mymobility app spotlight
Dr. Nathan Cafferky highlighted Zimmer Biomet’s mymobility app for knee-replacement prep — the app bundles exercises and team messaging to streamline pre/post-op care shared. The case shows how digital rehab tools can be framed for chiropractic prehab and post-op communication.
Zimmer Biomet’s mymobility platform pairs iPhone and Apple Watch to deliver guided exercise tutorials, automated reminders, patient‑reported outcome collection, and two‑way care‑team messaging for surgical preparation and recovery. zimmerbiomet.com A multicenter randomized trial presented at the AAHKS meeting randomized 401 knee arthroplasty patients to mymobility with Apple Watch versus traditional care and reported similar one‑year clinical outcomes while significantly reducing outpatient physical‑therapy visits and surgery‑related emergency‑department visits. orthoworld.com The platform is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT03737149, described as a post‑market prospective multicenter longitudinal study designed to compare mobile app‑guided education and exercise plus consumer wearable activity monitoring against standard physical‑therapy pathways (record last updated Nov 4, 2025). clinicaltrials.gov Dr. Nathan Cafferky lists mymobility on his practice patient resources at The Steadman Clinic and directs patients to connect via iPhone/Apple Watch for prehab and recovery content. nathancafferkymd.com Zimmer Biomet emphasizes an Apple Watch and HealthKit partnership for richer activity metrics and notes that some Apple Watch features are not available on Android devices, a distinction described on product and clinical pages. zimmerbiomet.com
