Massage Therapy SOAP Notes
Download your free massage therapy SOAP note template A printable one-page form with prompts for client-reported pain and history, range of motion and palpation findings, your clinical interpretation, and the treatment plan. It also has space for session date, therapist name, and client and therapist signatures. Download template A massage therapy SOAP note records what […]
Functional reach test: Scoring, norms, and fall risk
Learn how to run the functional reach test in five minutes, average three trials, and read the fall risk cut-offs, plus the setup mistakes that skew scores.
Caloric testing: How it works and how to interpret results
Caloric testing checks each ear on its own for vestibular weakness. Read more on the bithermal protocol, the COWS rule, and how to read the numbers.
Autonomic testing: Types, preparation, and what results mean
A patient faints twice a month. She sweats through one side of her shirt and nothing on the other. Standing in a line makes her heart race. Her cardiology workup came back clean, and so did the MRI. That pattern turns up constantly, and it is what autonomic testing exists to settle. Instead of guessing […]
Bone marrow test: What happens and what results mean
Most people first hear the words “bone marrow test” right after a blood count comes back wrong. The referral arrives fast. A clear explanation of what happens next often does not. So patients turn up anxious, and staff spend the first 10 minutes answering questions the letter should have covered. The procedure itself is short […]
Neck pain exercises: stretching, strengthening, and rehab
Systematic reviews of population studies put the annual prevalence of neck pain at around a third of adults. That makes it one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints in physical therapy. For most people, the right neck pain exercises reduce symptoms and restore mobility within weeks. The harder part is matching the exercise to the […]
Ankle brachial index: How to perform, interpret, and document ABI
An ABI below 0.9 confirms PAD. Above 1.4 means calcified vessels, not a normal result. Full protocol, thresholds, and CPT codes.
Jefferson Scale of Empathy: Scoring, versions, and cost
The Jefferson Scale of Empathy is licensed, not free to download. Read more on the three versions, the 10 reverse-scored items, and what a license costs.
Drop jump test: Protocol, metrics, and results interpretation
Most practices running jump assessments collect the data, then lose it. Results get scrawled on a clipboard, typed into a spreadsheet nobody shares, and measured against population averages instead of the athlete’s own history. The drop jump test is worth more than that. Run properly, it gives sports medicine practitioners and physical therapists an objective […]
BBQ roll maneuver: Step-by-step guide for horizontal canal BPPV
The BBQ roll maneuver treats geotropic horizontal canal BPPV. Get the four rotations, hold times, and how to pick the affected ear.