The location, infrastructure and the atmosphere in the spacious rooms as well as the basics for a cash register approval in S6, 20 were convincing right away - as was the great support from her parents and partner: In July 2019, Munich-based Alexa Nießen opened up after her apprenticeship as a state-certified Physiotherapist at the University Medical Center Mannheim (UMM), a bachelor's degree for medical professions at the DIPLOMA University in Heilbronn and around seven years of professional experience, her own practice for self-payers and private patients.
2019
ROOM FOR INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
ALEXA NIESSEN OPENED HER PRACTICE FOR PHYSIOTHERAPY IN JULY 2019
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Manual therapy. Massage. Manual lymph drainage. Fascia Therapy. Craniomandibular Dysfunction (CMD). Heat treatment. Cryotherapy.
The motivation
Physiotherapy is diverse - and exciting. “Actually, I just wanted to bridge the waiting time for a medical degree, but I was so enthusiastic about the training and especially the work with patients that medical studies quickly faded into the background. But I also knew that there were many things that can be done better in treatment: In particular, I wanted to be able to take time for the needs of my patients. The health of my patients is more of a passion than a job, and so I decided to open a practice for privately insured and self-payers as a first step. "
The challenge
A professional appearance, the development of a network, tax consultants, accounting, facilities, technical equipment - building a practice from scratch and getting it to run purely with self-payers and private patients, that was a challenge. Above-average treatment times, quick appointments, methods and applications that are based on the latest science and holistic treatment - can this be done alone, and can it be done economically? These were the questions that the state-approved physiotherapist asked herself again and again.
The current status
“I always worked a lot, but until I set up my practice I didn't even know how long and how strenuous such a day can be. But it's going incredibly well and I'm already playing, 1 - 1,5 years earlier than I thought, with the idea of hiring a physiotherapist. I am very fortunate that I was able to start all of this with a loan from my family. But that in particular is also a great obligation. Gradually, I want to expand my practice and develop more devices. In the long term, I would very much like to open or take over a second practice as a cash practice. Because I am also firmly convinced that a lot of the treatment can be improved 'on prescription'. "
“Do, just do, yourself and all the time. You need courage, a convincing plan and a lot of passion as well as partners and an environment who understand ”, the likeable 30-year-old calls out to people who want to start their own business. "I would definitely do it again, it was the right decision," said Alexa Nießen on the exhibition stage at the 20th Rhein-Neckar Business Day in Speyer.
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“Do, just do, yourself and all the time. You need courage, a convincing plan and a lot of passion as well as partners and an environment who understand ”, the likeable 30-year-old calls out to people who want to start their own business. "I would definitely do it again, it was the right decision," said Alexa Nießen on the exhibition stage at the 20th Rhein-Neckar Business Day in Speyer.
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