What is the Sword Move wearable and how does it work?

The Sword Summary Warm-up

• The Sword Move wearable helps track movement and guide personalized strength and mobility sessions you can complete from home.
• Move combines connected wearable data sent to the Sword app with real-time guidance from Phoenix (Sword's AI Care Specialist), and clinical expertise from expert Doctors of Physical Therapy to help you move more consistently and build healthier routines.
• Together with the Sword App and Move Kit, Sword Move makes consistent movement easier, measurable, and more rewarding.
• Today, the engagement model behind Move has expanded into Pulse, Sword Health’s cardiometabolic AI Care program, supporting habits that influence blood pressure, weight, diabetes risk, and long-term health.

Sword Move has evolved into Pulse

Sword Move helped members stay active with support that felt more personal and easier to stick with. Now, that same foundation has evolved into Pulse.

Pulse keeps the habit-building support behind Move, while expanding it to help with more of the everyday habits that affect long-term health, including movement, nutrition, sleep, and stress. Members get personalized support matched to their specific needs that goes beyond activity tracking alone and helps with the bigger picture of cardiometabolic health.

You already know movement is good for you. But between long workdays, family responsibilities, and the fatigue of modern life, finding time to stay active can feel impossible. That’s when the pain, stiffness, and fatigue starts to creep in, quietly building until they interfere with daily life.

If you ignore small discomforts, you risk being left with chronic pain that can lead to injuries that take months of recovery. Traditional fixes like gym memberships, personal trainers, or physical therapy appointments can feel expensive, intimidating, or hard to fit into a busy schedule. Sword created Move to change that.

Powered by the Move Wearable and supported by real experts, Move helps you build strength, reduce pain, and stay active without disrupting your life. The Move system combines a lightweight wrist-worn wearable, personalized plans in the Sword App, and a supportive Physical Health Specialist to help you build confidence and consistency.

What is the Move wearable?

The Move Wearable sits at the heart of the program. Worn comfortably on your wrist, it connects directly to the Sword App to monitor progress and provide real-time feedback. The Move Wearable tracks what matters most for your health journey:

• Daily steps: A simple, motivating measure of your movement consistency.
• Heart rate: Helping you understand how your body responds to different activities.
• Activity trends: Data your Physical Health Specialist can use to fine-tune your plan.

The Move Wearable is compact and easy to use. You can pair the device with your phone and check in on your progress at any time. That visibility keeps your motivation high.

The wearable-supported support style introduced through Move now continues as part of Pulse. While Move focused mostly on helping members move more, Pulse builds on that same idea and expands support to include other daily habits that also affect health, like food choices, sleep, and stress.

How does the Move wearable work? 

The device connects to the Sword Health app, giving you instant insight into how your body is responding to the activities. This data allows your matched Physical Health Specialist (each carrying a Doctorate in Physical Therapy) to fine-tune your personalized movement plan as you work towards your health goals. Each plan includes easy-to-follow sessions that can be completed in just minutes, helping you build momentum without stress or scheduling conflicts.

You can check your steps, heart rate, and sync status right on the screen, while the app keeps a full history of your activity and achievements. Together, they create a feedback loop that keeps you accountable, supported, and motivated.

Pulse combines wearable data with other connected devices

While Move was built around wearable activity tracking, Pulse can also use other connected devices to make support more personal. Depending on the member’s needs, that can include blood pressure monitors, smart scales, and wearables that connect directly to the Sword app.

These tools help Pulse understand how support can better fit into a member’s daily life and give guidance that feels more relevant to what is actually happening day to day.

What’s inside your Sword Move Kit?

Getting started with Move is simple. Every member receives a Move kit after completing their first activity. The kit includes everything you need to start your program:

• Resistance bands: Two looped bands for lower-body and mobility exercises, plus one unlooped band for upper-body and full-body strength.
• Move wearable (optional but recommended): A lightweight wrist device that tracks your steps, heart rate, and daily activity, syncing directly with the app.
• Phone stand (optional): A simple stand to position your phone during sessions so you can focus on moving, not juggling your screen.

Unlike bulky gym gear, the Move kit is compact and simple. You do not need to rearrange your life or carve out huge amounts of time. The app, the wearable, and the bands fit easily into your day and your space. Everything is designed so you can begin right where you are, with sessions that can be done in just minutes.

How does the Sword app work with the Move Wearable?

The Sword app is your personal activity hub, and it’s where your program comes to life. Guided by your dedicated Physical Health Specialist (a Doctor of Physical Therapy), the app collects data from your Move Wearable and helps you:

• Follow a customized plan designed around your needs and goals.
• Track progress from your wearable and resistance band sessions.
• Communicate with your specialist for motivation and adjustments.
• Celebrate milestones that prove your consistency is paying off.

