PT Burnout: The Real Reason Has Nothing to Do With Your Patients

Opublikowano: 2026-08-08

Every burnout conversation in physical therapy eventually lands on the same place — caseload size, compassion fatigue, the emotional weight of caring for people in pain. And those things are real. But they're not the root. The providers burning out fastest aren't burning out because of their patients. They're burning out because of the system wrapped around the patient relationship. The 15-minute visits that can't actually fix anything. The documentation that runs two hours past the last appointment. The reimbursement rates that haven't kept pace with the cost of staying in practice. The autonomy that got quietly handed ov...