Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health and wellness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Dean Volk, Founder of Sciatica Relief Now, located in Charleston, SC, USA.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
I help sciatica sufferers find hope and relief and help them return to living their lives again.
Tell us about yourself
I have been a physical therapist for 32 years and have owned 3 different clinics and a concierge cash practice before moving to the online space. I coach groups of clients and individual clients and have a DIY online course, "Kicking Sciatica's Butt," that I use to help my clients overcome sciatica.
Each sciatica sufferer motivates me as I realize their lives are often put on hold, relationships destroyed, and their independence is challenged while they suffer through a very treatable and beatable problem. Watching my clients' faces change from defeated to having hope and hearing their stories of overcoming their fears and pains keeps me motivated and grateful for what I do.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
Setting people free from sciatica, one butt at a time :-) Building a business that provides for my family and me while giving others their lives back.
What's one of the hardest things that comes with being a business owner?
Not being able to help everyone who needs it — whether they cannot afford help, do not want help, are skeptical, and decide NOT to try. I definitely do not blame people for being skeptical or scared to work with someone online, but when I see what they are doing is NOT working for them, I cannot help but feel sad for them not wanting to try a unique, effective approach for relief.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
- Know your WHY — Why are you doing what you are doing, and make sure you LOVE the reason and the business.
- Have definable, measurable goals and make every decision based on those goals. "Will this help me move closer to my goal, OR is it a distraction"
- Get systems and processes in place so as you grow, you know you will be able to handle things properly as you HIRE the RIGHT people for the growth.
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: https://sciaticareliefnow.net/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dean.volk.3/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sciaticareliefnow/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-volk-sciaticareliefexpert/
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