Momentum Magic: How the Flywheel Effect Boosts Your Chiropractic Practice and Service Business

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What separates good businesses from great ones?

It’s momentum—created by doing what works consistently and improving it over time. In business, especially in healthcare services like chiropractic, success often comes not from radical change but from steady, thoughtful progress.

Avoid the Trap of Constant Change

Healthcare entrepreneurs often seek out the next big thing—new therapies, machines, or procedures. While innovation can be beneficial, abrupt changes to proven systems can disrupt staff and confuse patients. A smarter approach is to test new ideas first, and only implement them if they complement what’s already working.

“If something works—fix it, refine it, but don’t toss it.”

The Flywheel Analogy

Jim Collins, in Good to Great, uses the image of a massive flywheel to illustrate how lasting success is built. At first, it takes immense effort to turn. But with consistent effort in the same direction, the wheel picks up speed and begins to turn on its own—powered by its own momentum.

The key lesson: there’s no single breakthrough moment—just consistent, focused effort over time.

How This Applies to Your Practice

  • Identify what’s working—and keep doing it.
  • Make small, strategic improvements over time.
  • Adapt to market changes gradually and intentionally.
  • Build systems that generate results with less effort over time.

By steadily turning your business flywheel, you’ll transform your practice from good to great—creating a self-sustaining engine of growth.

Keep building. Keep refining. Momentum will do the rest.

Ed

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