Start your own sports and performance medicine practice. Keep your job.
Performance medicine serves athletes and executives who pay cash for assessment, training, and recovery. Openwell launches your independent practice and gives you the operating system to run it. Stay employed while you build a panel.
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The operating system, built for sports & performance medicine.
The practice you would run if the busywork ran itself. You keep the panel, the medicine, and the relationship. The system does the rest.
- DEXA, VO2max, and force-plate ingestion
- Periodized training plans
- Wearable and HRV readiness signals
- Team and group account structures
Asked by every physician who got this far.
Can I start a sports and performance medicine practice while staying employed?
Yes. Launching on the side is common and runs alongside your current job in roughly ten hours a week. You keep your salary while the practice proves itself, it is reversible, and you can cancel anytime.
Does my contract allow me to start my own practice?
The free check reads your employment terms in plain language: whether you can start a side practice now, or need to wait out a notice period first. A red result is an honest not yet, with the date you can revisit. It is a directional read based on your answers and common contract patterns, not legal advice, so have your specific agreement reviewed by counsel before acting.
What if my contract says no?
We will connect you with a network of healthcare attorneys who can review your contract and your situation in more depth. Book a time with us and we will make the introduction.
Will patients pay cash for sports & performance medicine?
The demand is already there. Athletes and active professionals already pay cash for assessment, training, and recovery care that insurance does not cover.
Can the OS hold performance data like DEXA and VO2max?
That is what it is built to hold: DEXA, VO2max, and force-plate ingestion, periodized training plans, wearable and HRV readiness signals, and team or group account structures. It is the product vision we are building and testing with founding clinical advisors, and you watch it run on demo patients before you go live.
Do I need to form a company first?
No. We set up your physician-owned entity for you, structured to your state's rules, along with the rest of the launch checklist.
Who handles malpractice insurance?
It is handled as part of activation. Your practice holds its own policy through a licensed broker, so the carrier bears the risk and Openwell coordinates it without being your insurer.
Is the contract check legal advice?
No. The contract check is a tool that gives a directional read based on your answers and common contract patterns. It is not legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship, so have your specific agreement reviewed by counsel before acting.
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