"How long until I get better?" "I don't know if I'm making enough progress." "How much longer is this going to take?"
These are some of the toughest questions we have to answer as pelvic PTs. And if we don't have a framework for how we think about treatment, these can be really difficult to answer!
But in this 'sode we go through the 4 Phases of Treatment. This is a way for you to organize your plan of care and communicate it with patients to keep their trust and buy-in throughout the process.
This also helps if you're getting a lot of 'self-discharges', when symptoms have improved enough but you don't really feel like the patient is finished.
This framework actually comes out of the online Pelvic PT Essentials course, where we go into each of these phases in more depth. But hopefully this overview gets you thinking about what phase your patient is in and how you are communicating it with them!
Pelvic PT Essentials
If you're interested in learning more about the Pelvic PT Essentials online continuing education course, you can always check it out at www.pelvicptrising.com/essentials.
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About Us
Nicole and Jesse Cozean founded PelvicSanity Physical Therapy together in 2016. It grew quickly into one of the largest cash-based physical therapy practices in the country.
They believe every pelvic physical therapist should find a position they love and feel confident in treating even the most complex patients. They started Pelvic PT Rising to provide clinical and business resources to pelvic PTs to raise the level of our profession.
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Learn more at www.pelvicptrising.com, follow Nicole @nicolecozeandpt (www.instagram.com/nicolecozeandpt) or reach out via email (nicole@pelvicsanity.com).
Check out our Clinical Courses, Business Resources and learn more about us at Pelvic PT Rising...Let's Continue to Rise!
