The problem
Patients lose the exercises you showed them in clinic, so you type or write them out again. If 12 patients a week get a tailored sheet at 10 minutes each, that's 2 hours a week, about 8.6 hours a month (120 x 4.3 / 60).
What the AI does
You decide the exercises, sets, repetitions and cautions, as you do now. Type them as a short list with no patient details and paste them into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Ask for a clear numbered sheet in plain English, with a line on when to stop and ring you. You check it matches your prescription exactly, then add the patient's name offline and print or email it.
A worked example
A physiotherapist in Bristol gives about 12 patients a week a tailored exercise sheet. She types her list and asks an AI assistant to turn it into a clean page, then checks every line.
Before
10 minutes to write each sheet, 8.6 hours a month
After
About 4 minutes to check and personalise each sheet, 3.4 hours a month
What it's worth
About 5.2 hours a month saved (6 minutes on each of 12 sheets a week: 72 minutes x 4.3 / 60), worth around £234 if your time is worth £45 an hour.
How to set it up
- Write the exercise list yourself, with the sets, repetitions and any cautions.
- Paste it into your AI assistant, without the patient's name or details, and ask for a numbered plain-English sheet.
- Check every line against what you prescribed. Fix anything the assistant added, removed or reworded.
- Add the patient's name and your contact details outside the AI tool, then send or print.
- Save good sheets as templates so you only edit the details next time.
What goes wrong
- An assistant can add an exercise, change a number of repetitions or soften a caution. The sheet must say exactly what you prescribed.
- This is a record of your clinical decision, not advice from the AI. It never chooses the exercises.
- Don't paste patient names, diagnoses or notes into a consumer plan.
- Photos and videos are not drafted by this; the sheet is words only.