Functional Goals

The underlying similarity in any diagnosis is that it has an impact on everyday activities. This similarity also makes each individual's situation unique to him or her. Whether you're dealing with a musculoskeletal problem or a mental illness think about how your particular problem affects your day to day activities. Then focus on how you would like it to change. Create objective measures. Otherwise you're prone to the subjectivity of the day to day up and downs. The objective measures create a means to see change, which brings meaning to what you do!