University Hospitals (UH) Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital is the nation’s first children’s hospital to use Augment Therapy, a new treatment option for physical therapists helping to get patients excited about physical activity. A generous grant from the Carson Higgins Memorial
The COVID-19 pandemic prevented many pediatric physical therapy patients from getting out of their rooms and participating in their normal exercises. However, the introduction and implementation of Augment Therapy into the University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital helped children, like ten-year-old
Augment Therapy has continued picking up steam in 2021, and this has been driven by participation in two “accelerators.” With any new startup, a founder often finds herself asking: Do we have what it takes? Are we legitimate? This year,
Version 5.1 of Augment Therapy is now available for download! Thanks to your feedback, this release includes some new features, greatly improved tracking, and a number of bug fixes… … Read More
“We create immersive technology experiences for the child for therapeutic benefit. Children are engaged through an application on an iPhone, or an iPad. Using patient-facing augmented reality games, we modify their environment and the therapy experience. We are doing basic
Among the earliest adopters of Augment Therapy is Elizabeth Hockey. Elizabeth has almost 40 years of experience as a physical therapist, 27 of which were spent as Pediatric Rehab Director at the Rainbow… … Read More
Twelve-year-old Tommy is a small-town Ohio boy who lives a life of almost constant therapy. Tommy has Down Syndrome and was diagnosed with Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder at a young age. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy have all played
Therapy can be tough for kids. But what if therapy could be more like a game? In developing Augment Therapy, we made it our goal to “gamify” physical therapy, and we think we’ve succeeded. But don’t take our word for
Did you know that Augment Therapy can be used to create programs for in-clinic or home use? It’s true. With Augment Therapy, a therapist can generate engaging, interactive exercise programs tailored to an individual child. Step count, hand count, active
The Augment Therapy team is pleased to welcome Ontario Britton, who has recently joined us as a software analyst. He’s a front-end mobile prototyper and developer with a passion for games and apps. Ontario studied computer science and music at