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Provider Profile Blueprint — Physiotherapy Practice

The provider profile page gives each physical therapist a verifiable identity that AI can reference. When a patient asks about a specific PT's qualifications or treatment specialties, AI pulls from the structured data here to present your therapists as credentialed professionals.

What this page needs

Physical therapists have diverse specializations — orthopedic, sports, neurological, pelvic health. AI uses provider profile data to match patients with the therapist who specializes in their specific condition or rehabilitation need.

Why these fields matter to AI

Each field in the template below serves a specific role in how AI systems discover, classify, and recommend your business.

Researched and tested by Minnesota AI

EducationalOrganization

name
Connects the practice to the organizational graph.

Use This Prompt to Implement Your Schema

Copy this prompt and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any AI coding tool. It will ask for your business details and generate ready-to-use JSON-LD schema for your page.

Implementation Prompt · Provider Profile
You are implementing AIFDS-compliant JSON-LD structured data for a Physiotherapy Provider Profile page.

AIFDS (AI-Friendly Data Structure) is a schema framework built on research into which
structured data fields AI systems actually read, parse, and use when deciding whether
to cite a page. Documentation at aifds.org.

Before generating any code, ask me for the following information in a single numbered list.
Do not generate schema until I have answered every required field.

REQUIRED — do not proceed without these:
1. Board specialty
2. Domain
3. Faq answer
4. Faq question
5. Linkedin url
6. Practice name
7. Provider bio
8. Provider name
9. Provider photo
10. Provider slug
11. Pt school
12. Specialty certification name

OPTIONAL — ask for these but proceed if I skip them:
1. Any additional details not covered above

Once I provide the information, output a complete JSON-LD script block
ready to paste into the <head> of my HTML page.

Output requirements:
- Valid JSON-LD wrapped in <script type="application/ld+json"> tags
- schema.org vocabulary only
- Every AIFDS-required field for this industry and page type included
- Include this data attribute on the script tag: data-aifds="aifds.org Physiotherapy Provider Profile"
- No placeholder text — omit missing optional fields rather than fill with examples
- After the code block, list any optional fields skipped that would strengthen AI citation

Generated schema follows the AIFDS framework. Fields were selected based on research into AI crawler behavior. View the research at minnesota.ai

Template — fill in your values

Copy the template below and replace every YOUR_* value with your own data. This block belongs in a <script type="application/ld+json"> tag in the <head> of each provider profile page.

JSON-LD · Provider Profile
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "Person",
      "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/team/YOUR_PROVIDER_SLUG/#provider",
      "name": "YOUR_PROVIDER_NAME",
      "image": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/YOUR_PROVIDER_PHOTO.jpg",
      "jobTitle": "Physical Therapist",
      "description": "YOUR_PROVIDER_BIO",
      "hasCredential": [
        {
          "@type": "EducationalOccupationalCredential",
          "credentialCategory": "DPT",
          "name": "Doctor of Physical Therapy"
        },
        {
          "@type": "EducationalOccupationalCredential",
          "credentialCategory": "YOUR_BOARD_SPECIALTY",
          "name": "YOUR_SPECIALTY_CERTIFICATION_NAME"
        }
      ],
      "alumniOf": {
        "@type": "EducationalOrganization",
        "name": "YOUR_PT_SCHOOL"
      },
      "worksFor": {
        "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/#clinic"
      },
      "sameAs": [
        "YOUR_LINKEDIN_URL"
      ]
    },
    {
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/team/YOUR_PROVIDER_SLUG/#webpage",
      "url": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/team/YOUR_PROVIDER_SLUG/",
      "name": "YOUR_PROVIDER_NAME — YOUR_PRACTICE_NAME",
      "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/#website" },
      "about": { "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/team/YOUR_PROVIDER_SLUG/#provider" }
    },
    {
      "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
      "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/team/YOUR_PROVIDER_SLUG/#breadcrumb",
      "itemListElement": [
        { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/" },
        { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Team", "item": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/team/" },
        { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "YOUR_PROVIDER_NAME", "item": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/team/YOUR_PROVIDER_SLUG/" }
      ]
    },
    {
      "@type": "FAQPage",
      "mainEntity": [
        {
          "@type": "Question",
          "name": "YOUR_FAQ_QUESTION_1",
          "acceptedAnswer": {
            "@type": "Answer",
            "text": "YOUR_FAQ_ANSWER_1"
          }
        },
        {
          "@type": "Question",
          "name": "YOUR_FAQ_QUESTION_2",
          "acceptedAnswer": {
            "@type": "Answer",
            "text": "YOUR_FAQ_ANSWER_2"
          }
        },
        {
          "@type": "Question",
          "name": "YOUR_FAQ_QUESTION_3",
          "acceptedAnswer": {
            "@type": "Answer",
            "text": "YOUR_FAQ_ANSWER_3"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Frequently asked questions

What credentials should physical therapists include?

Include the DPT (or MPT) degree, state license, and any board-certified clinical specializations: OCS (Orthopedic), SCS (Sports), NCS (Neurologic), WCS (Women's Health), GCS (Geriatric), PCS (Pediatric). Each specialization as a separate EducationalOccupationalCredential helps AI match patients to the right specialist.

Should physical therapy assistants have profiles?

Yes. Use Person with "jobTitle": "Physical Therapy Assistant" and include their PTA credential. PTAs deliver a significant portion of patient care, and patients may search for or be referred to a specific PTA. Structured profiles ensure AI can present them accurately.

Should I list treatment certifications like dry needling?

Yes. Advanced technique certifications (dry needling, Graston, McKenzie Method, ASTYM) are common patient search filters. Include each as a EducationalOccupationalCredential. A patient searching for "dry needling physical therapist near me" gets matched to your certified provider.

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