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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details)				3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2018 Clinic	Apr. 30, 2018 Business	Feb. 28, 2018 Clinic	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) Clinic State Region	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) Clinic State Facility	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Clinic	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 23, 2017
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Percentage of general partnership interest owned					1.00%
Number of clinic practices acquired \| Clinic	4		2		2	2
Number of clinics consolidated with an existing clinic \| Clinic						1
Number of clinics that operate as a satellite clinic with existing partnerships \| Clinic						1
Number of clinics operated \| Clinic				588	588
Number of states where clinics are operated \| State				42	42
Number of third party facilities \| Facility					26
Mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interests \| $				$ 0	$ 0	$ 327,000	$ 327,000
Number of regions \| Region				6
Corporate income tax rate					21.00%
Unrecognized tax benefit \| $					$ 0
Accrued interest and penalties associated with any unrecognized tax benefits \| $				$ 0	0
Interest expense recognized \| $					$ 0
March 2017 Acquisition [Member]
Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
Percentage of interest acquired				55.00%	55.00%
Industrial Injury Prevention [Member]
Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
Percentage of interest acquired		65.00%						55.00%
Number of businesses merged \| Business		2
Percentage of combined business interest owned		59.45%
Employee [Member]
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Director [Member]
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Minimum [Member]
Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
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Redeemable non-controlling interest, redemption rights, commencement period					3 years
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Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
Estimated useful lives					3 years
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Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
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Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
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