Hands On Hands Off: Manual Therapy & Orthopedic Physical Therapy (AAOMPT)
Aug 6, 2026 · 41 min · 10 segments
In this episode, Seth sits down with Jess Ellis, fellowship-trained physical therapist, former NBA health and performance leader, founder of Rehab Code, and consultant for professional athletes. Jess…
Jess EllisGuestSethHostYeah, man.
The...
I mean, there's so many different, like, threads I could pull on there, but-
... give me kind of a overview, like what's, what's a day in the life of Jess like these days?
There's, there's a lot of competition, uh, and people want to know who they're learning from.
I've been on the pro setting for a decade to now having to look at, how do I write a newsletter? How do I create a hook for a reel that will catch your squirrel brain of attention span of two seconds? How do I catch it to own it? So that's where I'm at right now, is creating content, pr- trying to provide value, and then again, consulting, working with individuals that have complicated cases, having the ability to look at technology and data, but have been in the trenches long enough to know the clinical side and playing both worlds of the scientist and the artist that it's really hard to achieve.
Yeah.
I mean, I, I guess one of the reasons I asked is it's, it seems like you have a lot of different hats and things that you're doing during the day, but I think a lot of people maybe that are listening to this than, you know, maybe newer grads or early on in their career are kind of, kinda like you where you kinda get in that little wheel and you can't see Maybe a future, kinda like what you've created that's for yourself, where you have all these little different things, there's some variety to your day, and you have a lot of control over it.
Was that something you did intentionally?
I was so much on the front end just grinding and seeing patients to the point of burnout.
So for me to step back and be 17 years in my career to say, "All right, for $99 I'll give you the blueprint to get where I'm at," uh, a lot of it was blood, sweat, a- you know, tears, frustrations.
[laughs]
So that in itself, I, I just think for one, one piece of advice is sometimes we can write all the goals in the world, the what-ifs, what could possibly be the best thing ever, but I guarantee you four years into my career, the stuff that I achieved 10 years later, I would not even have fathomed to have written.
Yeah, man.
The...
I mean, there's so many different, like, threads I could pull on there, but-
... give me kind of a overview, like what's, what's a day in the life of Jess like these days?
There's, there's a lot of competition, uh, and people want to know who they're learning from.
I've been on the pro setting for a decade to now having to look at, how do I write a newsletter? How do I create a hook for a reel that will catch your squirrel brain of attention span of two seconds? How do I catch it to own it? So that's where I'm at right now, is creating content, pr- trying to provide value, and then again, consulting, working with individuals that have complicated cases, having the ability to look at technology and data, but have been in the trenches long enough to know the clinical side and playing both worlds of the scientist and the artist that it's really hard to achieve.
Yeah.
I mean, I, I guess one of the reasons I asked is it's, it seems like you have a lot of different hats and things that you're doing during the day, but I think a lot of people maybe that are listening to this than, you know, maybe newer grads or early on in their career are kind of, kinda like you where you kinda get in that little wheel and you can't see Maybe a future, kinda like what you've created that's for yourself, where you have all these little different things, there's some variety to your day, and you have a lot of control over it.
Was that something you did intentionally?
I was so much on the front end just grinding and seeing patients to the point of burnout.
So for me to step back and be 17 years in my career to say, "All right, for $99 I'll give you the blueprint to get where I'm at," uh, a lot of it was blood, sweat, a- you know, tears, frustrations.
[laughs]
So that in itself, I, I just think for one, one piece of advice is sometimes we can write all the goals in the world, the what-ifs, what could possibly be the best thing ever, but I guarantee you four years into my career, the stuff that I achieved 10 years later, I would not even have fathomed to have written.
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