AI does not do your evaluation or choose a treatment. It helps you write up the exercises you already demonstrate, dictate your reports, keep up with the research, and run the practice. Your patients’ data stays out of online assistants.
AI helps physical therapists with tasks such as “Check what the studies say about a technique,” “Write a home exercise program,” and “Film an exercise and add captions.” Start with a single task, in Consensus: allow 10 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
Consensus · “Medical Mode,” in the “Corpus” menu
TodayBetween what you learned in school, the latest course, and what the patient has read, you no longer know what is actually proven.
With ConsensusWhere the literature leans on your question, with the studies to open so you can judge for yourself.
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
TodayYou demonstrate the exercises at the end of the session, and the patient comes back eight days later having forgotten half the instructions.
With ClaudeA one-page sheet per situation, which you check off and complete by hand for each patient.
CapCut · “Auto captions”
TodayA paper handout shows neither the pace nor the range of motion, and the patient does the movement wrong for a week.
With CapCutA short captioned video of the exercise that the patient watches again at home.
Also
Superwhisper · Custom mode, “Local” model
A structured report, written in your software as you speak, without your voice leaving the computer.
Gemini Notebook · “Chat” panel
The exact passage of the guideline, dated and cited, which you read in the original document.
Elicit · “Find papers”
A table of the relevant studies and a comparison of their methods, to build your presentation.
Gamma · “Paste”
A simple slide deck that alternates explanations and exercises, exported to PowerPoint.
DeepL · Translate text
The instructions written in the patient’s language, with the English version alongside.
A concrete posting, in a long version and a short one, that says what the position really is.
What to check
The meter is based on 5 to 20 studies: it shows a trend, not a treatment for a patient. Ask the question with nothing that identifies anyone. Official guidelines, the prescription, and your evaluation come first.
Check what the studies say about a techniqueConsensus · “Medical Mode,” in the “Corpus” menuThe prompt to copy
In [the population: for example, adults with chronic nonspecific low back pain], does [the intervention: a supervised active exercise program] reduce [the outcome: pain and disability at twelve months] more than [the comparator: passive techniques alone]? Systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials only, published since [2015], with more than [100] participants. Present the results in a table: study, population, program, follow-up period, measured effect, limitations.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobWrite a home exercise program
In your jobCheck what the studies say about a technique
In your jobFind a point in a guideline
In your jobFilm an exercise and add captions
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
A rehabilitation question, and what the studies say: an agreement meter, a card for each study, and a “Medical Mode” limited to medical papers.
Recommended planFree, $0: 10 written answers, 3 “Deep” reviews, and 10 “Study Snapshot” cards per month. Then: Pro, $20 per month, or $144 per year.
It formats your home exercise programs, your advice sheets, and your locum postings from what you dictate. With no patient data.
Recommended planFree to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly).
Dictation that can run entirely on your computer: with a “Local” model, neither your voice nor your text leaves the device.
Recommended planFree, $0: dictation with on-device Whisper models. For the other local models and file transcription: Pro, $8.49 per month.
You upload the official guidelines as PDFs: it answers from those documents alone and shows the passage. No patient data goes in.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day.
You film yourself demonstrating an exercise: the captions write themselves, and the patient watches the movement again at home.
Recommended planFree, €0. Depending on your version, auto captions may require the Pro plan, €23.99 per month
The practice’s books filled in from your bank: transactions categorized on their own, receipts as photos, and the 2035 tax return (for French self-employed professionals) prepared on the Premium plan.
Recommended planEssentiel, €0. To file your returns: Premium, from €15 per month, excl. tax, billed yearly.
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Consensus, Claude, Superwhisper, Gemini Notebook, CapCut, and Indy. All of them can be used for free to get started.
A rehabilitation question, and what the studies say: an agreement meter, a card for each study, and a “Medical Mode” limited to medical papers. The plan to choose: Free, $0: 10 written answers, 3 “Deep” reviews, and 10 “Study Snapshot” cards per month. Then: Pro, $20 per month, or $144 per year.
With “Check what the studies say about a technique,” in Consensus (“Medical Mode,” in the “Corpus” menu). Allow 10 minutes the first time. Where the literature leans on your question, with the studies to open so you can judge for yourself.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.