The filing cabinet in treatment room two
Every chiropractor in the clinic has a folder. Some sheets are photocopies of photocopies, faint and slightly skewed. Others are stick figures drawn on the back of an appointment card while the patient waits. One associate emails a PDF from their personal account. Nobody is sure whether the clinic's own logo is on any of them.
Patients take the paper home, fold it into a pocket and lose it by the weekend. At the next visit, they are unsure whether it was ten repetitions or ten seconds.
Why it stays on paper
Rehab and exercise apps exist, and some clinics use them happily. Others find they come with a large generic library that does not match how their chiropractors actually teach movements, an extra login, and a separate record that is not linked to the patient notes. So the paper persists, because it is quick in the room and entirely under the chiropractor's control.
What the clinic actually needs is speed in the room, its own content, and a copy kept with the notes. That combination is rarely offered off the shelf.
The small costs that add up
- Time in the appointment spent finding or drawing a sheet.
- Inconsistent instructions between chiropractors for the same movement.
- Patients unsure what they were asked to do, so the conversation repeats next visit.
- No record of which instructions were given on which date.
- An unprofessional look compared with the rest of the clinic.
| Paper sheet | Digital instruction |
|---|---|
| Found in a folder or drawn by hand | Picked from a searchable library |
| Lost by the patient | On the patient's phone, reopened any time |
| No copy kept | Saved to the record with the date |
| Varies by chiropractor | Clinic's own agreed wording and images |
How we build the exercise library
- Your chiropractors choose the instructions they want in the library, in their own words. We do not supply exercises or advise on them.
- We photograph or film your team demonstrating each one in your clinic, so the content looks like yours.
- In the treatment room, the chiropractor searches or picks from favourites, adjusts repetitions or notes as they see fit, and presses send.
- The patient receives a link by SMS or email, opening a simple page with the instructions, images or short videos, and the chiropractor's notes.
- A copy of what was sent, and when, is saved to the patient record in your clinic software.
- The page can include a line inviting the patient to contact the clinic if anything is unclear, using your approved wording.
Content is owned by your clinic, not rented from a library provider, so it stays with you if you change software later.
What it feels like in the room
The library grows naturally. When a chiropractor finds themselves explaining something that is not in it yet, they note it, and it is filmed at the next quiet session. Updating an instruction updates it for every future patient, while the record keeps the exact version each earlier patient was sent.
Sending instructions takes seconds, so it happens every time rather than when there is a spare minute. Patients have clear instructions on the device they always carry. The next visit starts from what was actually sent, visible in the record. And the clinic's material looks consistent and professional, whichever chiropractor the patient sees.
Could this help your clinic?
- Chiropractors keep their own folders of exercise sheets.
- Some instructions are hand-drawn during the appointment.
- Patients regularly say they lost the sheet.
- There is no record of which instructions were given.
- You tried a rehab app but it did not fit how your team works.