Rock Valley Physical Therapy spreads patient-first gospel

From its 1984 founding by a single physical therapist in a drafty barn of a building in Moline to a family of 61 clinics stretching across three states, Rock Valley Physical Therapy has remained patient-centered and therapist-owned.

Its CEO Mike Horsfield clearly is passionate about that business model and about the family atmosphere and patient-first, hands-on care he believes it engenders at the…