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The pain goes at session three and the shoulder is nowhere near ready.

Retention in a physiotherapy clinic is almost entirely one problem: the patient who feels better and stops halfway. The course was advised for a reason and the clinic loses both the outcome and the fee. GullySales builds the expectation, the booking and the return visit that keep a course finished.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

Realistic editorial illustration of physiotherapy clinics at work in India

What customer retention means

Customer retention is keeping an existing customer buying again rather than losing them to a competitor after the first purchase, usually cheaper than winning a new customer. GullySales sets a routine of check-ins and renewal reminders aimed at customers before they show signs of leaving.

Also for physiotherapy clinics

Sales and marketing for physiotherapy clinics, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026. Rules for this trade differ by state and professional body, and they change. We describe restrictions in general terms, so check the current position with your own council or adviser before you publish anything.

For physiotherapy clinics

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “Relief arrives long before recovery, and that is when people leave”

    A frozen shoulder stops hurting well before the range of movement is back. If nobody explained that at session one, the patient reads the relief as a finish. Set the expectation on the first day and session three stops being an exit.

  • “Book the course, not the next appointment”

    A patient who leaves with six dated slots in their phone turns up for them. A patient who leaves with we will see you next week decides again every week, and eventually decides no.

  • “A back that went once will go again”

    Chronic and recurring conditions are the return business in this trade. A check-in at the point in the year the patient last flared up brings them in before the next spasm, rather than after they have found somebody closer to their new office.

What we do

What we deliver for physiotherapy clinics.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A first-session explanation of what the course will feel like

    A short written note the therapist gives at session one covering when the pain typically eases and why the sessions continue past that point.

    Result: The patient stops treating relief as a signal to leave.

  2. The full advised course booked at the first visit

    Every session scheduled and confirmed at the start, with the slots in the patient's hand rather than agreed week by week.

    Result: Attendance stops depending on a decision taken every seven days.

  3. A mid-course check on who has fallen behind

    A weekly look at patients whose attendance has dropped behind the advised course, so the desk contacts them before the gap widens.

    Result: A patient is reached at one missed session rather than at four.

  4. A return contact for recurring conditions

    A check-in for chronic back, neck and knee patients set against their own history, asking how the condition has been rather than offering a package.

    Result: The patient comes back to you rather than searching again.

  5. Continuity on home-visit and elderly care

    The same therapist held against a home-visit patient where possible, with the family contact kept informed of the schedule.

    Result: The family keeps the clinic instead of moving to an app.

  6. A view on whether discounting sessions is worth it

    An honest look at package pricing against completion rates, including a note on why session discounts and incentives need care in a clinical setting.

    Result: You keep patients through scheduling rather than by cutting the fee.

How the result is measured

  • Retention rate
  • Repeat purchase rate
  • Customers won back

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full customer retention strategy page

Work it out from your records

The course completion a physiotherapy clinic can see in its own appointment and discharge notes.

Courses finished against courses advised
For each patient, note the number of sessions advised at the first visit and the number attended. Count those who stopped partway. The drop-off point tells you whether it was after pain eased or after a missed booking.
Where patients stopped
Mark the session number at which patients stopped coming. If many stop at the same point, the explanation at the first visit, or the booking pattern, needs to change, not the patient.
Patients with no next appointment
At the end of each day, list patients treated with no future booking. Ring them the next day with a booking question, not a sales message. A missed appointment is also a clinical signal.
Recurring conditions returning
Count patients who returned within a year or two with the same complaint, such as back or knee pain, and note whether they completed the first course. Those who did not are the ones to remind.
Referring surgeons and clinics
For each referral, note who sent the patient and whether that patient completed treatment. A short update to the referrer on completed courses is how surgeons keep sending patients.

Who it is for

This is written for these physiotherapy clinics.

  • Sports injury and orthopaedic rehab clinics
  • Post-surgical rehabilitation centres
  • Neuro-rehabilitation clinics
  • Prenatal and postnatal physiotherapy practices
  • Geriatric and home-visit physiotherapy services
  • Paediatric physiotherapy clinics
  • Chronic pain management clinics
  • Corporate ergonomics and workplace physiotherapy consultants

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the customer retention work runs

  1. 1

    Assess current retention

    A first read of current retention rate, existing tactics and where they are or are not coordinated.

  2. 2

    Build the strategy

    A written plan developed covering priority segments, touchpoints and a measurable target.

  3. 3

    Align existing tactics

    Current retention activities mapped against the strategy and adjusted to work together rather than independently.

  4. 4

    Track toward the target

    Retention tracked against the goal, with the strategy adjusted as results come in.

Proof

What happened when owners fixed this.

Real clients, the work we did, and the result as it was recorded. Where no number was recorded, none is claimed.

All case studies

  • Kerur Pain Clinic

    Situation
    The clinic had no website setting out its services, so a patient weighing it up had nothing to read before deciding to come in.
    What we did
    • Competitors mapped
    • A website that answers the patient
    • On-page and local search work
    • Link building and technical fixes
    Result
    No numbers were recorded for this engagement. The work is described in full in the case study.
    Read the case study

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Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Should we offer a discount on a block of sessions?
A package that commits the patient to the advised course is defensible. A general discount to win attendance is a weaker idea, and incentives around clinical care need care because the rules differ and change. Booking the whole course does more for completion than a price cut does.
How do we handle a patient who says they feel fine and wants to stop?
Listen, then reassess. Show them the movement that is still limited and explain what stopping now risks. Some will still leave, and a recorded reason tells you whether it is cost, distance or a genuine recovery.
Can we contact patients who stopped coming?
Yes, once or twice, in a caring tone, to ask whether they need to rebook. Do not suggest that treatment is needed for a condition they have recovered from. Let the patient say no, and note it on the record.
Is it fair to send exercise reminders after discharge?
A short reminder to continue the home exercises you prescribed is part of care, not advertising. Send it only to patients who agreed, keep it plain, and avoid promises about recovery or pain. Check your own council's rules on publicity.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.

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