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Want to hear how one physical therapist made an extra $140k in 9 months?

Me too, that’s why I had to do this interview.

Listen-in to find out how a simple training course in diagnostic imaging can add a 3x multiplier to what your physical therapy practice is earning…

In this episode I interview Dr. Dimitrios Kostopolous, co-founder of Hands On Diagnostic Services.

Dimitrios dreams of helping physical therapists create their own autonomous practices—practices with better than decent incomes, excellent professional contacts, and valuable technical skills. To make this less of a dream and more of a reality, Dimitrios and his team offer a professional training course in EMG and ultrasound imaging that’s unlike any other…

Through traditional avenues, the training required to become proficient in this type of medical imaging costs thousands of dollars and takes 3-4 years. It’s a serious investment of both time and money that’s cost-prohibitive for most physical therapists—especially those with a small practice to run!

Unfortunately, without top-of-the-line diagnostic imaging equipment (and the technical skills to operate it), physical therapists can’t give patients the type of definitive diagnosis necessary to recommend a truly effective course of treatment, thereby extending healing and recovery times.

That’s why it’s so fantastic to see Dimitrios’ team has come up with a way to help physical therapists bring diagnostic imaging to their practices more efficiently. Hands On is breaking new ground by offering diagnostic imaging training that’s broken into five, three-day modules.

Following each intense, three-day training session, the Hands On team continues to mentor and guide their students, but outside the classroom within the students’ own practice. By promoting learning in this way, Hands On builds a familial relationship with their students, and prevents them from ever feeling overwhelmed or uncertain about how to performing diagnostic imaging tests.

“We’re a big family—we [want to] bring everyone who’s trained with us together,” explains Dimitrios.

Now, before listening to this episode, I want you to think about these four questions:



* Could my practice benefit from another revenue stream?

* Can I spare five, three-day blocks in a year to train?

* Do I want to grow my referrals or my income?

* How do my staff and I feel about learning a new skill?



Have your answers?—great. Now tune-in to learn more about diagnostic imaging and what it can do for your physical therapy business.

00:00:40 – Joe’s introduction

00:01:00 – Dimitrios is the founder of Hands On Diagnostic Services

00:01:55 – Welcoming Dimitrios to the show

00:04:15 – How can physical therapists benefit from using EMG?

00:06:15 – “All the EMG tests we can talk about are useful for physical therapists”

00:06:50 – Medicare will reimburse physical therapists for performing these tests

00:08:15 – Why aren’t more physical therapists performing these tests?

00:08:45 – In a traditional education model, it takes a few years of time and money to learn to carry out these tests

00:09:40 – Dimitrios has developed a training model that teaches therapists to carry out simple tests with just a short training course