July 15, 2025 • min read
Sword Move: Stay strong, stay moving, and avoid pain (all from home)
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Sword Editorial Team
Experts in pain, movement, and digital health
Sword Move is designed to help you build strength, prevent injury, and stop – all from the comfort of home.
Maybe your back tightens up after long hours at your desk. Maybe your knees feel stiff when you’re chasing after the kids. Or maybe you’ve just fallen out of your movement routine, and you’re not sure how to restart safely.
Sword Move was built for that moment. It's time to tackle that pain and prevent future flare-ups.
Move gives you a personalized a whole-body movement program created by Physical Health Specialists who hold a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. You’ll get 24/7 access to your plan, your own Move wearable for real-time tracking, and simple guidance you can follow from home.
Move fits around any schedule, adapts to your goals, and is offered as a health benefit by many employers and insurance plans.
No gym. No referrals. No stress. Just a better way to move.
What is Sword Move?

Sword Move helps you move more, feel better, and stay ahead of pain and injury. The Move program combines personalized movement plans with a wearable to track your activity, ongoing expert-designed updates, and guidance that adapts as you progress.
You’ll be matched with a Physical Health Specialist who gets to know your goals, lifestyle, and movement history. Based on that, you’ll follow a plan tailored to your specific health goals with short, guided sessions (10 minutes or less) and daily step targets, all delivered through the Sword app.
What are the benefits of using Move?
Whether you’re trying to reduce soreness, improve flexibility, build strength, or prevent future injuries, Sword Move meets you where you are and helps you move forward.
- Build strength
- Prevent injury
- Reduce fall risk
- Improve mobility
- Better balance
- Increase flexibility
- Support weight loss
There’s no gym. No guesswork. No waiting. Just expert-backed movement plans that you can access from home at any time you like.
Move even helps Ozempic users to retain strength and sustain weight loss by reducing GLP-1 related muscle loss. The program delivers lasting movement habits with 69% of inactive and insufficiently active members members reaching active or healthy active status within 10 weeks of using Move.1
I was sitting too much at work and feeling stiff and sore. With Sword Move, I finally got into a routine I could stick with. I feel stronger and more mobile now — and I’m not worried about hurting myself when I move.
Get started with Sword Move for whole-body strength
1. Tell us about you
We’ll learn about your goals, job type, lifestyle, and movement history.
2. Match with a Physical Health Specialist
Your dedicated Sword Move specialist will create a personalized plan just for you.
3. Receive your Move kit
You’ll get a free Move wearable and resistance bands delivered to your door.
4. Start moving with your personalized plan
Pair your Move wearable and begin weekly goals built around your activity level, routines, and progress.
Who is best suited to using Move?
Sword Move is built to support anyone improve their whole-body strength and health. Move makes it easy to work on a tailored mobility plan that can improve the quality of your everyday life. Whether you’re getting back into a routine, dealing with soreness, or just want to move more and feel better, Move is there for you.
You don’t need to be injured to start. Sword Move helps you build strength, improve mobility, and stay ahead of future pain.
How Move delivers proven health improvements
- Build strength and stability in your core, hips, and back
- Improve your balance, flexibility and mobility
- Ease everyday soreness and stiffness
- Reduce the risk of future pain and injury
- Stay active even if you sit most of the day
- Rebuild confidence after a strain or setback
- Create a movement routine that fits your life
69%
of members upgraded to healthy active status within 10-weeks of using Move2
91%
of members reported reported significant improvements after using Move3
How does Move work?
Wearable technology gives real-time tracking: Every Move member who needs one receives a complimentary wearable to track activity, heart rate, and step goals. Getting started is easy and there is no setup or charging required. Members can also connect their own Apple Watch, Fitbit, or Android device via Google’s Wear OS. All data is shared in real time with their Physical Health Specialist to personalize care and keep progress on track.
Personalized support from clinical experts: Each member is paired with a Physical Health Specialist who provides weekly updates, tailoring the plan to match the member’s progress. Even better, the digital delivery model means members can complete their exercises at any time and place to suit their lifestyle. This accessibility leads to significant increases in engagement and adherence.
Tailored movement plans that fit real life: Plans include targeted exercises and step goals customized to each member’s lifestyle, job, and progress. No travel is required, so members can perform their exercises at a time and place that suits their schedule. Quick check-ins ensure the plan evolves as they do—making habit-building and muscle retention easier.
Take the next step toward moving with confidence
Physical inactivity contributes to pain, injury, and rising health costs, but Move makes it easy to revers the trend.
Move was created to help you build healthier routines through simple, personalized guidance you can follow at home. With the guidance of 24/7 expert support and the Move Wearable keeping you on track, every step brings you closer to feeling stronger and more resilient.
By joining Move, you are making a commitment to better health, greater energy, and a future with fewer limits.
Check your coverage today to see if Move is available to you and take the first step toward lasting progress.
Still have questions? We’ve got answers.
Move FAQs: before you get started
Who is Move for?
Anyone looking to stay active, prevent injury, or recover from minor pain or stiffness. It’s especially helpful if you spend a lot of time sitting or haven’t been moving as much lately.
How much does it cost?
It’s completely free if your employer or health plan covers Sword Health. No copays, no referrals.
What equipment do I need?
Just a smartphone or tablet, a bit of floor space, and the Move wearable we send you.
Is it private?
Yes. Your sessions are confidential, and your employer never sees your health information.
Join 500,000+ people using Sword to end their pain
Recover from pain and get moving from the comfort of your home with clinically-proven expert care
Footnotes
Sword Health. “MET-min analysis, Move Members 2024: over 500 MET-minutes per week.” Internal dataset.
Over 500 MET-minutes per week, self-reported sitting time at the latest reassessment on or after 5 weeks into the program
Percent of members who scored 5 or above on the PGIC scale from all of those who have answered a reassessment, +9 DWA.