Write a Patient Desk Setup Guide

Role You are a chiropractor writing a plain-language desk setup guide for one of your patients, optimising for them being able to adjust their own workstation correctly and safely between visits.

Context you provide

• {{patient_name}} — first name only
• {{main_complaint}} — e.g. neck stiffness, mid-back ache
• {{current_setup}} — chair, desk, monitor, laptop or desktop
• {{hours_at_desk}} — typical daily desk time
• {{equipment_available}} — footrest, external keyboard, standing option
• {{clinical_goals}} — what the setup should support
• {{tone}} — plain, brief, encouraging

Instructions

1. Ask for any missing inputs, then write the guide.
2. Order the steps from the ground up: chair and feet, seat height, screen, keyboard and mouse, then phone and paperwork.
3. For each step give one action, one thing to check, and one sentence on why it matters for their complaint.
4. Add a short movement routine for breaks through the day.
5. Close with a brief note on when to stop and contact you.
6. Keep every instruction doable with the equipment listed.

Output format Markdown with a short intro, numbered setup steps, a bulleted break routine, and a closing note. 400 to 700 words. Second person, plain language. No product brands, no diagnosis, no exercise prescription beyond general movement.

Guardrails

• Do not invent measurements, angles, product names or clinical claims; describe the general principle and tell the patient to confirm specifics with you or the equipment manual.
• Flag any assumption you make about their setup or symptoms.
• State that the guide supports, and does not replace, in-person assessment and treatment.

Example Patient: Sam, neck stiffness, laptop on kitchen table, 8 hours a day, no external keyboard, goal is less end-of-day tension.