The BackAware Belt reads your back position while you move, and buzzes the second you leave it. Not a brace holding you up. A reading you can act on.
Vibrates at the beltPosition on your phoneAny lift, any chair
Neutral. The belt has nothing to say.
Sitting is where most backs round without anyone noticing. Set the point once and the belt holds you to it for the rest of the afternoon.
This is the reading you get on your phone, and it is the same reading the belt acts on. Everything above runs on your own set point, which you calibrate in the app.
See what comes with the beltThis is the distinction the whole product turns on, and it is the one most people get wrong in the shop.
A back belt will try to support your back, which reduces the need for your core muscles to work. Take it off and you are exactly where you started, with the same habit and the same position.
It does not hold anything. You still fire and work your own core muscles to keep your spine where you want it. The belt's job is to tell you, instantly, the moment you have left it.
"It wasn't even that they were doing exercises incorrectly. They were. It was that they had no idea they were doing things wrong."Dr Eoin Everard, chartered physiotherapist and founder
So we built the next best thing and strapped it to your waist. Follow a class on the screen, and your own position follows you through every movement in it, at home, at the time that suits you.
The same reading, whether you are rebuilding after an injury, holding a position in a class, or eight hours into a working day.
Home rehab is where most recoveries are won or quietly lost. Between appointments you get instant feedback on your back position, so the work you do at home is the work you were actually sent home to do.
You never notice the hour you gave up on it. A subtle cue at the waist keeps you aligned through the afternoon without a single reminder on your calendar, and without a brace doing the work your body should be doing.
A rounded back under load is the rep you pay for later. Real-time feedback on form means you can push the session knowing your position has not quietly slipped on the last three reps of a set.
Returning to movement is the point where confidence matters more than load. Whether you are finding your core again after pregnancy or staying strong and independent later on, you move knowing the position is right.
Dr Eoin Everard, chartered physiotherapist
In his own words, from our About page."I would give patients exercises to do and they would return doing them in a way that might be hurting their backs even more. Or I would see people exercise in the gym in a way that was going to cause a lot of problems.
Most people can't afford a personal trainer, or a physio to supervise everything they do. I always thought if there was a technology that could get my patients to feel when they were doing things correctly and incorrectly it would be great. If they knew when they were in a poor position, they would start moving much better and feel better."
"Like having every lift and exercise supervised by a physiotherapist"The Irish Times
€328BackAware Belt, belt only. Our exercise library and courses come with your BackAware subscription.
Put it on, calibrate it once, and let it tell you. Questions about sizing, rehab or kitting out a team? Talk to us.