Sports Therapy is not unlike the other therapies available within the Client Record Master Application having been carefully designed to facilitate the detailed capture of information required  when treating a client or patient with the various treatment or techniques associated with Sports Therapy, by presenting the sports therapist with a flexible, but ordered selection of prompts to a range of subject areas relating to Sports Therapy.

This is achieved via two levels of information capture as demonstrated to the right with a selection of screens. The Treatment Notes being the first level which relating to areas associated with holistic treatment in general.

Treatment Notes:

• Screen based textual description of the client/patient details.

• Treatment notes displaying the details associated with the Sports Therapy treatment.

• Client/patient complaint or reason for treatment.

• General symptoms being experienced.

• Client/patient stress and energy levels.

• Documentation of any changes that have taken place since the last treatment.

• Documentation of short and long term goals to the treatment.

• Documenting the therapists reflective practices of the treatment.

• This information is made available in hardcopy format at the simple click of a button.

The second level being more specific related to Sports Therapy having been designed to record the Observations made during the actual treatment.

The first selection available when entering the Sports Therapy Treatment Observations section, as the name implies, relates to the collection of information specific to the Sports Treatment itself, whether the client or patient are undergoing treatment for Pre or Post Events or are being treated for a particular reason or injury.

Treatment Observations:

• The identification of any specific contraindications.

• Key measurements.

• Evaluation of key muscles and their condition.

• Review of overall posture.

• Identification of areas of heat sensitivity.

• Identification of areas of nerve sensitivity.

• Notes on the outcome of the last treatment.

• Notes on the client/patient reaction during the treatment.

• Rational for the choice of the particular treatment.

• Treatment methods employed.

• Medium and equipment used during the treatment.

• Treatment outcome or conclusions.

• Home care and advice provided to the client/patient.

In addition to the Sports Treatment mentioned above, there are several associated therapy/treatment areas, provide for the capture of both textual and graphic information relating to these specialities, which may be relevant to the client or patient treatment during an  individual treatment session.

• Acupressure Treatment with detailed graphic and textual information covering the fourteen main meridians along with the location of the individual acupressure points.

• Specific Muscle Treatment with graphic location and identification plus information on muscle Origin, Insertion, action and Nerve association.

• Detailed notes on Palpation.

• Range of Motion Testing.

• Stretching with information relating to over one hundred different stretches.

• Trigger Point Treatment, with a detailed point location system which identifies the most likely trigger point requiring attention by displaying the individual muscles requiring treatment in order of priority based on the location of the pain being experienced by the client. 

The Therapist's Solution to Client / Patient Consultation and Treatment Record Management.