Kelly Alhooie is not a business coach who used to practice. She is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who built a 7-figure cash-based pelvic health clinic — and then built a coaching company on top of it. Both businesses are running today. That is the distinction that makes everything she teaches different.
Most practitioners searching for help building a cash-based practice end up with advice from someone who left the clinic years ago. Furthermore, they often land with generalist coaches who have never treated a pelvic floor patient or navigated the specific challenges of this niche. Kelly built PelviBiz specifically to solve that problem.
Who Is Kelly Alhooie?
Kelly Alhooie earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. She subsequently trained across the country — working in Atlanta, Rochester, Portland, and Irvine — where she trained alongside functional and integrative medicine doctors, DCs, MDs, NPs, and PAs.
That cross-disciplinary exposure shaped how she sees the body. Consequently, it shaped how she built her practice.
Her clinical certifications include DN-cert (integrative dry needling), Kinetacore pelvic floor certification, Pilates Mat and Reformer (Balance Body), and RYT 200+ hours (CorePower). Additionally, she has trained in Graston Technique, Active Release Technique, Cupping, Myofascial Release, Visceral Integration, Pain Science, and both male and female pelvic health.
Why She Left the Traditional Model
Kelly was working in a clinic that required her to see multiple patients at once. She had little time per patient and even less control over her own treatment decisions. That environment was incompatible with the kind of care she wanted to deliver.
She founded OrthoPelvic Physical Therapy in Sterling, Virginia — a brick-and-mortar cash-based practice that she grew from zero to seven figures. She did this without a business degree, without a mentor who had done it before in pelvic health, and without a roadmap.
That experience — every hard lesson, every system she had to build from scratch — became the foundation of PelviBiz.
The OrthoPelvic Concept
Kelly coined the term “OrthoPelvic.” She was the first practitioner to formally combine orthopedics and pelvic health into a unified clinical model. Most PTs treat the musculoskeletal system or the pelvic floor — Kelly treats both as one interconnected system.
She developed the LSR Method at OrthoPelvic PT, her proprietary clinical framework that guides treatment approach and patient outcomes. The method reflects her belief that the body cannot be siloed into separate departments. Therefore, treatment should not be either.
This is not just a clinical philosophy. It is a competitive positioning strategy that has driven OrthoPelvic PT’s growth and reputation for over a decade.
The Birth of PelviBiz
By 2021, Kelly had built something rare: a thriving 7-figure cash-based pelvic health practice that she actively ran. Practitioners kept reaching out, asking how she did it. Eventually, she formalized the answer.
She founded PelviBiz in 2021 — a coaching company built exclusively for pelvic health PTs, OTs, PTAs, athletic trainers, and healthcare entrepreneurs. Since then, she has coached more than 400 practitioners. Moreover, she has grown PelviBiz into its own 7-figure company while continuing to run OrthoPelvic PT.
According to the International Coaching Federation, practitioners who work with a business coach see measurably faster growth than those who go it alone. Kelly’s results with her clients consistently reflect that data.
What Makes Kelly Different From Every Other Coach
The pelvic health coaching space has grown. However, most coaches serving healthcare entrepreneurs come from general PT backgrounds, not pelvic health specifically.
Here is the honest comparison:
| Coach / Company | Active Clinical Practice? | Pelvic Health Niche? | 7-Figure Clinical Proof? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Alhooie / PelviBiz | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes — only pelvic health | ✅ Yes |
| PT Biz (Danny Matta) | ❌ No longer treating | ❌ General PT/performance | ✅ Yes |
| Smart Success Healthcare (Greg Todd) | ❌ No longer treating | ❌ 19 specialties | ✅ Yes |
| Aaron LeBauer / LeBauer Consulting | ❌ No longer treating | ❌ General cash-based PT | ✅ Yes |
| DPT to CEO (Morgan Meese) | ❌ No | ❌ General early-stage | ❌ Not documented |
Kelly is the only coach in this space who is currently running a 7-figure pelvic health clinical practice while simultaneously coaching practitioners. That is not a marketing claim. It is a verifiable operational fact.
