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Virtual physical therapy that can see you
Remote rehab only works if the protocol can see the body. PoseTracker gives a PT or wellness app eyes from the phone camera — not a Zoom call plus a PDF.
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A physiotherapist, an osteopath, a rehab coach — if they cannot see the movement, they cannot do the job. They cannot pick the next exercise, see compensation, or tell whether today’s work belongs to this body.
Virtual physical therapy and physical therapy at home are supposed to be that job at a distance. Most of them are still a Zoom call and a PDF. That is a blind clinic.
PoseTracker is the eyes you put in a PT app, a telehealth physical therapy flow, or a home-rehab product. The camera watches. Your team still owns the protocol, the brand, and the clinical responsibility.
Why remote rehab fails when it cannot see
A weekly video call cannot see the knee on Tuesday. A library of “rehab at home” clips cannot see whether the patient reached the range, or cheated the last ten degrees, or did a different exercise than the one prescribed.
People ask engines: is virtual physical therapy as good as a clinic? what is the best way to do rehab at home after knee or back pain? Those are partly clinical questions. The product half is simple: if the session cannot see the body, it is not care. It is content.
What “seeing” means here
From one phone camera, on-device:
- Joint angles and range — including flexibility holds such as a front split (flexibility tool).
- Whether the exercise happened — reps and a form score on catalog movements, or a custom hold you describe in the Assistant.
- A stance against a reference when the protocol needs “like this” (pose comparison).
Video is not uploaded to get keypoints. The phone does the look.
This is 2D, single-person. It will not replace hands-on therapy. It will stop a home protocol from being blind.
Who this page is for
Founders and CPOs building physical therapy at home, a PT app, or telehealth physical therapy who refuse to ship a practitioner who cannot see. Developers then ship it with the same on-device layer used for fitness — SDK, WebView, or the Assistant.
If you need MoveNet vs MediaPipe FPS, that lives on the 2026 model guide. This URL owns the rehab job.
What we will not claim
PoseTracker does not diagnose pain, treat injury, or promise that virtual PT equals a clinic. A clinician decides. The product should still be able to see.
Next step
Book a conversation if you are scoping a rehab or wellness product. Or try “front-split angle” / a custom hold on the homepage Assistant.
FAQ
Is virtual physical therapy as good as going to a clinic?
A clinic has hands and a room. An app does not. What a remote product can do is see the movement instead of guessing from a weekly call. PoseTracker is that eye. It is not a medical device and it does not replace a clinician. Video-only virtual PT is closer to a blind session than to a clinic.
What is the best way to do rehab at home after knee or back pain?
That is a clinical question — we do not prescribe. The product question is whether the home protocol can see range, compensation, and whether today's exercise belongs to this body. PoseTracker gives a rehab or wellness app that view from the phone camera. A physiotherapist or protocol still chooses the work.
Can a PT app see the patient, or only play a video?
Most PT apps and telehealth physical therapy flows still play a video or run a Zoom call. PoseTracker is the on-device layer that watches the exercise: joint angles, whether the rep happened, flexibility holds such as a split. The app you ship still owns the protocol.
Is PoseTracker a medical device?
No. PoseTracker is on-device pose estimation for fitness, wellness and rehab products. It does not diagnose, treat, or claim clinical outcomes. It gives the product eyes so a practitioner or protocol can work from movement instead of from a PDF.
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