The documentation challenge in physiotherapy
Physiotherapy clinical documentation is inherently spatial. A patient with right shoulder impingement, left knee pain and lumbar disc compression has three separate anatomical regions requiring separate treatment histories.
Written documentation struggles with spatial precision. A visual body map provides this information instantly — any clinician can see which regions are under treatment and what the previous session involved.
Marking treatment regions on a body diagram
A digital joint and body map shows a full anatomical diagram — front and back views, with all major joints and regions labelled. The physiotherapist clicks on the affected region to open a treatment record for that area.
Each region record captures the current status, procedures performed in the current session, and notes on the patient response. At the next session, the diagram loads with existing region records highlighted.
- All major joint regions: shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle
- Spine regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral
- Status tracking across sessions
- Procedure and outcome recording per region
Linking body map records to treatment courses
In physiotherapy, body map records connect naturally to treatment courses — a 12-session program targeting specific regions. The management system should show the physiotherapist how many sessions in the course have addressed each region and what progress has been made.
This linkage creates the longitudinal clinical picture that referring physicians expect to see when a physiotherapy course is complete.
From body map to billing
Procedures recorded in the body map should connect to the patient invoice. If a physiotherapist records ultrasound therapy for the left knee and manual therapy for the lumbar spine in a single session, both procedures should appear on the invoice with the clinic standard prices.
Clinics can customise which procedures appear in the body map dropdown for each region, and set their own prices for each procedure.