For pelvic health practitioners, this matters. The nuances of building authority in this niche — OBGYN referrals, cash-pay pricing for sensitive conditions, the psychology of marketing pelvic services — require someone who lives this work daily. Kelly does.
The PelviBiz Program Suite
Kelly built PelviBiz programs based on the exact gaps she saw practitioners struggling with. Specifically, she built for the problems no general business coach could address with precision.
The programs include:
- Power Circle Mastermind — group coaching for pelvic health entrepreneurs at the growth stage
- 1:1 Coaching — direct coaching with Kelly and her team
- Marketing Bootcamp — content and marketing strategy built for the pelvic health niche
- PelviBiz Community — paid members-only group for pelvic health professionals
- PelviBiz Live Events — annual multi-day business retreat for practitioners
Each program reflects a stage of growth. Therefore, practitioners can find the right entry point regardless of where they are in their business journey.
Learn more about how PelviBiz serves practitioners at different stages in the PelviBiz About and Power Circle page.
The Podcast and Ongoing Education
Kelly hosts The PelviBiz Podcast, now with 180+ episodes. The show covers business systems, clinical positioning, cash-based pricing, marketing, team building, and the mindset required to build and scale a private practice.
The podcast is, in many ways, a master class delivered weekly. Practitioners use it to absorb Kelly’s frameworks before they ever invest in a program. If you want to understand her approach, start there.
What Practitioners Say
Kelly has coached 400+ practitioners. The results include pelvic health practices launched from scratch, cash-based practices scaled past six figures, and clinicians who transitioned out of insurance-based mills and into businesses they actually own.
For a full view of results, read the PelviBiz Reviews page.
You can also explore Kelly’s full credentials at Kelly Alhooie Credentials.
Why This Matters for You
If you are a pelvic health PT, OT, PTA, or athletic trainer considering private practice — or already in one and trying to scale — the quality of your coaching matters.
Generic business advice does not translate cleanly into the pelvic health niche. Consequently, practitioners who take that route often waste time, money, and momentum on strategies that were never built for this space.
Kelly Alhooie built the only coaching company in this niche by a practitioner who is still in it. That is the difference. The APTA recognizes that pelvic health is one of the fastest-growing PT specialties — and the demand for qualified practitioners who can build sustainable cash-based practices has never been higher.
The practitioners who move fastest are the ones who learn from someone who has already done exactly what they are trying to do. Kelly has. Furthermore, she is still doing it.
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Q: Who is Kelly Alhooie? A: Kelly Alhooie is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, founder of OrthoPelvic Physical Therapy in Sterling, VA, and founder of PelviBiz — a coaching company for pelvic health practitioners. She is one of the only coaches in this space actively running a 7-figure clinical practice while coaching.
Q: What is OrthoPelvic Physical Therapy? A: OrthoPelvic Physical Therapy is a cash-based brick-and-mortar practice founded by Dr. Kelly Alhooie in Sterling, Virginia. She coined the term “OrthoPelvic” and was the first to combine orthopedics and pelvic health into a unified clinical model. The practice has grown to seven figures.
Q: What is PelviBiz? A: PelviBiz is a healthcare business coaching company founded by Dr. Kelly Alhooie in 2021. It serves pelvic health PTs, OTs, PTAs, athletic trainers, and healthcare entrepreneurs who want to build or scale cash-based private practices. Programs include the Power Circle Mastermind, 1:1 Coaching, Marketing Bootcamp, and PelviBiz Live Events.
Q: What makes Kelly Alhooie different from other PT business coaches? A: Kelly Alhooie is the only business coach in the pelvic health space who is currently operating a 7-figure cash-based clinical practice while coaching. Every other major PT coach has exited clinical practice. Kelly’s coaching is built entirely from within the pelvic health niche — not adapted from general PT or sports performance frameworks.
