Creating Success By Starting a Chiropractic Business

Business Overview:

If you have worked hard enough to earn your Doctor of Chiropractic degree, then you owe it to yourself to consider starting a chiropractic business. Though practicing chiropractic on your own can be rewarding and profitable, starting a chiropractic business, in which you operate more as business owner and manager than as pure chiropractor, can be your ticket to financial and personal freedom. To get started with this business idea, you will need very solid chiropractic business plans, which should include an ideal location for your business, a strong staff of practitioners, and an identifiable specialty such as pediatric or sports-oriented chiropractic medicine. Once you get your business up and running, you will be involved in the hiring and managing of employees, the advertising and financial aspects of the business, and the larger operational and public image-related components of the enterprise. If your initial venture is a success, you can easily consider opening another location and operating it in the same capacity—you run the business while your chiropractors treat patients. The key to your success will be your ability to manage your business and your employees effectively.

A Day in the Life of a Chiropractic Business Owner:

Assuming you have only one business at the start, your typical day will revolve around all the business aspects of that location. First and foremost, you must ensure that your chiropractors are on the same page as you are when it comes to their practice. In other words, in order to build your business image, your chiropractors must support and practice your philosophy so that your patients know what to expect consistently from your business, no matter which doctor they see. You will also want to spend a bit of time each day keeping up with the marketing of your business and the expenses and profits to be sure your business thrives.

About Your Customers:

Your customers will be multiplied exponentially beyond those you could see as a practitioner. They will be those individuals who believe that chiropractic medicine will enable them to lead healthier lives. They will seek out your business based on advertisements or referrals and will remain patients if they like the way they are treated by your practice.

What You Need to Start:

• A Doctor of Chiropractic degree
• A prime location for your business
• Solid business plans
• Business insurance
• Advertising
• Employees

The Good:

• You can earn a very good living managing a chiropractic business.
• It can be rewarding running a business that helps people feel better.
• You can employ fellow chiropractors who share your medical philosophy.
• The business is scalable and can grow to multiple locations.

The Bad:

• The practice of chiropractic medicine comes with high malpractice insurance costs that you must prepare for in advance.
• With the increased acceptance of chiropractic medicine, there might be a fair number of competitors to contend with.

Resources:

• The American Chiropractic Association
• International Chiropractors Association
• Bureau of Labor Statistics on Chiropractors
• Wikipedia on Chiropractors

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