Have you used any AI tools to get help for any aches and pains you’ve been having? If so, you are definitely not alone. We have had many patients in recent months describe their experience using ChatGPT or other AI tools to help them figure out what they’re dealing with. Let me tell you though, most of the advice these patients have received is pretty pitiful.

Most of the time, the exercises and advice don’t apply to anything they’re dealing with and will do nothing to solve their issue. While these tools can be a helpful tool for ideas and general guidance, it cannot accurately diagnose or solve your pain or injury. Don't get me wrong, I use AI weekly for various things, so I can appreciate how helpful it can be. But without a visual assessment and manual movement data to work from, the AI is just taking a shot in the dark. No better than those random Instagram videos you've tried before.

The thing AI doesn’t understand is that pain is individual. It depends on your movement patterns, strength and mobility, training, lifestyle habits, stress, and how your body handles specific loading. None of that can be fully understood through text on a screen. We see this often in the clinic, two people can have the exact same symptoms and require completely different approaches. Without a physical assessment of how you move and what actually reproduces your pain, any advice is just a guess.

Another reason AI can’t help you as much is because it’s not just about what exercises to do, it’s about how you do them, how you progress them, and how your body responds to them. If your goal is to get back to lifting, running, and staying active long term, you would benefit from in person guidance and real-time feedback that adapts to your specific issues.

At the end of the day, basic information isn’t the same as a personalized solution. 

AI can point you in a direction, but it can’t replace a thorough, in-person assessment that identifies the true root cause of what you’re dealing with. If you’ve been trying random exercises you found online and not getting better, it’s not because your issue isn’t fixable, it’s because you don’t have the right plan for your body.