PeerWell, which has developed the PreHab technology to help patients prepare for surgery, is launching an extension of its platform to assist patients through post-operative recovery. The company’s platform now starts with PreHab to prepare patients for surgery and continues with ReHab to enable patients to recover from surgery. The PreHab-to-ReHab solution will first roll out for patients undergoing joint replacement surgery for the hip or knee.

PeerWell collaborated with retired NFL star running back Arian Foster and Detroit Lions pro-bowl safety Glover Quin to develop ReHab. “50 million people have surgery every year and I’ve had 14 surgeries over my life,” said Foster. “The most important part of every rehab process I’ve been through was regaining my range of motion – my doctors were constantly assessing my motion to see if my recovery was on track.”

But elite athletes have incredible advantages over everyday patients, as they get access to the best medical care. “Our goal is to work with PeerWell to level the playing field for everyone,” explained Quin.

PeerWell’s mobile ReHab platform helps patients manage pain, identify post-operative red flags, learn how to perform daily tasks safely, and get optimal nutrition for healing. In addition, it also enables patients to track their range of motion using their smartphone alone, with no cameras or extra devices required.

“Some companies offer tele-rehab services using camera set-ups and other complicated devices to assess range of motion. We’re the first company to measure range of motion using a smartphone only,” Manish Shah, CEO of PeerWell, said in a statement. “Patients will be able to use our technology to complete physical therapy exercises anywhere and track their progress. Our ability to track complex motion straight from the smartphone will do for rehab what the integration of the camera into the phone did for photography.”

PeerWell’s ReHab platform will be available in January of 2017.