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Map the different paths from sudden pain, surgery and chronic conditions.

Buyer journey mapping for a physiotherapy clinic traces the distinct paths a patient takes. An acute injury is decided in minutes, a post-surgical referral over days, and a chronic condition over weeks. GullySales maps each journey and fixes the step where patients drop off before completing their course.

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

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What buyer journey means

The buyer journey is the sequence of steps a customer actually takes, from first hearing about you to deciding to buy, which is rarely a single visit or call. GullySales maps this sequence for your business and checks that something useful happens at each step instead of only at the final call.

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Sales and marketing for physiotherapy clinics, the overview.

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For physiotherapy clinics

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

  • “Acute and chronic patients decide on different timelines”

    A patient with sudden back pain books within the hour, while a chronic pain patient may compare clinics for weeks before committing.

  • “The referral journey depends on the surgeon's confidence”

    A referred patient often books the first suggested clinic unless the process to book there is visibly slow or unclear.

  • “The mid-course drop-off is where many patients are lost”

    A patient who feels better after two or three sessions often stops before finishing the recommended course unless someone re-engages them.

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. Acute injury journey map

    A map of the steps a patient in sudden pain takes from search to a booked first session, showing where speed matters most.

    Result: You know exactly which step to speed up to catch a patient in pain.

  2. Referral journey map

    A map of how a surgeon's recommendation reaches a booked appointment, and where friction slows a referred patient down.

    Result: A referred patient books with less back and forth between clinic and surgeon.

  3. Mid-course drop-off review

    A review of where patients typically stop attending before finishing a recommended course.

    Result: You know the exact point in a course to focus a re-engagement effort.

  4. Chronic condition journey map

    A map of the slower, weeks-long decision a chronic pain patient takes, including the content and reviews checked along the way.

    Result: A patient comparing clinics for weeks finds the reassurance yours offers.

How the result is measured

  • Drop-off rate by step
  • Time from first contact to sale
  • Steps with no content

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

Read the full buyer journey mapping page

Stages of the patient's journey

How a patient moves from pain or a surgeon's referral to a finished course of sessions.

Pain starts or a surgeon refers
The patient is in pain after a fall, a surgery or a long spell of back trouble. State on your listing and page which conditions you treat, so a search for the problem finds you.
Search and call
The patient searches by condition and area, then calls to ask whether you treat it and when a slot is free. Give your hours and the next open slot, and ask what the doctor has advised.
First assessment
The physiotherapist examines and explains the problem. Explain the plan in plain words, what each exercise is for and what to do at home, and hand it over as a printed sheet.
Booking the course
The patient decides whether to continue past the first session. Present the recommended course and the reason for it, and let the patient choose how to pay without pressure.
Mid-course
Pain eases and the patient feels well enough to stop. Say at the start why the later sessions matter, and call anyone who misses an appointment to rebook.
Discharge and the surgeon's update
The course ends and the referring doctor wants to know. With the patient's consent, send the surgeon a short progress note, and give the patient a home exercise sheet and a date to review.

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

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The clinic has not yet noted how recent patients found it or where they dropped out, so a map would be drawn from guesses.
  • You expect the map to bring patients by itself; it only shows where to fix the desk, the pages and the reminders.

How it works

How the buyer journey work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Understand the sales process

    We walk through how a sale happens today, from the person who first answers an enquiry to the one who closes it.

  2. 2

    Audit the data

    Website analytics, call logs and CRM records are put together to see where people drop out. Where records are thin, we say so and mark the gap rather than guess.

  3. 3

    Interview buyers and staff

    Recent customers, and some who did not buy, plus the team who speak to them, explain the reasons behind the numbers.

  4. 4

    Build the map

    Stages, touchpoints, decision-makers and drop-off points are set out in one document everyone reads the same way.

  5. 5

    Fix and measure

    Each fix is made against the stage it addresses, and the drop-off at that stage is compared with the baseline afterwards.

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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Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Why does this matter more here than other clinics?
Because outcomes depend on completing a course, not just attending once, so the journey has to be tracked past the first visit.
What is the most common drop-off point?
Mid-course, once initial pain relief makes the remaining sessions feel optional to the patient.
Who else is involved when an older patient chooses a physiotherapist?
Often a son or daughter searches and pays while the patient decides whether to go, and the surgeon or family doctor may recommend a clinic. Write a short note for the family on what happens at the first visit, home visits included, and send it to whoever enquired.
A patient booked one session and did not return. How do we find out why?
Look at your register for patients who attended once and note the condition, therapist and slot. A short call asking whether they have questions is fine. Cost of the course, travel and feeling better are common reasons, and each needs a different reply.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
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.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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