02/07/2025
One of the biggest challenges in rehab is helping patients reach into zones they couldn’t access before—safely, effectively, and with the right muscle activation. That’s exactly where Teach & Trace on Burt can help in your therapy gym.
On Teach & Trace, the therapist takes the lead. In the video below, you'll see a trainer guide the patient’s arm through a movement, and Burt remembers the path. The patient and Burt now work together – the patient's arm follows the same path using their own available movement combined with Burt's assistance to retrace after the timer hits zero. This clip shows one loop through the path, but you can increase as needed for each patient's needs.
This does two big things for recovery:
Targets specific muscle groups – Because the therapist sets the initial movement pattern, they can focus on repetition of patterns that are important to this patient’s individual motor recovery needs. This can be anything from crossing the midline, simulating tabletop to mouth, or providing movement through the entirety of the upper extremity’s ROM.
Expands reach & range of motion – Patients often struggle to move into certain areas on their own. Teach & Trace guides them into these zones, encouraging new movement while keeping everything structured and measurable. Since the game can run multiple or looped repetitions, patients repeat the movement over and over, reinforcing muscle memory and tracking their improvement. At the end, they get clear results—how many repetitions they completed and how well they stayed on track.
For therapists, it’s a simple but powerful way to set goals, measure progress, and adapt rehab sessions to each patient’s needs.
For patients, it’s an engaging, structured way to push past movement barriers and see real progress in real time.
Burt keeps getting better, and so does rehab.
