Use MedBridge AI to Build Better Home Exercise Programs

What This Does

MedBridge's AI-assisted home exercise program (HEP) builder helps you select appropriate exercises faster, generate patient-readable instructions automatically, and create professional-quality HEPs without writing instructions from scratch.

Before You Start

• You have an active MedBridge account (clinic or individual subscription)
• You're logged in at medbridge.com on a computer
• You know the patient's diagnosis and treatment goals

Steps

1. Open the HEP Builder

Log in to MedBridge and navigate to "Patient Management" → "Create HEP" (or find it from your patient's profile). You'll see the HEP builder interface with an exercise library on the right and your program on the left.

2. Use the AI exercise recommendation feature

Click "Suggest exercises" or look for an AI/Smart recommendation button near the diagnosis field. Enter the patient's diagnosis (e.g., "knee total replacement, 6 weeks post-op") and MedBridge's AI suggests appropriate exercises from their library for that diagnosis and typical recovery stage.

What you should see: A list of suggested exercises with evidence levels and progression options, pre-filtered for your diagnosis.

3. Select and customize exercises

Review the suggestions and click to add the exercises that match your clinical plan. For each exercise, you can:

• Adjust sets and reps with the +/- buttons
• Add a note with specific technique modifications for this patient
• Set progression parameters

4. Generate patient instructions

Once you've added all exercises, click "Generate Instructions" or the equivalent button. MedBridge creates patient-readable written instructions automatically — no manual typing of "stand with feet shoulder-width apart" for every exercise.

5. Add personalized notes and send

In the patient notes field (usually at the top of the HEP), add any specific instruction for this patient: "Do these only on pain-free days," or "Stop if you feel sharp pain vs. normal exercise soreness." Click "Send to patient" to deliver via email or patient portal.

Real Example

Scenario: You're treating a 65-year-old with hip osteoarthritis — end of session, you want to send a new HEP for the week.

What you do: Open HEP builder, type "hip osteoarthritis" in the diagnosis field, click AI suggest. MedBridge recommends clamshells, sidelying hip abduction, hip bridges, mini-squats, and standing hip flexion. You select clamshells, hip bridges, and hip abduction (appropriate for this patient's level), set 2x15 for each, add a note: "Do on non-PT days, stop if 5/10 pain or greater." Click generate → send.

What you get: A professionally formatted HEP delivered to the patient's email in under 5 minutes, with clear instructions and a video demonstration link for each exercise — no manual writing required.

Tips

• The AI exercise suggestions are a starting point — always review them against your clinical reasoning for the individual patient's stage and limitations.
• For patients who struggle with written instructions, use MedBridge's video demonstrations as the primary instruction rather than relying on text.
• Save your most-used HEP combinations as templates in MedBridge (look for "Save as template" in the HEP builder) — you'll stop recreating the same hip or shoulder protocols from scratch each time.

Tool interfaces change — if the AI suggestion feature has moved, look for "Smart exercises," "Recommended exercises," or similar in the HEP builder.