🔥 If you’re a Medical Exercise Professional looking to sharpen your skills, deepen your confidence, and master the application of medical exercise — clear your calendar for June 28–29, 2025.

Because something monumental is happening in Houston, TX — and it’s the kind of opportunity that comes once in a lifetime.

🚨 This Is It: Dr. Mike’s Final Onsite Teaching Year

After 31 years of empowering professionals, transforming practices, and helping build the global standard for post-rehab exercise training, Dr. Mike will teach his final onsite Medical Exercise Specialist (MES) Workshop in 2025. And Houston is where it all began.

This isn’t just a workshop — it’s the culmination of decades of knowledge, refined into a high-impact, hands-on weekend experience.

💡 What Makes This Workshop So Special?

This is the only in-person opportunity to apply the 54-lesson MES online training series in a fully immersive setting. Hosted in a state-of-the-art corporate fitness facility, you’ll spend two ...

Hey there, fellow Medical Exercise Professionals! Are you tired of being the best-kept secret in healthcare? Do you dream of a thriving practice fueled by consistent, quality referrals from doctors, therapists, and chiropractors? Then you absolutely need to tune into the "Make Your Medical Exercise Training Practice Referral Ready in 30 Days" challenge!

While Dr. Mike took a moment off from the 30-day challenge to celebrate a very important birthday (happy birthday to his wife!), he dropped a powerful summary of the foundational first five days, and let me tell you, it's gold! This isn't just about getting referrals; it's about building genuine relationships where you're communicating with medical professionals and even referring clients to them.

Let's recap the crucial steps we've covered in the first five days – steps designed to lay the groundwork for a truly referral-ready practice:

• Day 1: Clarify Your Niche! You need to be crystal clear on what your niche or niches are. The r
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Medical Exercise Specialists, when it comes to growing a referral-ready medical exercise practice, one of the biggest mistakes professionals make is marketing to everyone — and connecting with no one. You don’t need to reach every doctor in your area. You need to reach the right ones.

Defining your ideal referral sources is a strategic step in becoming visible and valuable to medical professionals who already serve the types of patients you help most.

Why It Matters

Medical doctors, orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, and chiropractors are often on the front lines of care. They see patients struggling with joint replacements, strokes, chronic pain, or degenerative diseases—exactly the kinds of clients who benefit from medical exercise post-rehab programming. But without clarity on who you’re targeting, your outreach becomes generic and ineffective.

When you define your referral source, you begin building your reputation where it counts—in the minds of the professionals who se...

One of the most common reasons physicians don’t refer to Medical Exercise Professionals has nothing to do with your expertise—it’s because they don’t understand what you do.

And it’s not their fault.

Physicians operate in a fast-paced, outcome-driven environment. They need clarity, structure, and immediate confidence that the professional they refer to knows how to produce results and communicate them professionally.

That’s why Day 4 in your 30-Day Referral-Ready Plan is to “List Your Services Clearly.”

Why Clarity Is Essential for Physician Referrals

You may have all the skills in the world—but if your services aren’t presented clearly and professionally, doctors will default to safer, more familiar referral options (e.g., physical therapists or nothing at all).

A clear list of services gives physicians:

• A sense of safety and structure
• Confidence in your professionalism
• A quick understanding of how you support their patients after therapy ends

Think of your service menu ...

If a physician sent you a referral today—would your practice be ready to handle it confidently, professionally, and consistently?

Most Medical Exercise Professionals assume that passion and skill alone will open the referral floodgates. But doctors refer based on “trust in your systems”—not just your certification.

That’s why Day 3 of our “How to Make Your Medical Exercise Practice Referral-Ready in 30 Days” series is all about taking an honest, structured look at your business using the MET Practice Readiness Scorecard.

What is the MET Practice Readiness Scorecard?

It’s a powerful self-assessment tool designed to help you evaluate the core elements that matter most to medical professionals:

• Practice Systems & Infrastructure – Intake, scheduling, billing, client follow-up
• Medical Documentation & Communication – Session logs, summary reports, HIPAA compliance
• Outcome Tracking & Reporting – Functional goals, measurable results, data-driven adjustments
• Referral Network & Outreac...

