For physical therapists and chiropractors
arc is a structured gym program for patients after discharge.
- If red keeps coming up: The program steps down on its own: each exercise rated red swaps for an easier version. The stop signs in every program tell a patient when to come back to you.
- When they finish: Three phases, each ending in checkpoints, before they train on their own.
arc doesn't send check-ins or patient data to clinics. A patient's check-ins adjust their own program and don't alert anyone.
After discharge, many patients stop their home program within a couple of weeks and return months later, deconditioned. arc gives them a program to follow in that period.
Physical therapy
Diagnosis, care, discharge
arc.
Gated gym programs in three phases
Training on your own
After the program
A gated program for the months after discharge
- A program for the lower back, knee or shoulder, followed in a commercial gym with trainer notes for every exercise
- A first phase built on bodyweight, holds and activation before any real load
- Checkpoints at the end of each phase before the next one opens
- Effort caps on every exercise, and no testing of maxes
- A weekly pain check-in where every exercise is rated: green moves on, amber repeats, red steps down to an easier version
- Your restrictions override the program, and it says so in writing
Stop signs are written into every program
Each program lists the symptoms that mean a patient should stop and return to their clinician, rather than leaving it to their judgement. A flare that lasts or worsens is on that list too.
How the referral works
You give a discharged patient your clinic's arc QR code. They scan it to sign up, their account is linked to your clinic, and they start the program for their area. If you'd like to read a program before you recommend it, ask and we'll send it over.