The PT Assistants

They Shut the Clinic Down on My Birthday

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Starting an LLC as a PTA, treating blind patients in home health, and what a startup shutdown looks like from the inside — Kenny covers two years of non-traditional career moves in one episode.

Kenny left his first outpatient clinic for a startup, moved into an unexpected clinical director role when one of the owners left, and then watched the whole thing shut down in 30 days — on his birthday. From there he turned down three job offers and started his own LLC as a home health contractor while navigating new fatherhood.

In this episode:

  • What treating a 100% blind home health patient actually looks like — no demonstrations, all verbal and tactile cues
  • The flexibility scales: why inconsistent income can be worth it when you have a family to work around
  • What starting an LLC as a PTA actually involves, and what nobody teaches you in school
  • The mortgage reveal: the one thing he wishes someone had warned him about before he became tax-efficient as an LLC contractor

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    Timestamps:

    (0:00) Two years ago, a job, a newborn, and a clinic that shut down
    (0:30) Intro — back after hiatus
    (1:30) Why he left — startup leap
    (2:50) Co-owner split, Kenny steps up
    (5:30) The shutdown — 30-day notice
    (8:00) Job search — three offers
    (10:30) Decision to start LLC
    (16:30) Home health — day to day
    (17:30) Treating a 100% blind patient
    (19:30) New grads and home health
    (21:00) Flexibility — why he stayed
    (25:00) Fatherhood and the clinician
    (29:00) Business literacy, ceilings for PTAs
    (30:00) The mortgage reveal
    (33:00) Still happy being a PTA?

     

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    The PT AssistantsBy Ken, PTA & Laura, PTA