Health and wellness
Napkin Dispenser Ads for Physical Therapists
Napkin dispenser ads for physical therapists let people near your clinic know they can come to you directly, before an injury turns into months of limping. You choose the restaurants, we design and install the card, and no other PT clinic shares those dispensers.
Direct Access Is News to Many Patients
Plenty of people still think they need a doctor's referral to see a physical therapist. California allows patients to start PT directly for a limited period or number of visits, with conditions, so a card that says it plainly can change someone's next step.
Check the current direct access rules and your payer contracts before printing the phrase. Some insurance plans still require a referral for coverage even when the law doesn't.
Post-Run Breakfast and the Early-Bird Diner
Two crowds matter most. Runners, cyclists and weekend league players fill breakfast spots on Saturday and Sunday mornings, often right after the activity that hurts. Older adults eat early weekday lunches and dinners at the same diners for years.
The first group wants to get back to training. The second wants to walk without pain, keep their balance and stay independent. Write the card for one of them, not both.
Marathon Training, Ski Trips and Youth Sports
Injury patterns in Los Angeles follow the calendar. Long training runs pile up in the winter before the spring marathon. Ski trips to the local mountains bring knee and shoulder injuries in January and February. Fall and spring youth sports seasons fill clinics with ankles and overuse injuries.
A card that matches the season speaks to what people at the table are actually dealing with that month.
What a Plan of Care Is Worth to You
A single new patient usually means a full course of visits, not one appointment. When you weigh a napkin ad, use your own numbers: what a typical completed plan of care brings your clinic, and how many of those would cover the plan you pick.
Track it with an offer name or a QR code that goes to a page only the card uses, and add the napkin to your intake question about how patients found you.
A note on advertising rules for physical therapists
California allows limited direct access to physical therapy without a referral, with conditions, but some insurance plans still require one for coverage. Confirm the current rules and your payer contracts before printing a no-referral message.
You approve every proof, so you stay in control of what goes to print.
From first call to your card on the table
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Tell us where your customers are
Call or send the short form with your business address or the zip codes you serve. We reply within one business day with the restaurants near you that have an open spot in your category.
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Pick your restaurants and a plan
Choose one restaurant, a cluster of five, or fifteen across an area. One advertiser per category per restaurant, so once you take the dentist spot at a restaurant, no other dentist can.
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Approve your card
Send a logo, an offer and a phone number or QR code. We design the card, send a proof, and print it on heavy stock once you approve. You can also send a print-ready file.
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Your ad goes on every table
We install your card in every dispenser at your restaurants on the next route visit, then check it on regular visits and send you photos.
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Track and adjust
Use a code, a tracking number or a QR link that appears only on the napkin card. Swap the offer with the season. Add restaurants in areas that respond.
Flat monthly plans
Design, printing, installation and route visits are included in every plan.
Single Spot
$149/mo
1 restaurant
Your card in every dispenser at one restaurant you pick.
- Every dispenser in one restaurant
- Free ad design, proof and printing
- Category exclusivity at that restaurant
- Route visits with photo check-ins
Neighborhood
$499/mo
5 restaurants · about $100 per restaurant
Five restaurants clustered around your business or service area.
- Every dispenser in 5 restaurants
- Free ad design, proof and printing
- One free design change per quarter
- Category exclusivity at each restaurant
- Route visits with photo check-ins
Area Takeover
$1,199/mo
15 restaurants · about $80 per restaurant
Fifteen restaurants across the zip codes you serve.
- Every dispenser in 15 restaurants
- Free ad design, proof and printing
- Monthly design changes
- Category exclusivity at each restaurant
- First pick of new restaurants in your area
3-month minimum term, then month to month. Multi-area and multi-location campaigns: call (818) 383-6869.
Questions physical therapists ask us
Can a physical therapist advertise that no referral is needed?
California allows direct access to physical therapy for a limited period with conditions, so many clinics say so. Insurance coverage can still depend on a referral, so check your payer contracts and phrase it carefully, for example no referral needed to book your first visit.
Who sees a physical therapy ad in a restaurant?
Whoever eats in the restaurants you choose. Near parks and trails that's often runners and cyclists after weekend workouts. At long-running neighborhood diners it's often older adults. You pick the restaurants, so you pick the crowd.
How long should a PT clinic run a napkin ad?
Long enough for people to need you. Injuries don't happen on our schedule, so recognition builds over months of the same name on the same tables. Plans run on a minimum term, and you can change the card's message as the seasons shift.
Can I advertise next to a chiropractor?
Possibly. We place one advertiser per category per restaurant, and the restaurant owner approves every advertiser. If you'd rather not share a dispenser with a related practice, tell us when you pick restaurants and we'll show you which ones fit.
Open spots
See which restaurants near you are open in your category
One advertiser per category per restaurant. We reply within one business day with what's open.