Treatment Adherence

Showing results is the most important way to earn client buy-in. Education should emphasize that the person is not stuck, limitations can often change quickly, and the person has control over the process. For pain-focused clients, restoring movement is framed as redistributing mechanical load and reducing strain on vulnerable sites. For fat loss clients, the article frames mobility drills as a way to enable deeper loaded squats, greater muscle work, and more calorie expenditure. A mismatch between client wants and practitioner recommendations may mean the client is outside the practitioner’s ideal target market. A squat may feel easy when compensations occur, but becomes demanding when ribcage, knee, and pelvis positions are maintained. Most clinician participants perceived South Asian patients as generally more medication-compliant than other racial and ethnic groups. Treatment abandonment was defined as premature discontinuation of the prescribed chemotherapy regimen. If corrective or mobility work does not create noticeable improvement, the client has a rational reason not to care about it. Treatment interruption and abandonment were frequent but were not statistically associat…