New Patient Info/Forms and Your First Visit at Rehabletics

Your Rehabletics new patient forms are digital and arrive before your first visit, so you won’t need to print anything or fill out forms in a waiting room. Here is every form you will see, what to bring, and what your first hour actually looks like.

• Four forms, all online: Your intake, privacy, consent and, for athletes under 18, parental consent forms all arrive digitally after you book.
• Nothing to print: No PDF to download, no clipboard on arrival. Complete everything from your phone before you come in.
• No referral, no prescription: New Jersey law lets you start physical therapy without either, so neither is on your list.
• Your full hour stays clinical: Paperwork is done before you walk in, so your 60 minutes go to assessment and treatment.

Your New Patient Forms, and What Each One Asks

Rehabletics uses four new patient forms, and you complete all four online before your first appointment. You will not be handed a stack of paper when you arrive.

Here is each one and why it exists.

1. Intake and Medical History

This is the longest of the four and the one that shapes your evaluation. It asks what happened, when it started, what you have already tried, what made it better or worse, your current medications, your relevant medical and surgical history, your sport or training, and the goal you are actually chasing.

Answer this one properly. Your clinician reads it before you arrive, so your first visit can start with assessment instead of a twenty-minute interview.

2. Notice of Privacy Practices

This is the HIPAA form. It explains how Rehabletics protects your health information, how it may be used in the course of your care, and what rights you have over your own records. By signing, you acknowledge that you received and read it.

3. Consent to Treat and Financial Responsibility

Two things in one document. The consent section authorizes a licensed physical therapist to evaluate and treat you. The financial half confirms you understand that Rehabletics is an out-of-network clinic, that you pay the clinic directly, and what your responsibility is.

Nothing on this form will be a surprise if you took the free Comeback Call, because we quote your cost on that call before you book anything.

4. Parental Consent, for Athletes Under 18

If the athlete is a minor, a parent or legal guardian completes and signs this one. This allows Rehabletics to evaluate and treat your child. More detail on how this works for youth athletes is below.

How Your Forms Reach You, in Three Steps

Your forms arrive after you book. There is no separate step to hunt them down or request them.

1. Book your appointment online or by phone at (609) 354-7987. If you are starting with the free 30-minute Comeback Consult, no forms are needed for the call itself.
2. Watch for your forms. Once your evaluation is booked, we’ll send your new patient forms to you digitally. Check your inbox, and check your spam folder if you do not see them.
3. Complete them before you come in. You can fill them out on your phone, so you don’t need to sit at a desk. Finishing them in advance is what protects your full clinical hour.

If your forms haven’t arrived, or you would rather walk through them with someone, call (609) 354-7987. We answer the phone live seven days a week.

What to Bring to Your First Visit

Bring four things, and only one of them is paperwork.

• Comfortable clothes you can move in. Your evaluation includes a full-body movement screen, so shorts or leggings and a shirt you can raise your arms in. If we are assessing a knee, shoulder, or hip, we need to see the joint move.
• Your sport shoes. Whatever you actually train, play or run in. Worn-in shoes tell us more about your loading pattern than fresh ones.
• Any imaging or surgical notes you already have. X-rays, MRI reports, operative notes, a surgeon’s protocol. Bring them if you have them. Nobody needs to chase them down if you do not.
• A photo ID. Standard for a new patient record.

If you have a school, league or team return-to-play form that needs attention, bring that too and raise it during your visit.

What You Do Not Need to Bring

Most physical therapy clinics hand new patients a longer list than this. Here is what is not on yours, and why.

• A doctor’s referral or prescription: New Jersey law lets a licensed physical therapist evaluate and treat you without one. Full details on our direct access physical therapy page.
• A prior authorization number: No insurer authorizes your visit here, so there is no number to obtain and no approval to wait on.
• Printed paperwork: Your forms are digital. Nothing to print, and no clipboard waiting for you.
• A benefits verification call before you book: You do not need to call your insurer before your first visit. If you intend to claim afterward, that section is further down.

The list is short on purpose. The point of an out-of-network clinic is to put fewer things between an injury and treatment.

What to Expect on Your First Visit

Your first visit is a 60-minute Full-Body Performance Evaluation, one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Treatment starts in that same visit.

Here is the shape of the hour.

