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Ask The Movement Question Once In A PT Manager Form, And Every New Client Answers It Before Session One
From the FASTER syllabus: this article is taught in full in PT Manager, free with any FASTER course →
In short: Today's first post covered four ways to get one idea across to a client, including open questions and listening. Today's second covered asking a client in which movements they want to feel stronger. PT Manager's Forms room, described on the page as forms by FASTER, paperwork that sends itself, lets a trainer build a form from simple question rows, name it, and send it to active clients. The trainer can tick a box for anything health-related so the answers are encrypted and access is logged. The trainer writes the movement question once, in their own words, and every new client answers it before the first session.
Two posts, one question to ask
Today's first post covered four ways of getting one idea across to a client: verbal, non-verbal, listening and demonstration. Today's second came from Core & Pelvic Floor and gave a trainer a question worth asking every client who wants a stronger core: in which movements do they want to feel stronger, and where does their strength let them down?
Both hang on asking well. A trainer who asks it well once is doing great work, and a trainer who asks it well every time, in the same words, with the answers kept somewhere safe, has a system.
Write it once
PT Manager's Forms room is described on its own page as forms by FASTER, paperwork that sends itself. A trainer builds a form from simple question rows, gives it a name (the page suggests "Weekly check-in") and saves it. The movement question goes in as one row, in the trainer's own words.
FASTER also supplies a pack of ready-made forms, so a trainer starts with the standard paperwork and adds their own question beside it.
Health answers stay protected
A tick box on the form says it contains health information. Answers to a form marked that way are encrypted and access to them is logged, so the trainer does not have to think about it question by question.
Before session one
A trainer sends the form to an active client, and the client answers it in their own time. The first session then starts from what the client wrote, which is usually a movement in their own life, and the trainer walks in with something specific to build.
Signing up and passing are still different moments
PT Manager opens the moment someone signs up with any FASTER course, so a trainer can build their forms in their own name straight away. Adding real clients unlocks the day a course is passed. Read more about Core & Pelvic Floor, where today's second post comes from, or see PT Manager. Today's first post is here.
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Also worth a look: Core & Pelvic Floor, today's second post in full.
See what the course covers →Frequently asked
Can I write my own questions in PT Manager?
Yes. The Forms room lets a trainer build a form from simple question rows, name it and save it, alongside the FASTER pack of ready-made forms.
What happens to health information in a form?
A trainer ticks a box to say the form contains health information, and the answers then get encrypted and access is logged.
Do I need to have passed a course to use it?
Building forms opens the moment you sign up with FASTER. Adding real clients, and so sending a form to one, unlocks once you pass a course.
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