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Physiotherapy Initial Assessment

A professional Physiotherapist template for healthcare professionals.
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Need a detailed record of your physiotherapy sessions? This Physiotherapy Initial Assessment template is designed for physiotherapists to document patient evaluations, treatment plans, and progress. It covers essential areas like patient history, pain assessment, objective findings, and treatment interventions. This template is perfect for creating comprehensive and accurate clinical notes. Using Heidi, this template can be quickly populated from your session transcript, saving you time and ensuring thorough documentation. Get started today and streamline your physiotherapy documentation process!

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Patient information: - Employment status: Employed as a software engineer. - Age: 32 - Sex: Male - General exercise and activity levels: Sedentary lifestyle, desk job, infrequent exercise. - Pronouns: He/Him Consent: - Verbal consent to assessment and treatment: Patient provided verbal consent. Acupuncture checklist: - VCG and answers to: Patient denies any of the contraindications. PC: - Presenting condition, specifying which side of the body, which limb or joint etc: Right shoulder pain. HPC: - History of presenting condition, stating exactly where the history began with this and how they got there: Patient reports onset of pain 2 weeks ago after lifting a heavy box. Pain gradually worsened over the past week. - Subjective information related to the presenting condition: Patient describes a sharp, aching pain in the right shoulder, exacerbated by overhead movements and sleeping on the right side. Reports occasional clicking. NRS: - Pain scores: Pain at rest: 3/10. Pain with activity: 7/10. Special Questions: - Questions about clicking, popping or grinding, sensation, giving way, power, dizziness, double vision, etc.: Reports occasional clicking in the shoulder. No reports of giving way, dizziness or double vision. 24 Hour Pattern: - Pain pattern over the day, AM / PM behaviours: Pain is worse in the morning and after prolonged sitting. Pain increases with overhead activities. Aggs: - List of aggravating factors: Overhead activities, reaching, sleeping on right side, prolonged sitting. Eases: - List of easing factors: Rest, ice, over-the-counter pain medication. PMH: - Past medical history, including threads: No significant past medical history. DH: - Drug history, a list of any medications being taken: Ibuprofen as needed. SH: - Any additional social history not already captured in the patient information above: Non-smoker, drinks alcohol socially. Goals / Expectations: - Patient goals and their expectations from the physiotherapist going forward through sessions: Patient wants to reduce pain and regain full range of motion to return to normal activities. Objective: - Observations, including postural observations: Forward head posture, rounded shoulders. - List of all objective assessments divided into joints and the range of motion assessed: - Right shoulder: - Flexion: 160 degrees - Abduction: 140 degrees - External Rotation: 40 degrees - Internal Rotation: 60 degrees - Power (MRC) assessed at that joint: - Shoulder abduction: 4/5 - Shoulder flexion: 4/5 - Special tests: Positive for Neer's test, Hawkins-Kennedy test. RX: - Thorough breakdown of all treatment provided in session: Soft tissue massage to the right shoulder and upper trapezius. Shoulder range of motion exercises. Patient education on posture and activity modification. - Advice, education or advisories for future attention given to patient: Advised to continue with home exercises. Ice application for pain relief. Schedule follow-up appointment in one week. Analysis: - Diagnosis quoted in the manner of a problem list, with medical terminology: Right shoulder impingement syndrome. - Any differential diagnosis/contributing factors mentioned within the session: Possible rotator cuff tendinopathy. Plan: - Plan including next appointment and any tasks agreed in session: Schedule follow-up appointment in one week. Continue home exercises. Avoid aggravating activities.
Patient information: - [employment status] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) - [age] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) - [sex] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) - [general exercise and activity levels] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) - [pronouns] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) Consent: - [verbal consent to assessment and treatment] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) Acupuncture checklist: - [VCG and answers to: uncontrolled epilepsy or diabetes, recent infective skin or heart conditions, pregnancy, allergic to metals] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) PC: - [Presenting condition, specifying which side of the body, which limb or joint etc] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) HPC: - [history of presenting condition, stating exactly where the history began with this and how they got there] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) - [subjective information related to the presenting condition] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) NRS: - [pain scores] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) Special Questions: - [questions about clicking, popping or grinding, sensation, giving way, power, dizziness, double vision, etc.] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) 24 Hour Pattern: - [pain pattern over the day, AM / PM behaviours] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) Aggs: - [list of aggravating factors] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) Eases: - [list of easing factors] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) PMH: - [past medical history, including threads] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) DH: - [Drug history, a list of any medications being taken] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) SH: - [any additional social history not already captured in the patient information above] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) Goals / Expectations: - [patient goals and their expectations from the physiotherapist going forward through sessions] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) Objective: - [observations, including postural observations] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) - [list of all objective assessments divided into joints and the range of motion assessed] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) - [power (MRC) assessed at that joint] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) - [special tests] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) RX: - [thorough breakdown of all treatment provided in session] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) - [advice, education or advisories for future attention given to patient] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) Analysis: - [diagnosis quoted in the manner of a problem list, with medical terminology] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) - [any differential diagnosis/contributing factors mentioned within the session] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) Plan: - [plan including next appointment and any tasks agreed in session] (Only include if explicitly mentioned in the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note; otherwise omit completely.) (Never come up with your own patient details, assessment, plan, interventions, evaluation, or next steps—use only the transcript, contextual notes or clinical note as a reference for all information. If any information related to a placeholder has not been explicitly mentioned, do not state that in the output; simply leave the relevant placeholder or section out entirely. Use as many lines, paragraphs, or bullet points as needed to capture all relevant information from the transcript.)
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