Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy Business Booming in Birmingham

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Birmingham’s becoming a hub for sports medicine, and as more clinics open, providers of orthopedics and physical therapy are competing for their piece of the market. Providers are also buying real estate, creating jobs. That’s where we start this week’s Magic City Marketplace. Cindy Fisher Crawford is the editor of the Birmingham Business Journal.

 

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