The Family Practice Podcast

In this episode, Dr. Tony Ebel shares his personal coaching journey—from early business-systems coaching to principled practice mentorship and later guidance to move into an all-cash family model. He explains how mismatched coaching led him “sideways,” including building an insurance-dependent million-dollar practice that felt stressful and unfulfilling, and why he sometimes sought coaching outside chiropractic. He presents a four-point checklist for choosing a chiropractic business coach: core values must align, the coach should still be in practice, the coach’s practice model must match yours (e.g., cash vs insurance; family vs musculoskeletal/modalities), and you shouldn’t outgrow the coach. 
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The Proven Path to a Thriving Family Practice
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Key Moments: 
01:09 Four Point Coach Test
02:14 Early Coaching Lessons
06:25 Shifting Practice Models
14:36 Outgrowing Chiropractic Coaching
23:12 Money Versus Mission
24:21 Philosophy Success
25:41 Vet Coaches Values
31:35 Modern Proof And Trends
34:25 Model Match Matters
39:05 When You Outgrow Coach
42:16 PX Mastermind And C Suite
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In this episode, Dr. Allie Wright interviews Dr. Ashley Bersani of Living Water Chiropractic about transitioning from being a practice owner and high-volume clinician to pregnancy and new motherhood. Dr. Ashley shares how she and her husband, Dr. Rudy built their practice over five years, expanded from two to five doctors, and used a team-based model to cover patient care when she physically had to stop adjusting about two months before birth. She explains logistical planning for maternity leave without paid time off, including over-hiring, budgeting, onboarding, transferring patient trust, and creating contingency plans around an unknown delivery date. Ashley discusses shifting into backend work, empathy changes as a mom, challenges with productivity, mom/doctor guilt, jealousy and loneliness, financial sacrifices, and her goal of a future hybrid schedule that supports both family and the practice team.
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FREE PX Trainings
The Proven Path to a Thriving Family Practice
How Data-Driven Chiros Are Dominating with Today's Parents
The NeuroAGE of Perinatal Chiropractic is Here
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Attend a Neuro-Tonal Certification & Adjusting Seminar (20 CEs!)
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Key Moments: 
01:09 Meet Dr Ashley Burani
02:32 Living Water Origin Story
03:43 Deciding To Have Kids
05:04 Hiring Parents As Associates
07:25 Pregnancy Tap Out Timing
09:05 Ergonomics Adjusting Tips
11:04 Maternity Leave Logistics
13:26 Time Off Return Plan
16:41 New Mom Doctor Empathy
20:18 Slowing Down From Hustle
21:39 Mom Guilt Balance Seasons
24:37 Sacrifices, Money, & Loneliness
28:41 Ideal Hybrid Schedule
30:00 Advice For Doc Moms
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Dr. Matt Hill hosts The Family Practice Podcast and argues that scanning technology is a major retention tool when used consistently beyond initial care, citing PWC’s retention and PVA increase after improving scan frequency in wellness. He explains using Insight scans to objectively measure nervous system function and the three progressive stages of subluxation—sympathetic dominance, neurological dysregulation, and neurological exhaustion—then reviews what thermal (NCM and DTG), EMG (total energy, pattern, symmetry), and HRV scans measure and how they relate to these stages. He outlines common scan communication mistakes (overwhelming detail, relying on colors alone, not leading expectations, scanning only early, expecting linear improvement) and a retention framework emphasizing day-two foundations, teaching changeability, predicting healing phases, consistent progress exams, and using stability milestones to set new goals.
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Links & Resources: 
FREE PX Trainings
The Proven Path to a Thriving Family Practice
How Data-Driven Chiros Are Dominating with Today's Parents
The NeuroAGE of Perinatal Chiropractic is Here
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Attend a Neuro-Tonal Certification & Adjusting Seminar (20 CEs!)