Let’s face it—most Medical Exercise Professionals stumble when asked, “What do you do?”

You’re not alone. And no, saying “I do post-rehab” or “I help people exercise after therapy” won’t cut it if you want real referrals from physicians, physical therapists, and case managers.

You need a crystal-clear, 30-second pitch that positions you as a professional solution to a medical problem. This is your verbal business card—the message that plants a seed in someone’s mind that you are the go-to resource when exercise is part of the treatment plan.

So What Makes a Great Medical Exercise Elevator Pitch?

It should answer three questions—fast:

1. Who You Are

2. What You Do

3. How You Do It

4. Who You Do It To

Here is the framework for the elevator speech;

Hello, my name is [Your Full Name].

I am a [insert your certification: Medical Exercise Specialist] and I develop medically-based exercise programs for individuals with [medical conditions you specialize in], especially after t

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Day 1: Clarify Your Niche – The First Step to Becoming Referral-Ready

If you’re serious about building a medical exercise practice that earns consistent physician referrals, you must start with clarity—specifically, clarity about your niche.

Your niche isn’t just a marketing tool. It’s the foundation for every system, protocol, and referral relationship you’ll develop in your business. When a physician considers sending a patient your way, the first question they unconsciously ask is:

“What type of clients does this professional really specialize in?”

If that answer isn’t immediately clear—or worse, if you try to be everything to everyone—you become invisible.

What Is a Niche in Medical Exercise?

In the context of medical exercise training, your niche is the specific group of clients or set of medical conditions you are uniquely prepared to manage using structured, outcome-driven exercise.

It’s not enough to say, “I help people get stronger after therapy.”

You need to be able t...

If you’re a MedExPRO trying to grow your practice with consistent physician referrals, here’s the truth:

It’s not about certifications.
It’s not about your passion.
It’s about positioning, systems, and professional communication.

Physicians want to refer.
But they’ll only do so when they’re confident you can protect their patients, document outcomes, and function as an extension of their care.

That’s why we’re launching a 30-Day Referral-Ready Plan—a step-by-step roadmap to help you build the systems, documentation, and credibility you need to become a trusted referral partner.

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The 30-Day Referral-Ready Plan

Here’s a preview of the four-week structure we’ll unveil during Friday’s Cracking the Code webinar:

✅ Week 1: Position Your Practice for Referrals

• Define your client niche
• Align your branding and messaging with healthcare language
• Create physician-facing materials that command trust

✅ Week 2: Document Like a Healthcare Profession...

Let’s be real—getting physician referrals as a Medical Exercise Professional isn’t about being the best trainer in the room. It’s about being seen as a trusted clinical ally in the eyes of the healthcare provider. Yet, even skilled MedExPROs unknowingly sabotage their chances at building powerful referral relationships.

Here are the 3 silent mistakes that may be killing your referral potential—and what to do about them:

1. You Look and Sound Like a Fitness Trainer, Not a Healthcare Professional

If you’re dropping off brochures, leading with your fitness background, or focusing your messaging on “weight loss” or “toning,” physicians immediately tune you out. They’re not looking for another trainer—they’re looking for someone who understands post-rehab protocols, contraindications, and can speak the language of function and recovery. You need to show up as an extension of their care, not a parallel service.

2. You Don't Speak Their Language

Physicians think in diagnoses, outcomes,...

Let’s be brutally honest for a minute.

You’re certified.
You’re skilled.
You’re passionate about helping clients recover, regain strength, and live better lives.
You’ve even reached out to a few doctors, dropped off brochures, maybe even emailed a few clinics.
So why aren’t you getting physician referrals?

It’s not because they don’t like you.
It’s not because they don’t believe in exercise.
It’s not even because they’re too busy to notice you.

Here’s the real reason:

You’re invisible to their practice.
You’re not positioned as an indispensable solution to their biggest problem: ensuring their patients recover safely, completely, and without re-injury.

Most Medical Exercise Professionals unknowingly commit one of three fatal errors when trying to get physician referrals:

1. You Market Like a Personal Trainer, Not a Healthcare Professional

Dropping off a business card and smiling doesn’t cut it. Physicians don't need another "trainer" on speed dial.
They need a clinical ally—so...