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Patients ask AI where to do their rehab. Is your clinic one it names?

Enter your clinic and city. Stride puts a patient’s rehab question to ChatGPT and shows the physical therapy clinics it lists first.

— Free check · ChatGPT

Free. No account. Stride asks: “Which physical therapy clinic in your city is best after knee surgery?”

Patients from AI are ready to book.The spot is still open.

  • They convert betterIn a Semrush study, visitors who came from AI search converted 4.4 times better than visitors from regular search. By the time they click, AI has already told them who to call.Source: Semrush AI search traffic study ↗
  • There will be more of themThe same study expects AI search to send more visitors than regular search within a few years, for the topics it measured.Source: Semrush AI search traffic study ↗
  • Get there firstAI answers are built from what the web says about clinics today. The ones that show up first are the ones their rivals have to catch.

Not named? Start here.

People choosing a PT clinic weigh who has treated their problem before, whether they need a referral, and whether their insurance pays. AI looks for those answers on your site and around it.

  1. 1Licenses and specialist credentialsShow each therapist’s state license so it matches the licensing board lookup, and name any board certification from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, such as OCS or SCS.
  2. 2Referral rules for your stateExplain whether patients in your state can book an evaluation without a doctor’s referral, any limits that apply, and which insurers still ask for one. People ask this often, and the answer is local.
  3. 3A page for each kind of rehabKnee and shoulder rehab after surgery, back pain, sports injuries, pelvic floor and vestibular therapy each deserve a page of their own: who it helps, what sessions involve, and who on your team leads it.
  4. 4Listings and surgeon tiesKeep your APTA Find a PT entry, Google profile and insurer directories current. If local surgeons send patients to you after operations, say which procedures you rehab most.
Busy clinics seldom get through this list. Stride does the digging and drafts the pages for you.

How Stride gets your clinic named.

Each week Stride checks which physical therapy clinics AI recommends to patients near you, traces what those answers lean on, and drafts the pages that would get your clinic in.

  1. — Patient questions

    Know what patients ask AI

    Stride puts the questions patients really ask to AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini, from rehab after a knee replacement to whether a referral is needed, and marks where your clinic is named.

    Patient questionsSample data
    • PT near me for rehab after ACL surgeryChatGPT: NamedGemini: Not namedClaude: Not named
    • Can I see a physical therapist without a referral?ChatGPT: Not namedGemini: Not namedClaude: Named
    • Pelvic floor therapist who sees postpartum patientsChatGPT: Not namedGemini: Not namedClaude: Not named
    • Clinic nearby that treats dizziness and vertigoChatGPT: NamedGemini: NamedClaude: Not named
  2. — Competitor tracking

    Track the clinics AI picks instead

    Stride keeps a list of the clinics AI suggests for rehab in your area and how many answers each turns up in, so your own share is easy to follow over time.

    Who AI namesSample data

    Answers each clinic was named in, out of 17

    1. Ridgeline Physical TherapyTracked12 / 17
    2. Harborview Rehab & MotionTracked8 / 17
    3. Your clinicYou5 / 17
    4. Stonebridge Sports PT3 / 17
  3. — Competitor strategy

    See exactly why they win

    When AI sends a patient to another clinic, Stride lays out what supported that answer, such as a specialist credential, a rehab page for one operation or reviews that name a therapist, and the pieces your site lacks.

    Why AI picks Ridgeline Physical TherapySample data

    “Which physical therapy clinic near me is best after knee replacement?”

    What AI relied on

    • Their knee replacement rehab pageTheir siteChatGPT, Claude
    • APTA Find a PT listingDirectoryGemini
    • Google reviews naming their therapistsReviewsChatGPT

    What you’re missing

    • A page on rehab after joint replacement
    • OCS credential stated for each specialist
    • Direct access rules explained for your state
  4. — Content

    Get the pages written for you

    Stride writes draft pages from what your clinic’s site already states, organized around what patients wonder before a first session. You edit and approve, then publish.

    Coming soonPublish straight to your website.

    DraftSample data
    Rehab guide4 of 5 checks met

    Rehab after knee replacement: your first sessions, what we work on, and when to call your surgeon

    • Says who the program is for up front
    • Referral and insurance rules covered
    • Specialist credentials named · needs your eye
    • Leaves medical decisions to the surgeon
    • Consistent with your site
    Mark as publishedPublish to your site · Coming soon

Questions, answered.

How can a physical therapy clinic get recommended by ChatGPT?

Make it easy to see what you treat and who treats it. Give each kind of rehab its own page, list licenses and ABPTS specialist certifications, explain referral and insurance rules, and keep Google, the APTA directory and insurer listings accurate.

Do surgeon referrals show up in AI answers?

Indirectly. A referral itself is private, but surgeon websites, hospital pages and patient reviews that mention your clinic are public, and AI can draw on them. Describe the post-operative rehab you provide so those mentions have a page to point to.

Does ChatGPT give patients exactly this answer?

Not exactly, but close enough to plan around. Stride sends each question via OpenAI’s API with web search turned on, as it does when tracking. The ChatGPT app may answer a logged-in patient a little differently, and results move from week to week.

Why are just three clinics shown?

The check stops after the first three clinics ChatGPT lists, in its order, since a patient tends to ring one of those. More questions and more AI tools come with the free audit and the walkthrough.

What will I see on the walkthrough?

Over fifteen minutes, Stride takes you through the patient questions that mention your clinic, the clinics AI names in your place and why, and the fixes most likely to change it.

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A 15-minute call covers your results, the clinics AI recommends ahead of you, and the work that would get your clinic named.

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