Articles
- Most people stop their physical therapy exercises within weeks. Here's the actual reason why.Research on home exercise adherence after physical therapy is sobering: fewer than half of patients fully follow their prescribed program after discharge (Petrosyan et al., 2024). The rest drift — not from a lack of motivation, but from a loss of structure. When the appointments end, so does the system that kept them going.
- The problem with your discharge sheet isn’t the exercises.When someone leaves physical therapy with a home exercise program, the instinct is often to evaluate the exercises themselves. Are they the right movements? Are the sets and reps appropriate? Is the progression correct? These are reasonable questions. But they are almost never the source of the problem. The exercises on a standard discharge sheet…
- What happens to your body when the structure disappears after physical therapy.Physical therapy discharge is typically framed as a success. The patient has completed their course of treatment. They have met their clinical goals, or progressed to the point where continued clinic-based therapy is no longer necessary. They leave with a home exercise program and instructions to continue their work independently. For many patients, what follows…
- Why Your HEP Stops Working After DischargeA patient leaves your clinic with a home exercise program that is clear and clinically sound — then stops doing it after discharge. This article explains why the post-discharge compliance gap is a structural problem and where continuity systems fit.
- I Finished Physical Therapy. Now What?Finished PT and not sure what comes next? This article breaks down why follow-through drops after discharge and what kind of structure helps you keep the progress you worked hard to build.
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