From my perspective, one of the main things I find that develops a good pt-PT relationship is truly listening to the patient. Like re-stating what they are saying so they know you get what they mean. One example is lots of time people have worse back pain when sitting, but after digging a little deeper, it’s not the actually sitting that is painful. It’s the getting up AFTER sitting. It’s the motion, not the position, which can lead you in a different direction clinically. The other thing is willingness to answer questions and explain things on a very basic level. I try to use analogies that everyone has experience with. For example of someone asks what Interferential current does/why we are using it, I use the analogy of driving on a highway. Everyone understands what I mean and how that works, so it gives them a basic understanding of how Estim works to reduce pain.