Clinic workflows
Physitrack Print Settings: Exercise Pages vs. Tracking Sheets
Direct answer
Physitrack gives exercise pages and tracking sheets separate print controls. You can choose which exercises appear, change their images, and set a different period for the tracking sheet. Larger exercise text does not enlarge that sheet. Before printing, check both parts of the downloaded PDF, the file you send to your printer.
The useful distinction is not paper versus digital. It is which part of the printout you are changing.
One printout, two different jobs
Imagine checking the print settings with a sample program, not a patient record.
You open the print settings and choose a larger exercise image. You also want a dated sheet for recording activity. The exercise pages look different in the preview, but the tracking sheet stays the same size.
That does not necessarily mean the larger-size setting failed. Physitrack's documentation says tracking sheets always print at regular size.
Now suppose the exercise pages show the intended part of the program, but the tracking sheet has a different date range. The exercise weeks and tracking dates have separate controls. Check both.
This example is a proposed check, not a test we performed. It shows why reviewing the exercise pages alone can leave a second part of the file unchecked.
Start with the right program
Physitrack documents three places to start printing:
- A template in the library.
- A program in the editor, before assignment.
- A program opened from a patient's profile, after assignment.
The printing guide describes each route. Pick the one that matches the program you intend to print.
The distinction matters when you reach the tracking settings. For a template, the guide says you choose a start date and program duration instead of a date range.
These are output settings. This article does not recommend which exercises, repetitions, or weeks to prescribe.
Choose the exercise pages
The Print exercises option controls whether exercise pages are included. Start and end weeks determine which exercises appear.
Physitrack says each exercise within the selected period prints once. Do not assume an exercise will appear repeatedly because it occurs in several weeks.
For the pictures, the documented choices are:
- A storyboard, meaning four small images from the exercise.
- One larger image.
- A drawing, if one is available.
You can also change the exercise text and image size. These settings change how the pages look. They do not tell you which format will help a particular patient understand an exercise.
A drawing is not promised for every exercise. Likewise, choosing a language does not mean every exercise has a translation. Physitrack says unavailable exercise translations print in English.
Those exceptions are worth checking in the file itself. The selected option tells you what you requested, not whether every exercise supports that option.
These details come from the print-settings documentation, updated March 17, 2026.
Check the tracking sheet separately
You can choose whether to include the tracking sheet and set its dates separately. You can choose whether to print dates. Its date range can match the exercise range or differ from it.
Keep two questions separate: Are the intended exercises included? Does the tracking sheet cover the intended dates?
The same separation applies to size. Physitrack explicitly says tracking sheets remain regular size, even when exercise text and images are enlarged.
What if sets and reps appear to be missing? Physitrack's separate help page points to the tracking page, below the thumbnails and descriptions.
That page was updated October 18, 2023. It tells you where to look. It does not confirm where every current layout puts sets and reps.
If the expected values still are not visible, describe the mismatch to Physitrack support. Do not assume the underlying program lost its data.
Use an output-check card
Here is our proposed check card. It combines the documented controls with a file-versus-paper comparison. We have not tested this checklist.
| What you notice | What to inspect |
|---|---|
| The wrong exercises appear | The program you opened and the selected exercise weeks. |
| Pictures use an unexpected format | Storyboard, larger image, or available drawing selection. |
| Larger exercise text did not enlarge the tracking sheet | The documented limit: tracking sheets remain regular size. |
| Tracking dates differ from the intended period | The tracking controls, separately from exercise weeks. |
| Sets or reps seem absent | The tracking page identified in the older help article. |
| Some exercise text remains in English | Whether those exercises have the selected translation. |
| Printed content is cut off | Whether the downloaded file is also clipped, then printer scaling and logo shape. |
To use the card, record what you selected and what the downloaded file shows. If you print it, compare the same section on paper.
That comparison does not diagnose every problem. It gives support a more specific observation than "printing is broken."
If content is cut off
Physitrack's clipping guidance first suggests checking Scale to fit paper size in the printer settings.
If that does not help, it points to the clinic logo. A square or vertical logo can push content down the page.
The page suggests a horizontal logo, but gives no universal pixel dimensions or guaranteed fix. It was also updated October 18, 2023.
We have not tested these steps against your account, browser, or printer. A clipped downloaded file and a file clipped only on paper are different observations to report.
Keep formatting separate from later changes
Changing print options and changing an assigned program are different tasks. For the latter, see our guide to updating an assigned home exercise program.
Check the exercise pages first, then the tracking sheet. If you print the file, compare it with the paper copy.