1. You are met by your clinician: One athlete, one Doctor of Physical Therapy, no techs and no handoffs. Your forms are already read, so the conversation starts from what you wrote rather than from scratch.
2. You talk through the injury: What happened, what you have tried, what your season or training calendar looks like, and what you are trying to get back to.
3. You get a full-body orthopedic and movement evaluation: Not just the joint that hurts. The painful area is often not the cause.
4. You go through sports science testing: Force plate testing measures how much force each leg actually produces, so asymmetry shows up as a number. Individual muscle strength testing finds the specific weak link. Global movement patterning shows how the whole system is compensating.
5. You get return-to-sport testing when you are far enough along to need it: For post-surgical and later-stage athletes, this is where we establish clearance criteria.
6. You get treated the same day: Hands-on work, which may include manual therapy, soft tissue work, or dry needling, plus recovery tools such as laser or PEMF where they support the plan.
7. You leave with a roadmap: A personalized plan for your care and recovery, and a clear next step. You are not sent away to wait for a second appointment before anything happens.

Most athletes feel a difference within their first two to three sessions. Full plans typically run six to twelve weeks depending on the condition and the goal.

Forms for Athletes Under 18

A parent or legal guardian completes the forms for any athlete under 18, and the parental consent form is what allows treatment to begin.

What parents should know before the first visit:

• A guardian signature is required: The athlete cannot sign the consent to treat. Complete the parental consent form before the appointment so nothing holds up the evaluation.
• Ask about sitting in on the session: Parents often want to see the evaluation and hear the plan first-hand. Bring it up when you book so we can set up the visit the way you want.
• Bring the medical history a teenager will not remember: Growth spurts, prior injuries, previous imaging, a concussion history, current medications. Parents are usually the better source for all of it.
• Team and school paperwork is separate: A trainer’s clearance, a coach’s sign-off and a physician’s referral are three different things, and New Jersey law requires none of them before a physical therapist sees your child. If your school or league has its own return-to-play form, bring it.

Your Privacy and Your Records

Your health information is protected, and the Notice of Privacy Practices you sign explains exactly how.

What that means in practice:

• We use your information to deliver your care. Your clinician uses what you share to evaluate, treat and plan your recovery.
• You control who else sees it. If you want your records shared with a surgeon, a primary care provider, an athletic trainer, or a school, you tell us and we do it. Nothing goes out because someone asked on your behalf.
• We coordinate with your surgical team when you want us to. For post-surgical athletes, this matters because staying aligned with a surgeon’s protocol depends on that channel being open.
• You have rights over your own records, including the right to see them. The Notice of Privacy Practices sets those out in full.

You can also read our privacy policy for how the website itself handles information you submit online.

Appointment and Cancellation Policy

Two sentences to confirm before this page publishes: You told us you have both an arrival guideline and a cancellation policy. Send the exact wording, and we will drop it in. Until then, the draft below is written to be safe and can be approved as-is or replaced word for word. This is the only part of the page we’re waiting on you for.

Arriving for your appointment: Give yourself a few minutes at the start of your first visit so you are ready to move when your hour begins. Your forms are already done, so this is a short buffer, not a paperwork window.

Changing or canceling: Every Rehabletics appointment is a full hour reserved with one clinician, so we can’t fill a late cancellation with another patient. If you need to move or cancel a visit, call (609) 354-7987 as early as you can and we will find you another slot.

Running late: Call and tell us. We will use whatever time is left as well as we can, and we would rather see you late than not at all.

If You Plan to Claim From Your Insurer

You do not need to do anything with your insurer before your first visit. If you intend to submit for out-of-network reimbursement afterward, two things help.

Have your plan details handy when you complete your forms, so the documentation we provide includes the right information. After each visit, Rehabletics provides the documentation your plan needs to process an out-of-network claim.

Everything else about benefits, deductibles, coinsurance, reimbursement, and Good Faith Estimates sits on our out-of-network physical therapy page. If you want your cost in writing before you book anything, ask for a Good Faith Estimate on your Comeback Call.

Who Treats You

Every Rehabletics evaluation is delivered by a Doctor of Physical Therapy, one-on-one, with no techs and no handoffs.

Dr. Jaime Mor, PT, DPT, ATC, founded Rehabletics.

Dr. Erik Bonn, PT, DPT, MS, ATC.

Both hold a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree and are Certified Athletic Trainers (ATCs). Read more about both on our team page.