Coaching Patients to Overcome Barriers

Finding that patients aren't finishing the homework you give or aren't following through on what they said in your appointment?  Try spending more time coaching them to overcome barriers.Our job isn't to just dispense advice, ideas and exercises!  We need to make sure our patients can actually follow through and get them done.  As as rehab providers, we often don't realize how difficult the things we're asking our patients to do are FOR THEM.We talk through examples we've seen in training our staff at PelvicSanity, including things like having patients do a bladder diary, see a mental health therapist, do their home exercise program, or get notes from a test from a physician.   While all of these seem straightforward to us, that's only because we live this stuff every day!  We don't understand the barriers our patients have.  So we need to ask!We might spend 30 seconds talking about an exercise and up to 10 minutes working through the challenges the patient would have in doing it themselves.  That's how we get compliance!Too often we find ourselves rushing through our sessions - we actually need to slow down in order to help our patients overcome these barriers.PelviCon 2024 - Last Chance for Recording!If you couldn't make it in person this year, you can still get all the newest information from the top minds in the field!  You'll get 14 unique talks from 8 world-class speakers, the PelviCon e-manual, and a Certificate of Completion for 15 contact hours!  Get it at www.pelvicon.com!About UsNicole and Jesse Cozean founded Pelvic PT Rising to provide clinical and business resources to physical therapists to change the way we treat pelvic health.   PelvicSanity Physical Therapy (www.pelvicsanity.com) together in 2016.  It grew quickly into one of the largest cash-based physical therapy practices in the country.Through Pelvic PT Rising, Nicole has created clinical courses (www.pelvicptrising.com/clinical) to help pelvic health providers gain confidence in their skills and provide frameworks to get better patient outcomes.  Together, Jesse and Nicole have helped 600+ pelvic practices start and grow through the Pelvic PT Rising Business Programs (www.pelvicptrising.com/business) to build a practice that works for them! Get in Touch!Learn more at www.pelvicptrising.com, follow Nicole @nicolecozeandpt (www.instagram.com/nicolecozeandpt) or reach out via email ([email protected]).Check out our Clinical Courses, Business Resources and learn more about us at Pelvic PT Rising...Let's Continue to Rise!