Should You Be Asking Your Patient More Questions?

Pelvic PT Rising

How would you respond to someone who told you they were only drinking 24 ounces of water each day?
You might be tempted to tell them about how important hydration is. Or how more water intake can dilute bladder irritants. Or show them a cool new water bottle you bought that can help.
But sometimes we're so excited to share what we know we forget to ask another question.
If there's one clinical superpower we could gift to each of you, it would be the ability to ask more questions. They don't even have to be good ones! (Though they'll get better as you practice).
Just ask follow-up questions.
Be genuinely curious.
Learn about their day-to-day.
Get specific.
Let them talk!
In a normal session, we really feel the patient should be talking for 80% of the time. And that happens when you ask questions.
So your challenge this week - see how far you can get into your sessions by just asking questions. Note when you have the urge to jump in with 'education' and put it on hold. See what you find. Think you can try that?
About Us
Nicole and Jesse Cozean founded Pelvic PT Rising to provide clinical and business resources to physical therapists to change the way we treat pelvic health. PelvicSanity Physical Therapy (www.pelvicsanity.com) together in 2016. It grew quickly into one of the largest cash-based physical therapy practices in the country.
Through Pelvic PT Rising, Nicole has created clinical courses (www.pelvicptrising.com/clinical) to help pelvic health providers gain confidence in their skills and provide frameworks to get better patient outcomes. Together, Jesse and Nicole have helped 500+ pelvic practices start and grow through the Pelvic PT Rising Business Programs (www.pelvicptrising.com/business) to build a practice that works for them!

Get in Touch!
Learn more at www.pelvicptrising.com, follow Nicole @nicolecozeandpt (www.instagram.com/nicolecozeandpt) or reach out via email ([e-mail]).
Check out our Clinical Courses, Business Resources and learn more about us at Pelvic PT Rising...Let's Continue to Rise!

Chapters

1. Should You Be Asking Your Patient More Questions? (00:00:00)

2. Rising Together (00:00:02)

3. Importance of Asking Questions in Therapy (00:11:32)

4. The Power of Asking Questions (00:17:38)

5. Challenging Conversations (00:28:28)