Hinge Health

Hinge Health is the world's first patient-centered digital clinic focused on MSK pain, referring to itself as digital healthcare. It combines wearable sensors, an app, and health coaching to remotely provide physical therapy and behavioral health for chronic conditions. Hinge Health's virtual clinical care model integrates virtual physical therapy and clinicians, behavioral health coaching, and digital sensor technology to reduce chronic pain, improve mental health, lower the likelihood of surgery, and ultimately save on healthcare costs. The company’s fundamental premise is that a large body of research now shows the best ways to treat MSK conditions, but the existing healthcare system does not perform well in delivering best practices, whether due to cost and financing methods or other systemic reasons. The result is an over-reliance on opioid painkillers or surgery. Hinge Health's initial target customers are self-insured employers and health plans, with the key advantage being that its platform can significantly reduce medical costs associated with chronic MSK conditions.