Diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis?
What do you do now?
You may have been told to stay active, strengthen your muscles and keep exercising. But nobody explains how to know if you are actually doing it correctly or what exactly should you do.
- TIME Best Inventions
- Seedcorn 2025 Award
- Designed by a Chartered Physio
Real-Time Feedback
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Keep it up.
Knowing that you should exercise is not the same as knowing how to exercise with confidence.
You are given a diagnosis. You are told to keep moving. Then you go home — and suddenly you are expected to work everything out for yourself.
Avoiding exercise because they are frightened.
Following random workouts without enough awareness of how they are moving.
And that is one reason why more people are looking for a better way to exercise at home.
8 Reasons
Why people with osteopenia or osteoporosis are turning to BackAware
It helps take some of the guesswork out of exercise
You may know exercise is important. But every squat, hinge, bridge, Pilates exercise or strength movement can raise another question: “Am I actually doing this properly?”
BackAware gives you real-time feedback on your back position while you exercise — another layer of awareness rather than relying only on what you think you are doing
Confidence is easier to build when you are not exercising completely blind.
Makes sure you do every exercise safely and correctly
You cannot always feel small changes in your own movement. Your back may gradually round. Your pelvis may tuck underneath you. And because there is no mirror behind you, you may never notice.
The sensor tracks movement at your back and gives feedback when you move outside the range set for the exercise. The Royal Osteoporosis Society distinguishes normal forward bending from over-flexing, and notes extra care may be appropriate with uncontrolled, repetitive or sudden movement — particularly under load.
The goal is not to make you frightened of movement — it is to help you become more aware of how you move.
It gives you feedback when your physio is not there
A physiotherapist can watch you exercise, correct your position and point out when your technique changes. But they cannot stand beside you every time you exercise at home.
That is the gap BackAware was created to help address. It does not replace individual medical or physiotherapy advice — but it may help you practise with greater awareness between appointments.
Think of it as feedback for the hours when your physio cannot be there.
Confidence with strength exercise, for life
Many people hear the word osteoporosis and immediately think “I should probably stop lifting weights.” But muscle-strengthening and resistance exercise are widely recognised as important for bone health.
The difficulty is often not understanding that strength matters — it is feeling confident enough to actually do it. With another layer of technique feedback, you can train with greater awareness of what your back is doing.
Future-proof for now and later life by getting your muscles and bones stronger, safely.
It helps you know when tiredness is changing your technique
The first few repetitions may feel easy. Then fatigue starts. Your muscles tire, your concentration drops, and gradually your position changes — and you may not realise it.
BackAware does not just watch your first repetition. It keeps giving feedback as you move, helping make you more aware when your position begins to drift.
Doing an exercise is one thing. Holding the position you intended as you tire is another.
More confidence with Pilates and home workouts
Pilates can be a useful form of exercise for some people with osteoporosis, and both the NHS and Royal Osteoporosis Society provide related guidance. But here is the challenge with exercising at home — who is watching your technique?
A video instructor can demonstrate, but cannot see you. BackAware adds feedback to the exercise itself — valuable for home Pilates, strength, mobility, rehab and general fitness.
You are no longer relying only on the video — you are getting feedback from your own movement.
You get more than a belt — you get a system
One article says walk more. Another says lift weights. Another says improve balance. Soon you are left wondering what you are actually supposed to do. That is why BackAware is more than a sensor.
- Follow-along videos
- Structured training plans
- A workout calendar
- Pilates & mobility work
- Technique guidance
- Ongoing support
The best plan is not one random “bone exercise.” It is a system you can actually follow.
Designed by a Chartered Physiotherapist with a PhD in biomechanics
BackAware was not created as another generic fitness gadget. It was developed by Dr Eoin Everard, a Chartered Physiotherapist with a PhD in Biomechanics and Human Movement.
The idea came from a simple problem seen again and again: people are told what exercise to do, but struggle to know whether they are doing it as intended when nobody is watching. It has also received TIME Best Inventions recognition and the Seedcorn 2025 award.
Award-winning technology. Designed around a real problem. Built to help people move with greater awareness.
The goal is not to become frightened of movement.
An osteoporosis diagnosis should not automatically mean becoming afraid to bend, lift or move. The Royal Osteoporosis Society explains that forward bending is generally safe, emphasising practical, controlled approaches rather than treating all spinal movement as dangerous.
That is the problem BackAware was designed to help solve.
Get feedback while you move.
Stop wondering whether your position is changing during exercise. Use real-time feedback, follow structured workouts and build greater confidence in how you move.
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Important: BackAware does not diagnose, treat or cure osteoporosis and is not a substitute for individual medical advice. Exercise suitability varies depending on factors including fracture history, symptoms, health conditions and individual fracture risk. People with osteoporosis, previous fractures, new pain or uncertainty about exercise should follow advice from their doctor, physiotherapist or other qualified healthcare professional.