases in physical therapy—not because they’re complicated, but because they’re often misunderstood. In this episode, we break down…
- What a Rock Radio DJ Learned That Every PT Needs to Hear · 30 minMost episodes, Jimmy McKay is the one asking the questions. Not this time. In this episode, Amit Gagliani flips the script and turns the mic on the host himself — using…
- Why PTs Are Underpaid (And What To Do About It) · 47 minMost physical therapists don’t have a clinical problem — they have a business model problem. In this episode, Jimmy sits down with Courtney Morse to unpack what happens when you…
- PT Burnout Isn’t What You Think · 36 minBurnout in physical therapy isn’t just about workload—it’s about how clinicians process stress over time. In this episode, Jimmy talks with Charles Inniss about why optimism is…
- Decision Fatigue Is Costing Your Clinic More Than You Think · 1 h 0 minDecision fatigue isn’t just a mindset issue—it’s a business problem. In this episode, Jimmy, Tony, and Dave break down how hesitation around hiring, outsourcing, and systems…
- Why Doing Less Makes Your PT Clinic More Profitable · 56 minThis episode challenges one of the biggest assumptions in physical therapy: that offering more services leads to better outcomes and business growth. Instead, the conversation…
- Why Insurance PT Models Are Breaking Down · 50 minThis episode dives into one of the biggest shifts happening in physical therapy right now: the gap between what patients need and what insurance allows. Jimmy, Tony, and Dave…
- If You Can’t Prove It, Stop Doing It · 45 minMost physical therapy clinics don’t have a marketing problem—they have a measurement problem. In this episode, Jimmy and Andrea break down why marketing often gets labeled as a…
- Communication Skills PTs Need But Don’t Learn · 32 minThis episode dives into one of the biggest frustrations in physical therapy: feeling unheard at work. Rebecca Griffith breaks down how to communicate with leadership, advocate…
- AI in PT Clinics: What Actually Works · 15 minThis episode breaks down how AI is being used inside real physical therapy clinics—not as hype, but as a tool to improve operations. The biggest mistake clinics make is treating…
- Why PT Clinics Are Missing the Biggest Opportunity · 1 h 0 minThis episode explores how AI, business strategy, and human relationships intersect in physical therapy—and what clinic owners should actually do about it. Key Insights: • AI can…
- You’re Not Stuck: Rethinking Your PT Career · 16 minMost physical therapists think their career path is set the moment they graduate. This episode challenges that idea. Elana Yavetz shares how she transitioned from clinical…
- Volume vs Value: The Future of PT Clinics · 53 minIn this episode of PT Pintcast, we unpack a major shift happening inside the physical therapy profession: the growing divide between high-volume clinics and high-value, premium…
- The 90-Day Content Plan for Clinics · 58 minMost clinic marketing isn’t failing because of effort—it’s failing because it’s irrelevant. In this episode, Jimmy and Andrea break down why traditional approaches (press…
