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Acquisitions of Businesses, 2024 Acquisitions (Details) $ in Thousands									1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2025 USD ($) Clinic	Apr. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2025 USD ($) Clinic	Nov. 30, 2024 USD ($) Clinic	Oct. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares	Aug. 31, 2024 USD ($) Clinic	Apr. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2024 USD ($) Clinic	Aug. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) Clinic	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) Clinic
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Contingent payments										$ 9,600	$ 9,600		$ 17,600
Cash paid, net of cash acquired											$ 15,214	$ 41,196
Customer and Referral Relationships [Member]
Estimated fair value of net tangible assets acquired [Abstract]
Estimated useful lives of acquired intangibles										12 years	12 years		12 years 8 months 12 days
Non-compete Agreements [Member]
Estimated fair value of net tangible assets acquired [Abstract]
Estimated useful lives of acquired intangibles										6 years	6 years		5 years 10 months 24 days
Physical Therapy Operations [Member]
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Seller note										$ 300	$ 300
Deferred payments										0	0
Contingent payments										5,731	5,731
Cash paid, net of cash acquired											15,214
Estimated fair value of net tangible assets acquired [Abstract]
Total current assets										918	918
Total non-current assets										240	240
Total liabilities										(495)	(495)
Net tangible assets acquired										663	663
Customer and referral relationships										5,981	5,981
Non-compete agreement										310	310
Tradenames										1,442	1,442
Goodwill										20,903	20,903
Fair value of non-controlling interest (classified as redeemable non-controlling interest)										(8,054)	(8,054)
Total consideration										21,245	21,245
IIP Business [Member]
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Seller note													$ 455
Deferred payments													0
Contingent payments													2,100
Cash paid, net of cash acquired													23,106
Estimated fair value of net tangible assets acquired [Abstract]
Total current assets													1,132
Total non-current assets													563
Total liabilities													(463)
Net tangible assets acquired													1,232
Customer and referral relationships													6,500
Non-compete agreement													210
Tradenames													1,400
Goodwill													16,319
Fair value of non-controlling interest (classified as redeemable non-controlling interest)													0
Total consideration													25,661
IIP Business [Member] \| Briotix Health, Limited Partnership [Member]
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Percentage of interest acquired							100.00%
Aggregate purchase price for the acquisition							$ 24,000
Cash paid for acquisition							500
Contingent payments										0	0
Payment for contingent consideration liability									$ 1,900
IIP Business [Member] \| Briotix Health, Limited Partnership [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Contingent payments							$ 10,000
Clinic Practice [Member]
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Percentage of interest acquired	60.00%	80.00%	65.00%	75.00%		70.00%		50.00%
Number of clinics \| Clinic	3		3	8		8		9
Percentage of interest retained by practice founder	40.00%		35.00%	25.00%		30.00%		50.00%
Aggregate purchase price for the acquisition	$ 7,900			$ 15,900		$ 2,000		$ 16,400
Cash paid for acquisition	7,600	$ 2,300	$ 3,800	15,700				$ 500
Seller note	$ 300			$ 200
Percentage of interest accrued	5.00%			5.00%				4.50%
Clinic Practice [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Contingent payments		$ 1,800	$ 1,300			$ 3,600				2,500	2,500
MSO Metro LLC [Member]
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Percentage of interest acquired		50.00%			50.00%
Aggregate purchase price for the acquisition					$ 76,500
Cash paid for acquisition					75,000
Shares issued					$ 1,500
Shares issued (in shares) \| shares					18,358
Common stock average trailing period					5 days
Contingent payments					$ 20,000					2,500	2,500
Acquisitions [Member]
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Seller note													1,675
Deferred payments													1,500
Contingent payments													17,671
Cash paid, net of cash acquired													133,089
Estimated fair value of net tangible assets acquired [Abstract]
Total current assets													10,579
Total non-current assets													30,923
Total liabilities													(29,865)
Net tangible assets acquired													11,637
Customer and referral relationships													59,130
Non-compete agreement													3,800
Tradenames													13,877
Goodwill													165,634
Fair value of non-controlling interest (classified as redeemable non-controlling interest)													(100,143)
Total consideration													153,935
Acquisitions [Member] \| Physical Therapy Operations [Member]
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Seller note													1,220
Deferred payments													1,500
Contingent payments													15,571
Cash paid, net of cash acquired													109,983
Estimated fair value of net tangible assets acquired [Abstract]
Total current assets													9,447
Total non-current assets													30,360
Total liabilities													(29,402)
Net tangible assets acquired													10,405
Customer and referral relationships													52,630
Non-compete agreement													3,590
Tradenames													12,477
Goodwill													149,315
Fair value of non-controlling interest (classified as redeemable non-controlling interest)													(100,143)
Total consideration													$ 128,274
2024 Acquisition [Member]
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Contingent payments										$ 500	$ 500
Physical Therapy Clinics [Member]
Business Combination, Description [Abstract]
Number of clinics \| Clinic											14		8