Supporting every movement

Hero is a new mobile app designed to support you as you complete your prescribed physiotherapy exercises at-home, in between appointments with your physiotherapist.Hero uses the mobile phone’s front-facing camera and AI body-tracking technology to give you real-time, personalised visual and audio feedback as you move. This feedback will tell you what you are doing correctly or give guidance on key areas you should change or improve, so you can feel confident that you’re exercising correctly, safely and maximising the positive impact of your exercises.

Just your mobile phone, the Hero app and you. The beauty of the Hero programme is that it’s completely bodyweight focussed. For comfort though, you may want to use an exercise mat for any floor based exercises.

Hero is a supportive tool for you to access your prescribed physiotherapy plan at-home.Your physiotherapist manages and treats you as they normally would and makes all clinical decisions and prescriptions for your treatment. You simply use Hero to access your physiotherapy plan and exercises at-home.

All you need to set yourself up and begin using Hero is:

1. Your mobile phone: You’ll need at least a 2020 model iPhone (SE, 11) or Android phone (e.g. Samsung, Google, Motorola)

2. Space: We recommend using a space to exercise, where you have at least 2m of space between you and your device, and have space around you to move, stretch or lie down. Ensuring good lighting will help the camera track your movement clearly.

3. Equipment: You may need additional equipment such as a chair or resistance band, depending on the specific exercises in your prescribed plan. Please have at-hand any equipment recommended by your physiotherapist.

Please refer to your Hero user-guide that will have been emailed to you at the start of the test.

You will see the right hand side of the screen flash a green colour when you perform a movement correctly, or an orange colour if there is something to correct. Also listen out for audio and visual cues, which will give guidance on corrections to a movement.

To help you exercise effectively and safely, Hero uses AI and sophisticated machine learning algorithms to analyse the movement data that your phone camera gathers from 33 points across your body. We use these points to measure the movements that you make and compare them to the best practice guidance for the exercise that you are doing.

Based on that analysis, if we spot an opportunity to improve how you perform a movement, the app can give you real-time audio and visual feedback, so you know if you're doing the exercises well, or where you may be able to make some improvements.

Hero is only available on iOS and Android smartphones at the moment. We have an exciting new feature in the works, so you can use Hero via your phone on your TV and we are looking at bringing Hero to other devices in the near future.

You will require an internet connection to use Hero.

We know how important your data is to you, and are completely committed to protecting our users' privacy and data. That’s why we never store or transmit any visual data.The images captured by the camera are processed in real-time on your device and then discarded. We also never capture audio or biometric data. Please see our privacy policy and user agreement for details on how we collect, use and store your personal information in relation to our app. Hero adheres to these strict privacy policies and guidelines to ensure that your personal information is not shared with third parties.