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Key Moments: 
01:18 Scans Drive Retention
05:31 Bridge Beyond Symptoms
08:46 Stages of Subluxation
13:24 Why Stages Matter
15:16 Three Scan Overview
16:08 Thermal Scan Basics
17:43 DTG Chronicity Clues
20:57 EMG Neuro Lens
25:03 EMG Diaschisis Explained
27:07 HRV Explained Simply
28:16 HRV Zones and Stress Types
29:46 Kids and Susceptibility
30:19 Using HRV in Care Plans
31:53 Five Scan Communication Mistakes
36:57 Scan in Wellness Too
40:16 Retention Framework Five Phases
41:00 Teach Changeability Not Perfection
42:05 Predict the Healing Journey
44:15 Progress Exams That Retain
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In this episode of the Family Practice Podcast, Dr. Tony Ebel breaks down the three tiers of clinic ownership that ultimately determine your growth, your stress levels, and your long-term sustainability. Using a powerful construction analogy, you’ll start to see exactly why so many chiropractors get stuck—and what it actually takes to move beyond it.
He walks through the progression from hands-on “worker,” to overwhelmed “foreman,” to true “general contractor”—and why most docs plateau (or burn out) in that middle stage. More importantly, he unpacks how to start making the shift: building systems, developing leaders, tracking the right metrics, and creating a practice that runs with clarity instead of chaos.
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Links & Resources: 
FREE PX Trainings
The Proven Path to a Thriving Family Practice
How Data-Driven Chiros Are Dominating with Today's Parents
The NeuroAGE of Perinatal Chiropractic is Here
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Attend a Neuro-Tonal Certification & Adjusting Seminar (20 CEs!)
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Key Moments: 
01:19 Why Burnout Isn’t What You Think
02:51 The 3 Tiers That Define Your Practice Growth
04:23 The Analogy That Changes Everything
08:07 Tier 1: Why Hustle Has a Ceiling
11:11 Tier 2: The Hidden Stress Most Docs Get Stuck In
17:43 Where You Actually Sit (And Why It Matters)
22:10 Systems vs. Chaos: The Turning Point
25:34 The Foreman Trap That Keeps You Stuck
31:17 The Leap to Tier 3 (What It Really Takes)
34:08 Scaling 3–10x Without Burning Out
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In this episode Dr. Tony Ebel presents a technical case study of Amelie, a 4-year-old with level 3 non-speaking regressive autism, meltdowns with self-injury, severe sensory and emotional dysregulation, constipation, poor growth, and sleep disruption, following high-stress pregnancy during COVID, emergency C-section with cord entanglement and meconium, early infancy stress signs, and regression at 15 months. He describes how subluxation is the foundational neurological dysfunction and identifies integrative therapies as addressing compensations. Using scan interpretation (including counter-torque asymmetry and transition-zone exhaustion), intensive twice-daily, sequenced technique selection led to major improvements in sleep, movement, regulation, social engagement, and emerging communication, with later addition of PT/OT/speech as adjuncts. A true deep dive into clinical mastery. Get your notebooks ready!
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Links & Resources: 
FREE PX Trainings
The Proven Path to a Thriving Family Practice
How Data-Driven Chiros Are Dominating with Today's Parents
The NeuroAGE of Perinatal Chiropractic is Here
Join 1,000+ Docs in the PX Membership 
Attend a Neuro-Tonal Certification & Adjusting Seminar (20 CEs!)
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Key Moments: 
04:09 Why Subluxation Comes First
07:50 From Autism to Family Practice
10:23 Learn Through Case Studies
12:42 Certainty Science and Scans
19:34 Adjusting Sequence Mastery
28:21 Clinical Summary Begins
31:03 Birth Trauma Breakdown
32:11 Regression and Dysregulation Signs
32:58 Subluxation Stages Explained
33:29 Why Insight Scans Matter
36:24 Scan Findings Asymmetry
38:32 Care Plan and Technique
42:52 Tracking Changes and Progress
48:53 Adjunct Therapies Timing
51:02 Seven Keys to Results
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