This tight integration between the Move Wearable, the Move kit, and the Sword app creates a feedback loop that keeps you engaged and makes progress feel visible and real. Instead of guessing whether what you’re doing is working, you’ll see and feel improvements along the way.

How Move evolved into Pulse

Sword Move showed that small, steady support can help people build healthier routines over time. Pulse builds on that same foundation and brings that kind of support to more areas of everyday health.

Instead of focusing only on movement, Pulse can also help members with food choices, sleep, stress, and other daily habits that affect long-term health.

The goal is still to make healthy changes feel more realistic, more personal, and easier to keep going.

What conditions and symptoms does Pulse support?

Pulse supports members across several connected health needs, including:

• high blood pressure
• pre-diabetes and weight management
• type 2 diabetes
• high cholesterol
• GLP-1 support

These health needs often overlap. Pulse is designed to support the everyday habits that can make a difference across more than one area at a time.

Why traditional approaches often fail (and how Pulse is different)

Many people try gyms, personal trainers, or even physical therapy only to find themselves frustrated. Gyms can be crowded and intimidating, requiring hours each week. Personal trainers may push too hard, too fast. Physical therapy, while effective, often means delays to schedule a session, weeks of appointments in working hours, and long commutes to a busy clinic. 

The result is inactivity and when people don’t move, the risks of associated pain, injury, and disease creep up quickly over time. Regular movement helps prevent pain, injuries, and the chronic issues linked to sedentary lifestyles, including:

• 2x higher risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, colon cancer, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, lipid disorders, depression, and anxiety¹ 
• 50% of MSK conditions are a result of sedentarism²
• 112% higher risk of diabetes¹ 
• 30% higher risk of depression³ 

How Pulse gives members personalized care

Pulse builds on the wearable-supported habit formation model introduced through Move and expands it into a broader cardiometabolic care experience. Instead of relying on one device or one type of check-in, Pulse connects daily guidance, expert support, and real-time health signals so care can adapt to the member, not the other way around. That might be before work, during a lunch break, or in the evening at home. Your plan adapts to your life.

Short, achievable sessions: Movement sessions and small habit prompts designed to fit into your day in about 10 to 20 minutes.

Care from anywhere: Follow your personalized plan whenever it works for you, including mornings, evenings, weekends, or between meetings.

Continuous support: Phoenix, Sword’s AI Care Specialist, provides guidance and encouragement throughout the day. Health Specialists are available when deeper expertise or support is needed.

Personalized insights: Connected devices such as wearables, smart scales, and blood pressure monitors provide real time signals that help tailor your support.

By combining expert support, AI guidance, and connected technology, Pulse helps you build healthy habits that last. Over time, these small daily habits can lead to meaningful improvements in your cardiometabolic health.

What results can you expect?

Move members consistently report fewer aches and pains in daily life, more confidence in their ability to stay active, stronger, more resilient muscles that protect against injury, and improved energy and motivation to keep going.

Members consistently describe Move as the program that finally helped them stick with healthier habits. 

• The wearable makes progress visible.
• The app provides guidance without guesswork.
• The kit gives them everything they need without requiring a gym.
• The support from a Physical Health Specialist keeps them motivated and safe.

It’s not about perfection. It’s about progress you can feel and results you can trust. Hearing from real members shows what these results look like in daily life. With Move, progress feels within reach and support is always close by.

 “I’m a big fan of the lower body and core exercise regimens. They complement my runs really well.”

 “I did my first activities this evening, and they felt great! I was surprised at how much it worked my muscles in just a few minutes.”

 “Short sessions, real results. I am feeling pretty good. I really like the core exercises… without hurting my back.”

 “Joining this program is the best thing I have done for self-care. I feel stronger and it helps my mood. Knowing I did something for myself helps me feel happier and less stressed.”

Progress feels within reach and support is always close by.

Take the first step to better health

Take the first step toward better health with Pulse

You don't have to figure out healthier habits on your own. With the Sword app, connected devices, and continuous support from Phoenix, Sword’s AI Care Specialist, Pulse helps you build small daily habits that support long term health.

Many members begin by focusing on movement and strength. Over time, Pulse expands that support across other important areas of health including nutrition, sleep, stress management, and cardiometabolic wellness. The goal is simple. Help you build routines that fit your life and support how you want to feel every day.

Small steps add up. With the right support, those steps can lead to meaningful improvements in your energy, confidence, and overall health.

Your health plan may already include Pulse at no cost to you. Check your coverage now in just a few moments and get and take the first step toward building healthier habits.