Before Shoulder Expert existed, there was a physiotherapist and a patient.
Dr. Joelly Toledo — physiotherapist, researcher and specialist in shoulder rehabilitation — and Marcelo Dias — software engineer with a master’s degree in Computer Science — met in a relationship that began in the simplest of ways: physiotherapist and patient.
During one of the sessions, a question came up:
What if clinical experience, scientific knowledge and technology could work together to help physiotherapists make better decisions?
That is how a conversation became an idea.
And the idea started to become technology.
On one side, more than 20 years of clinical practice and dedication to the study of shoulder rehabilitation.
On the other, more than 20 years of experience in software development and artificial intelligence.
Two different fields.
Two different paths.
One shared purpose:
To turn science, experience and technology into a tool that stands beside the physiotherapist.
That is how Shoulder Expert was born.
An artificial intelligence built specifically to support the physiotherapist in clinical reasoning and decision-making during shoulder rehabilitation.
Why it exists
The science is out there. Reaching it in the minute you decide is the problem.
Shoulder literature grows every month. Between one patient and the next you have a few minutes.
How it goes today
The plan ends up coming from whatever you remember of the last course — or from a rushed search that hands back ten tabs and no answer.
- The answer exists in the science, but digging for it between appointments is not realistic
- Your case is not the textbook case: 8 weeks post-op, diabetic, night pain
- There is no one to talk it through with — least of all outside the big cities
- Generic AI answers beautifully and invents the reference
With Shoulder Expert
You describe the case in your own words, the way you would to a colleague. The answer comes back structured and traceable.
- An answer in seconds, already applied to your patient
- A plan grounded in scientific evidence — not generic advice
- The source cited on every claim that matters
- When the literature disagrees or falls silent, it says so — instead of making something up
Scientific rigour
Where each answer comes from
What separates a clinical assistant from a generic chat is not fluency. It is where the information came from.
Built by someone who has lived it
Dr. Joelly personally selected, item by item, all the science behind the answers — the same science she brings to her classes and mentorships.
Current science, not opinion
What backs the answer is published, current science — not impression, not memory, not what “usually works”. And when the literature has yet to settle, you are told.
The number comes with it
Not “improves a lot”, but passive external rotation < 30°, 8–12 reps, 3×/week for 12 weeks. An operational threshold is what you can actually take into the session.
Checkable by you
Every claim that matters comes with its source cited. You keep the clinical judgement and can check where it came from.