What to expect: starting physiotherapy with Sword

Dr. Megan Hill

Pain has a way of taking over. It shows up in your routines, your workday, your sleep. It makes you move differently or stop moving altogether. And the longer it lingers, the harder it is to know what to do next. You shouldn't have to put up with it, even if it's too hard to access traditional physiotherapy.

Sword is for the people who can't schedule a 9-5 appointment and travel to a busy clinic appointment during normal working hours.

For the people who’ve been told to wait it out. For the ones who’ve sat through appointments, bounced between referrals, or started physiotherapy only to feel forgotten. Sword gives you a better path.

Sword allows you to access physiotherapy from the comfort of home. You get a personalized recovery plan that combines continuous support from degree-qualified physiotherapists and easy-to-use technology that you can access 24/7.

What is Sword's from-home physiotherapy?

Sword is physiotherapy you can access from home, designed to help you recover on your schedule. If you’ve been waiting for a referral, stuck in a cycle of missed follow-ups, or told to just live with it, Sword offers a better way forward.

Created by degree-qualified physiotherapists and powered by motion sensor technology and AI, it’s a clinically proven recovery program you can access at any time from the comfort of home. Every session is guided. Every plan is built for you. And the person overseeing your progress is a matched physio who monitors your care, supports your recovery, and helps you stay on track.

  • Trusted by 500,000+ members
  • Enroll in 15 minutes or less
  • 24/7 access to personalized support
  • 10-minute sessions with real-time feedback
  • Reduce back, joint, and muscle pain

This is not one-size-fits-all care. A degree-qualified physiotherapist gets to know your pain, your lifestyle, and your goals. From there, you’ll follow a personalized recovery plan with guided sessions at home, using motion sensors and real-time feedback. Your plan adapts as you progress, so your care stays effective at every step.

What types of pain or injury does Sword help to heal?

Pain shows up in all kinds of ways. Maybe it’s a specific condition like sciatica or a rotator cuff injury. Or maybe it’s that slow, constant ache that has started interfering with your workouts, sleep, or even just standing at your desk. Whatever it looks like for you, Sword can help you recover with confidence.

  • Targeted support for common injuries and conditions: Back pain, joint pain, sciatica, herniated discs, tendinitis, and more.
  • Relief for daily aches, strains, and pains: Long days on your feet, uncomfortable chairs, or old injuries that keep flaring up.
  • Guided recovery after flare-ups: Whether it started last week or a few months ago, you’ll get a plan to help you heal.
  • Support for chronic pain, even if you’ve “tried everything”: If physiotherapy hasn’t worked in the past, Sword offers professional guidance with a different approach that adapts with your specific needs.
  • Help staying active through pain: We meet you where you are so you can move, strengthen, and feel like yourself again.

How does Sword work to help you recover?

Personalized physiotherapy, guided by professionals: Every Sword member is matched with a qualified physiotherapist. Your physio builds a personalized recovery plan and checks in regularly to make sure your care is working. They monitor your progress, adjust your plan when needed, and help you overcome any setbacks along the way.

At-home sessions built around your schedule: Your plan includes guided exercises you can complete from home, on your own time. Every session is designed to reduce pain, restore function, and improve strength without needing clinic visits. As you recover, your plan evolves to keep you moving forward.

Wearable and calendar data keeps you on track: You can connect apps to Sword to reveal your real routines, key life events, and work patterns. Sword adapts your plan so support shows up at exactly the right time and makes your recovery easier.

Easy to use technology: During your custom sessions, you'll receive real-time feedback so you get the most out of each exercise. real-time recovery. All sessions are aided by the movement guidance of the Sword tablet which is delivered to your door. Your Sword tablet gives audio and visual direction with real-time form correction to help you get the most out of your exercises. This ensures each rep is done safely and effectively. Your DPT reviews the data to fine-tune your plan and accelerate your progress. No setup or charging is required.

Take the next step and start your Sword program for lasting pain relief

Living with musculoskeletal pain affects more than movement. It influences your mental health, your mood, your mobility, and your overall quality of life. Sword's from-home physiotherapy is designed to help you recover from pain with accessible, guided care that works around your schedule.

Check your coverage today to see if Sword is available to you and start your path toward recovery.


Footnotes

  1. 1

    Sword Thrive member data: members who enrol in our program with moderate to severe pain and that, by the end of program, have no or only mild pain, or decrease their pain level by 30%

  2. 2

    Sword Thrive member data shows 9/10 average satisfaction levels reported after starting their program.

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