We feel more organized. We feel more ready, as we move towards the next goal, the next phase in hiring a new associate.
October 21, 2026
From hitting a wall after 35 years in practice to mentoring young doctors, working less in patient care, and building a practice twice as profitable.
Chiropractor · Five Star Member
Dr. Mike M. had been practicing chiropractic for approximately 35 years when he reached a crossroads.
His practice was busy and seeing plenty of patients, but the day-to-day wasn’t as enjoyable as it once had been. He and his wife knew they wanted to give back to the profession by mentoring younger chiropractors, but previous attempts at working with associates hadn’t gone the way they hoped.
The missing piece was a system.
After joining Five Star Management, Mike built a structured approach to developing associates and entered an entirely new stage of his career.
Today, he has three full-time associates, works less in direct patient care, mentors more doctors, serves more patients than ever, and has doubled practice collections.
When Dr. Mike M. connected with Five Star, he wasn’t a new chiropractor trying to figure out how to build a practice.
He had approximately 35 years of experience.
The practice was busy, but Mike felt like he had hit a wall.
Practice wasn’t much fun. We were seeing a lot of people, but we weren’t really enjoying the day-to-day.
Mike and his wife wanted the next chapter of their careers to be about more than personally seeing more patients.
They wanted to give back to chiropractic by training and mentoring younger doctors.
There was just one problem.
They had tried associates before, and without the right system, those relationships hadn’t worked the way they wanted.
Five Star helped Mike approach associate development differently.
Rather than simply hiring another chiropractor and hoping the relationship worked, he began building systems for training and mentoring doctors.
What Five Star has brought to us is the systems to allow us to not only be great doctors, but to help and train great associates.
That gave Mike a way to take decades of clinical and practice experience and pass it on to younger chiropractors in a structured environment.
The associate program was no longer simply about getting help with patient volume.
It became an opportunity to develop the next generation of successful chiropractors.
As the associate team grew, Mike’s role inside the practice began to change.
Instead of spending as much of his time personally treating patients, he could invest more time in training and mentoring other doctors.
I’m working less in the office with patients. I’m mentoring and training more.
Today, the practice has three full-time associates, and Mike says all three are doing very well.
The associates are building their own patient bases within the larger practice while benefiting from the mentorship, systems, and support surrounding them.
For Mike, it’s created what he calls a “new dimension of practice.”
The transition into mentorship hasn’t required Mike to sacrifice practice growth.
Since beginning with Five Star approximately five years before his testimonial:
Practice collections doubled.
At the same time:
Instead of trying to personally see twice as many patients, Mike increased the practice’s capacity by developing other successful doctors.
We’ve actually doubled the income that the practice has made in the five years that we’ve been with Five Star, and we’re seeing more people.
After decades in practice, growth doesn’t have to mean personally seeing more patients or working longer hours.
Your experience can become one of your practice’s greatest assets when you have a system for passing it on to other doctors.
Five Star Management helps experienced chiropractic practice owners build the systems to train, mentor, and develop successful Win-Win Associates, creating greater capacity, freedom, and opportunity for everyone involved.
Develop more doctors. Serve more patients. Create more freedom. Build a legacy from everything you’ve learned.
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If you’re looking to attract more new patients, build a profitable associate model, and create a business that grows without constant guesswork, Five Star Management can help you implement the systems that make it possible.
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We feel more organized. We feel more ready, as we move towards the next goal, the next phase in hiring a new associate.
We’ve broken all the records that I had prior to Five Star now, and we’ve been able to really grow the practice. My practice has pretty much tripled in size since joining Five Star.
Five Star really helped us become more organized and have operating procedures, and we've actually had a 700% increase in our collections.
