Hi, I'm Ben, a Doctor of Physical Therapy bringing hands-on, one-on-one care directly into homes across the Albuquerque area.

I found out what I loved before I even started working. At eighteen, I interned at a physical therapy clinic in Albuquerque, and for the first time in my life I showed up to work excited to be there and left feeling fulfilled, even though I wasn't getting paid for it. That's when I knew I needed to be a physical therapist.

I earned my Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of New Mexico in 2017 and started where most PTs do: a high-volume, insurance-based outpatient clinic, treating complex patients with high-intensity exercise. It was rewarding work, but I felt like I was missing something more.

I made the switch to home health, and everything changed. I started working toward goals that actually meant something, patients walking again, regaining their independence and sense of dignity. Seeing people in their own homes gives you access to their life: their family, the pictures on the wall, what actually makes them them. Being invited into someone's home builds trust faster, and it builds a real relationship.

But it's also where I saw a different version of the same problem. Patients were having their visits reduced, their authorization denied, forced to wait for several days and even weeks to begin therapy, or getting discharged to outpatient care before they were ready, not because of anything clinical, but because insurance said so.

So I started BGPT to come into patients' homes and keep working with them for as long as it actually takes to get stronger and regain their independence, without an insurance company telling us how to work, when to stop, how many visits we get, or who's allowed to provide the care.