Good Boost

Transforming any Pool Space into a Therapeutic Place.

Good Boost is a social enterprise that started in 2018 with a mission to make aqua rehab research and science available to everyone. There are considerable health & wellbeing benefits for all activity in water, particularly for health conditions that affect the joints like arthritis and back pain. Good Boost is a team of Physios, health professionals, researchers and engineers working to create the solutions to transform any pools space into a therapeutic place. Their mission is to provide the solutions for affordable and accessible therapeutic exercise programme through co-designed technology so that people love looking after their health and wellbeing by moving more, having fun and feeling better. Over the last four years they have pioneered the development of artificial intelligence to create personalised aqua rehab programmes based on an individuals function, conditions, preferences and on-going feedback.

How it started

Good Boost was created following a community research project in Oxford to support people who were finding land exercise challenging due to joint pain and people who were waiting for hip and knee replacement surgery, so they could have a way to stay active up until the day of surgery. After finding a public pool that supported the pilot project, people we’re invited to take part in the initial 6-week programme. It started in a very non-digital way: laminated exercise cards and clinicians collecting feedback from participants with paper forms on clipboards. Over the last few years we have developed world-leading digital aqua rehab technology to create individually-tailored programme for a wide range of joint conditions, preferences and pools.

How it works and the benefits

Exercise in water has huge benefits to people. The properties of water’s buoyancy, hydrostatic pressure, viscosity and thermal properties creates a unique space to move and multiple benefits for the human body and mind. The Good Boost technology creates personalised aqua rehab programme following each user answering questions about their health, wellbeing, physical function and preferences. The A.I technology designs aqua rehab programmes based on aqua rehab scientific research and clinical best practice to create an aqua rehab session for every participants. After every session, users provide feedback on their exercises which provide the A.I system with the information to adapt and evolve the exercises, just like a therapist. Good Boost is delivered in public pools on waterproof tablet computers and is available to publicly download on the Good Boost, AquaMove® App

Good Boost X Zoggs

Good Boost and Zoggs are working together to promote the benefits of aquatic activity and swimming to everyone. Making personalised aqua exercise and rehab available to anyone and everyone. Plus, around 10% of Good Boost participants registered as ‘non-swimmers’, highlighting that you don’t need to swim to join in. However, many go on to learn to swim programmes and increase their water confidence over time. Together, we want to create the opportunities for everyone to maximize their benefits from being in the pool.