Patent ID: 8715176
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: A63B,G06T,G16H

Abstract:
1. A self-administered, automated method for providing a user with a customized physical therapy routine to treat pain: providing a host computer system accessible through an electronic network, said host computer system being configured with software effective for receiving personal information from a user and automatically generating a customized physical therapy routine based on said personal information; establishing a user account on said host computer system through a computer interface connected to said electronic network; building a user profile associated with said user account through an automated interactive questioning process controlled by said software on said host system, said software automatically prompting said user through said computer interface to input personal information including personal data, physical condition, activity level, anatomical posture and pain symptoms, said step of building said user profile being completed by said user without an intermediary or professional therapist, and without the need of any measured performance based data, said input of anatomical posture comprising the steps of presenting to said user a plurality of images depicting various postural dysfunctions, and prompting said user to select at least one image that best represents the user's posture, said input of pain symptoms comprising the steps of presenting to said user an image of a human body, and prompting said user to select an area of said human body where pain symptoms exist, and further prompting said user to input a pain level; storing said personal information in said user account; automatically generating an initial evaluation based on said personal information; automatically generating an initial customized physical therapy routine based on said personal information and said initial evaluation; providing said initial customized physical therapy routine to said user immediately through said computer interface; monitoring the user's progress by automatically prompting said user to enter updated personal information; automatically generating a follow-up evaluation based on said updated personal information; automatically generating an updated customized physical therapy routine based on said updated personal information and said follow-up evaluation; providing said updated customized physical therapy routine to said user immediately through said computer interface; tracking a user's progress wherein said software automatically compares results from said follow-up evaluation with said initial evaluation; and graphically presenting said progress to said user through said computer interface.