Terms of Use for Clinical Athlete's physical therapy pages and service
Effective October 19, 2026
About these terms
These terms apply to the physical therapy pages of clinicalathlete.com and the forms on them, and they summarize how the physical therapy service works. Your care is governed by the documents you sign with the practice that treats you before care begins: your care agreement, your consent to treatment and the Financial Policy. If these terms and those documents differ, those documents apply.
Who provides your care
Physical therapy is provided by one of three practices, depending on the state you are in during your sessions: Slate Physical Therapy, P.A. (all states except California, New Jersey and New York), Slate Physical Therapy East, P.C. (New Jersey and New York) and Slate Physical Therapy West, P.C. (California). Each practice’s licensed physical therapists make the decisions about its patients’ care. Ryan Smith, PT, owns Slate Physical Therapy, P.A., Slate Physical Therapy East, P.C. and Slate Physical Therapy West, P.C. and supervises the physical therapy care they provide. Slate Physical Therapy, P.A. takes payments for Slate Physical Therapy East, P.C. and Slate Physical Therapy West, P.C. as their billing agent, and paying the P.A. pays the practice that treats you. Clinical Athlete LLC runs this website and does not provide healthcare services.
The service
All care offered on this site is physical therapy, provided by the practices by telehealth: video visits, your exercise program and messaging with your therapist.
The discovery call
A free call about fit, scheduling and how care works. You talk with Ryan Smith, PT, about how the program works, scheduling, price, and whether it fits what you are looking for. The call does not cover your condition and includes no clinical advice; your therapist answers clinical questions at your evaluation, which is where your care begins. It is not for urgent health concerns: in an emergency, call 911.
Where you must be
You can receive care only while you are physically in a state where your therapist is licensed or otherwise authorized to practice, and only in the United States. Tell the practice before you join a session from a different state.
Not for emergencies
This service and these pages are not for emergencies. In an emergency, call 911. For a mental health crisis, call or text 988.
Patients under 18
For a patient under 18, a parent or legal guardian completes the intake forms and consents to care, and must be present for video visits unless the practice says otherwise.
Fees and payment
Prices are on our Good Faith Estimate page. Ongoing care is charged every 14 days until you stop, and there is no minimum term. The Financial Policy, which you agree to in your care agreement before you pay, sets out when you pay, refunds and the rest of the terms. To stop, use “Stop my care plan” in your patient portal, message us in the Relay app, email slate@clinicalathlete.com or tell your therapist. Every patient receives a written Good Faith Estimate.
The practices do not bill health plans and are not in any health plan’s network. On request, the practice gives you a superbill, an itemized statement you can send to your health plan yourself; we cannot promise your plan will pay you back.
Privacy
Our Privacy Policy covers these pages. The practices’ Notice of Privacy Practices covers your health information.
Using these pages
Do not use these pages unlawfully, try to get into parts of the site or its systems you are not allowed into, interfere with how the site works, or upload harmful code. The information on these pages is general and is not advice about your health; your therapist gives that. The content belongs to Clinical Athlete LLC or the people who licensed it to Clinical Athlete LLC. Links to other websites are not endorsements.
Limits on liability
Clinical Athlete LLC provides these pages as they are. To the extent the law allows, Clinical Athlete LLC is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising from your use of these pages. Nothing in these terms limits a practice's professional responsibility for the care it provides, or any right the law gives you that cannot be waived.
Disputes
If you have a concern, please contact us first at slate@clinicalathlete.com so we can try to resolve it. Disputes about your use of these pages are resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis, except claims in small claims court and requests for an injunction. Disputes about your care or its payment are governed by the documents you sign with the practice that treats you and the law of the state where you received care. New Jersey law governs these terms as they apply to use of these pages.
Non-discrimination and accessibility
The practices do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, or any other characteristic protected by law. We want everyone to be able to use these pages, our forms and our care. If you have trouble using any part of this site, or you need a document in another format (such as large print or a version that works with a screen reader) or another accommodation for a disability, contact slate@clinicalathlete.com or 667-239-5010 and we will help, at no charge.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms; the effective date at the top shows when they last changed. Changes to your financial terms reach you as your Financial Policy explains, never only by a change to this page.
Contact
Clinical Athlete LLC, 1 High Street Court, Morristown, NJ 07960, info@clinicalathlete.com.
Questions about your care or bill:
slate@clinicalathlete.com or 667-239-5010.