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As I travel North America teaching our Medical Exercise Specialist workshops, I have noticed the highly successful Post Rehab Professionals (PRP’s) demonstrate eight habits that guarantee their success. We will discuss each of these 8 habits and explain the impact each has on a post rehab practice. Successful PRP’s are able to develop safe and effective post rehab programs for a wide range of medical conditions, establish long-term referral relationships with medical professionals, and receive insurance reimbursement for post rehab services. If you embrace these habits, I guarantee you too will grow a profitable and successful post rehab practice.

PRPs define their scope of practice and role in a clear and concise statement in their brochures, marketing materials and presentations. Defining your scope of practice and clearly outlining your menu of services allows you to position yourself as the expert in the rehab spectrum, rather than relying on someone else who lacks a true understanding of your background and education. This could result in an inaccurate definition that will negatively impact the destiny of your practice. Providing a definition of post rehab fitness will further reinforce your scope of practice and prevent any misunderstanding or misconceptions regarding your role as a PRP.

PRP’s speak at local medical clinics, professional organizations or local support groups to educate these groups about the services he or she offers. These presentations include information on the PRP’s scope of service, the role of the PRP in the rehab exercise arena, the types of individuals PRP’s work with as well as the benefits of post rehab programming. A simple demonstration of a few easy to perform exercises is usually included in the presentation. This exercise demonstration gives the PRP a chance to show the ease and simplicity of many of their exercises. Having this experience and trying out the exercise can often turn members of the audience into clients. The goal of every successful PRP’s is to make at least one presentation per month to a group.

PRP’s document and share their findings of the fitness assessments they perform and client progress to the appropriate medical professional or insurance carrier. This ability to accurately report any issues and progress is a necessary skill each PRP should develop. If you are not able to inform the appropriate individuals about your findings and progress in a clear concise manner this could result in the loss of future referrals as well as being turned down for any insurance reimbursement. Appropriate post rehab forms and reporting guidelines are available to buy at www.postrehab.com and www.postrehabtoday.com.

Successful post rehab professionals always follow-up by telephone for all written or verbal inquiries with the appropriate medical professionals and insurance carriers. These calls should be made within 72 hours – the sooner the better. In doing this, you can make sure the medical professional or insurance carrier received your documentation and they can inform you if more detailed information is necessary. Written communication limits the subtle details a medical professional or insurance carrier often needs to help make an informed decision on the patient’s care and management. A timely follow-up call enhances PRP’s professional image.

Successful PRP’s must be sure to assess and re-assess the post rehab client in order to set a baseline for the program and to determine the client’s progress. The PRP must determine the appropriate assessment procedures to utilize in order to gain a clear view of the client’s ROM/flexibility, strength, endurance, balance and functional capacity. The assessment procedure must give the PRP a clear look at their client’s ability without precipitating an exacerbation of the client’s symptoms.

The PRP must progress the client to reach the goals established at the outset of the program. The PRP must progress the client without triggering an exacerbation of the client’s condition. The ability to progress the client requires a combination of understanding the client’s condition, knowledge of the progression guidelines and the ability to perform post rehab assessment techniques.

The PRP must motivate, encourage and support the post rehab client to achieve the program goals. Knowing when and how to motivate the client without setting up the client for failure is a trait every PRP must develop. Pain and discomfort may cause the post rehab client to become discouraged and depressed. Expertise in exercise prescription alone is not the key to post rehab success. The post rehab client, in most situations, needs more encouragement, support than the traditional fitness client.

Post rehab professionals always educate their clients so they have a better understanding of their own conditions. A well educated client will show much better success rates then the client who doesn’t fully understand how to manage their condition. Good post rehab professionals also regularly educate themselves as well as their staff members. They attend medical workshops and seminars, and on their own regularly educate themselves on new conditions and issues they run into daily with their clients. Post rehab professional utilize this new information to further develop their practice. Successful post rehab professionals are always open to learning.

Post rehab is a swiftly growing fitness idea. The post rehab professional who can practice the eight habits outlined above will see more medical and personal referrals, an increased reputation resulting in increased practice revenue. Having good habits promote great success. For more post rehab practice building ideas, please visit our website at www.postrehab.com http://www.postrehabtoday.com or email me at DrMike@postrehab.com.

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