Business & Clients
A Client's Progress Only Counts If You Can Find It Again
From the FASTER syllabus: this article is taught in full in PT Manager, free with any FASTER course →
In short: Checking a source properly and reading a client's real function both only pay off if a trainer can find what they learned three sessions later. PT Manager's client record holds notes and history against each client, and the Live Analyser turns what a trainer sees in the room into a number on that record, so today's earlier two posts become something a trainer can come back to, not just good practice once.
Today's Two Posts Both Land In The Same Place: PT Manager's Client Record
The short version
Today's earlier posts covered two separate skills. One was checking a claim against a credible source before it reaches a client. The other was asking about a moment a client wasn't thinking about their injury, because it tells you more than a pain score does. Both are worth nothing to a trainer three sessions from now unless there's somewhere to put what was learned. That's what PT Manager's client record is for.
Key Takeaways
- Checking evidence and reading real function only pay off if a trainer can find the answer again later.
- PT Manager's client record holds a trainer's own notes and history against each client, session by session.
- The Live Analyser lays a live skeleton over a client and reads joint angle, so seeing beats describing.
What both of today's earlier posts need
A trainer who checks a source properly still has to remember which source, for which client, and why, weeks after the conversation happened. A trainer who catches a client forgetting their own pain mid-session still needs that moment written down somewhere it can be compared against next time. Neither skill is complete without a place for it to live.
Where it's kept
PT Manager's client record sits against each client and holds a trainer's own notes and session history in one place, so a decision made in week two is still there to check against in week eight, rather than resting on whoever happens to remember it.
Backed up by seeing it, not just hearing it
The client record works alongside the Live Analyser, which lays a live skeleton over a client on camera and reads joint angle, depth and tempo in real time, readable from three metres mid-set. Where today's second post was about a question that shows more than a pain score, the Live Analyser is the same idea in the room: seeing what's happening beats asking someone to describe it, and the reading goes straight onto the record instead of being remembered.
Where this comes from
PT Manager opens the moment you sign up with FASTER, and adding real clients unlocks once a course is passed, whether that's the Certified PT course from scratch or a specialist course like Injury Recovery to Performance Specialist if you're already qualified.
What to do next
PT Manager is where checking evidence and reading a client properly turn into a record a trainer can use, open the moment you sign up with FASTER.
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Also worth a look: Injury Recovery to Performance Specialist, today's second post in full.
See what the course covers →Frequently asked
Do I need a paid PT Manager tier to use the client record?
No. PT Manager opens the moment you sign up with FASTER, and adding real clients unlocks once you pass a course.
Does the Live Analyser replace asking a client questions?
No, it backs the question up. The forgotten-tennis-elbow question from today's second post still matters, and the Live Analyser gives you a number to go with the answer.
Does the record follow a client between sessions on its own?
Yes. It sits against that client and updates each session, rather than living in a trainer's memory or a paper folder.
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