NOVELTY - The system has a heart rate monitoring sensor for monitoring and outputting heart rate data signals indicative of a user's heart rate over a selected time. An accelerometer is utilized for monitoring and outputting joule data signals indicative of movement by the user and physical force at a part of a body of the user over a selected period i.e. 8 hours. An internal processor compares the heart rate data signals and the joule data signals with a specific heart rate and joule expenditure standards, and outputs a compliance output value.    USE - Physiotherapy programming and coaching system for use at a health and fitness facility for providing a physiotherapy program after an injury or malady such as stroke, back injury, heart attack or for providing therapeutic exercise to an arm or leg of a user after an automobile or industrial accident.    ADVANTAGE - The internal processor compares the heart rate data signals and the joule data signals with the specific heart rate and the joule expenditure standards, and outputs the compliance output value, thus allowing daily monitoring and coaching of a user's physical and functional activities, and hence providing a rehabilitative or wellness benefit to the user. The system allows a physiotherapy regime to be established over an extended time and/or over an entire day, week or month, and allows health delivery programming to be administered at low cost at the health and fitness facility. The system improves recovery rate of a patient. The system increases an individual's compliance with a selected ergonomic, wellness and/or physiotherapy program to achieve a healthy lifestyle and to reduce an ergonomic injury and time for patient recovery, so as to increase employee productivity.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) an ergonomic monitoring system comprising a data management system    (2) a method for using a wearable monitoring device for validating a user's compliance with a physiotherapy program.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic illustration of a physiotherapy compliance monitoring system.    Ergonomic monitoring system (10)    CPU (20)    Portable wearable monitoring unit (30)    Communicating network (35)    Force micro-sensor (66a)