2018–2019 · A Personal Wake-Up Call
FitCam Health was born from a deeply personal experience.
One of our co-founders faced severe chronic cervical pain while living in the U.S., navigating a long and exhausting journey through the healthcare system — neurologists, MRIs, specialists, and opioids — with little relief. The prognosis was discouraging: no more sports, no clear path forward.
The turning point came unexpectedly.
A rugby team physical therapist shared two simple self-care exercises — and they worked. What months of medical visits couldn’t resolve was addressed through targeted movement and self-care.
That moment sparked a core insight:
patients need practical, accessible self-care tools — not just diagnoses.
Our story
2019 · Inventing the Motion Guide
To make self-care effective outside the clinic, the founding team set out to solve a core challenge:
how to guide, correct, and monitor patient movement at home — without a clinician present.
FitCam’s founding team brought together AI and computer vision experts, working in close collaboration with biomechanical specialists, physical therapists, and physicians. By combining expertise in machine learning, motion analysis, and clinical biomechanics, the team developed and patented the FitCam Motion Guide.
The Motion Guide uses computer vision to:
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Guide patients through prescribed movements at home
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Track motion quality and adherence
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Support safer, more effective self-care outside the clinic
This breakthrough laid the technological foundation for FitCam’s platform and resulted in three patented innovations, now publicly documented on our Patents page.
What began as a novel approach has since become an industry standard:
computer vision–based movement analysis is now widely recognized as a key technology in remote care and digital health.
FitCam was among the early innovators bringing this capability into real-world clinical use.
2021 - 2022 · Science, Mindset, and the Birth of the Relief Journey
In 2021, FitCam partnered with Stanford University’s Mind & Body Lab and Biomechanics Lab to study how mindset, behavior, and movement impact recovery.
Together, we developed tools grounded in:
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Behavioral therapy
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Mindset optimization
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Habit formation
This work led to the creation of the Relief Journey — a structured, evidence-informed self-care program designed to empower patients and give them back control over their health.
That same year, FitCam partnered with physical therapists and PM&R physicians in New York to build a comprehensive content library — now over 1,000 clinically designed programs — combining movement, education, and behavioral support.