6: Most online forms only give you space to fill in the results without any notes.

This means you end up scribbling all your notes in the margins. We’ve allowed space for you to rate the patient’s RPE and pain for each test. For example, if a patient can only do 12 hamstring bridges and then stops due to pain - you can note that they stopped due to pain instead of weakness. When you test them again a few weeks later, you can note the improvement, plus that it was pain-free this time.

7: Most online forms don’t allow space for specific patient details.

We’ve included two other elements that often bother practitioners: remembering whether the patient had injured their left or right side. When you see a bunch of patients a day, it becomes hard to remember if it is the left or right side for each and every patient unless you write it down. That automatically stops that awkward moment where you’re palpating the patient, and they wonder why you’re not even touching their injured knee.

We’ve included their operation or injury date on each form because this helps put things into perspective when they are battling to reach certain rehab milestones. For example, you can remind them that they’re only 12 weeks post-op, and this progress is entirely normal.

8: Most evaluation forms will force you to use a specific metric.

We’ve given you the space to use centimetres or inches or any measuring metric you choose. That way, you are not forced to do annoying conversions just to make the form work.