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The Hidden Time Sink in PT Clinics: Writing Home Exercise Programs

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By Caelum Trott (PREVE)
TechnologyHealthProductivity🧠 Treatment Planning🤸‍♀️ Patient Engagement & Adherence🤖 AI in Physio🧱 Exercise Programming🔬 Outcome Measurement

Most PTs spend 10–15 minutes hand-crafting every home exercise program, tweaking generic videos and typing long caveats — only for patients to ignore half of it. Preve flips the script: just run your consult, and it automatically builds an individualised program with the exact instructions you gave. No extra work. Better adherence. Better outcomes.

The Hidden Time Sink in PT Clinics: Writing Home Exercise Programs

Ask any physical therapist where their time goes, and you’ll get a predictable list: charting, insurance paperwork, chasing no-shows. But there’s another hidden time sink that rarely gets mentioned: building home exercise programs (HEPs).

On paper, it sounds simple. Pick a few exercises, click “print,” done. Right?

Not even close.

The Reality of HEP Creation

Here’s how it usually goes:

  • You spend 10–15 minutes per patient searching for the right exercise in your software’s giant library.
  • You find a video that’s… sort of close. But not quite what you actually taught in the clinic.
  • You end up typing out paragraphs of extra notes: “Ignore the first part of this demo, do it like I showed you… only go halfway down… make sure you keep your ribcage tucked in, not like the video.”
  • The program goes out looking professional, but it’s not exactly what you prescribed.

    • And after all that effort? The patient still comes back next week saying: “I wasn’t sure if I was doing it right, so I didn’t really do it.”

    Sound familiar?

    The Cost of the Old Way

    That 10–15 minutes per patient adds up. Across a full caseload, you could be spending hours each week hand-crafting HEPs that still feel generic and confusing to patients.

    It’s frustrating for you, and it’s demotivating for them. And let’s be honest — no PT went to school to become a part-time exercise librarian.

    Enter Preve

    This is where Preve changes the game.

    Instead of manually building programs after each visit, Preve listens during your consult. As you talk through exercises, cues, and modifications with your patient, Preve captures it all and automatically builds the program for you.

    The result?

  • The patient gets individualised instructions that reflect exactly what you taught — not a generic exercise video with three paragraphs of disclaimers.
  • You don’t spend an extra 15 minutes typing, editing, and hoping the patient understands your notes.
  • The program is ready instantly in their digital portal, complete with goals, milestones, and reminders.

    • Why This Matters

    When patients feel confident about their HEP, they actually do it. And when they do it, they get better results. That means fewer cancellations, stronger outcomes, and happier patients.

    For you, it means hours saved each week, less frustration, and more time for what really matters: patient care.

    Conclusion

    Building HEPs shouldn’t feel like a second job. With Preve, you just run your consult the way you always do, and the program builds itself.

    No more scrolling through endless exercise libraries. No more typing out caveats. No more wasted time.

    Just better programs, better adherence, and better outcomes — for your patients and for you.