Physiotherapy guided by people. Made more powerful by AI.
AI-supported physiotherapy from a dedicated physiotherapist. Real-time movement guidance, continuous progress tracking, and a clinical team that adjusts your plan as you recover. No waiting list. No clinic visits. Covered by your private insurance or free through the SNS.
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Continue directlyYour recovery doesn't take a day off
Most physiotherapy happens in short appointments, weeks apart. Between them, you're on your own. Sword works differently. A Portuguese clinical team manages your programme from first assessment through to discharge, with clinical oversight that continues between sessions rather than pausing until the next one. Your progress is tracked every session, and your plan adjusts as you improve, not just when you next get an appointment.
- 1,000,000+
people served by Sword ¹
- 10.000.000+
care sessions delivered ¹
Why AI-supported physiotherapy is more effective
AI-supported physiotherapy uses technology to make clinical care more continuous. In Sword's programme, AI tracks your movement in detail during every session, giving your physiotherapist a far more complete picture of how you are recovering than a single appointment could show on its own.
In a traditional physiotherapy setting, your clinician sees you for 30 to 45 minutes and then has no visibility until you return. If something changes between appointments, such as a flare-up, a compensating movement pattern, a plateau, they find out when you mention it, at the next available slot. That gap is where progress stalls and people stop trying.
Your clinical team adjusts your plan based on what is actually happening, not what you remember to report. Changes are flagged to them before they become setbacks. In clinical research, 81% of people on a digital physiotherapy programme completed it in full, consistently exceeding in-person benchmarks.⁴ Closing the gap between sessions is a large part of why.
Your clinical team reviews the data, adjusts your plan, and is accountable for your care from the first session through to discharge. AI gives them a more complete picture. The judgement is theirs.
Why people choose Sword
People choose Sword because it makes consistent recovery realistic. Here's what that looks like.
Real physiotherapy, not just exercises
Your programme is built and managed by your physiotherapist, working within a physiatrist-led clinical team who review your progress and adjust your plan as you go. This is clinical care, not an exercise library.
Consistency becomes possible
Sessions fit your schedule. No travel, no waiting room, no rearranging your week around a clinic slot. For most people, removing the friction is what makes consistent recovery realistic.
Your plan changes as you do
Your clinical team reviews your movement data between sessions. When something shifts (a flare-up, a plateau, a new goal), your plan shifts with it. You don't wait until your next appointment for that to happen.
Covered more ways than you think
Every Portuguese resident can access Sword through private insurance or the SNS.
Universal access through the public health system, at no cost to you.
Don't have a prescription yet?
Ask at your family doctor or the nearest health centre.
Most plans include musculoskeletal physiotherapy.
We'll confirm your coverage and any co-payments when you sign up.
Getting started is simple
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Tell us what’s going on
Answer a few questions about your symptoms and coverage. We'll match you with a physiotherapist and confirm your access path.
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Share your prescription
Already have one? Add the details when you enrol. No prescription? Ask your family doctor at the nearest health centre.
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Meet your physiotherapist
Your physiotherapist, working with a clinical team, reviews your answers and builds a plan around your condition, your goals, and your pace.
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Start improving
Your Sword kit arrives at your door. Guided sessions, real-time feedback, and a physiotherapist supporting your progress throughout.
What it's like to use Sword
Your space, your schedule
No treatment room needed, just space to stand and move. Each personalised session is guided by your tablet, on your own time, wherever you are.
Your tablet provides instant feedback
A motion-tracking tablet arrives at your door. It gives you real-time audio and visual feedback as you move, tracks your form, and sends your progress to your physiotherapist.
Your physiotherapist with a personalised plan
A Portuguese physiotherapist is with you for your whole programme to guide your recovery. Your clinical team sees your data as it comes in and adjusts your plan before a small issue becomes a setback.
Continuous support, whenever you need it
Traditional care waits for the next appointment. Sword doesn't. Reach out in the app any time, and your care team responds.
What people say about Sword
Being able to do my treatment from home and on my own schedule is fantastic!
I can't see myself doing physiotherapy any other way. On a scale of zero to ten, I'd give Sword an 11.
I can do my sessions whenever I want and at whatever time I want. I love having this flexibility.
The constant support and full availability of my physiotherapist were the key to my recovery.
I gained a therapist available just for me. Someone who listened to me, pushed me, and genuinely cared about me.
I'm back to one of the activities I missed the most — caring for and carrying my youngest daughter!
Yesterday I walked for about 40 minutes. Two weeks ago this was unthinkable for me — let alone on my own and without crutches!
It far exceeded all my expectations — from the warm, professional, and seamless welcome to the efficient, timely, and motivating support.
Meet the clinical team
Your physiotherapist is based in Portugal and stays with you from your first session to your last, learning your name, your history, and your goals. When something changes, your physiatrist-led clinical team adjusts your plan to match your needs. Sword is built around their expertise, made more personal by technology that keeps their care continuous.
Claims and clinical outcomes referenced in this website are relative to the digital health and wellness services provided and not to the medical devices that may support such services.