Hydrawav3 Catalyst

ROM analyzer
Client Dashboard
Client progress overtime
XP tracker for the game

Inspiration

Hydrawav3 Catalyst was inspired by one core gap we kept seeing in recovery workflows: practitioners can run great in-clinic sessions, but continuity between visits is inconsistent and manual follow-up is time-consuming. We wanted to reduce practitioner assessment overhead and improve patient adherence after sessions. The hackathon challenge gave us the perfect frame to build a closed-loop system that connects assessment, guided recovery, and measurable progress.

## What it does

Hydrawav3 Catalyst is a dual-surface platform:

Practitioner dashboard for guided movement assessment, ROM-informed protocol flow, and session orchestration.
Client recovery app for daily guided exercises with real-time camera posture/ROM analysis, voice coaching, and gamified adherence.

Key capabilities:

Camera-based ROM and movement quality capture
Voice-guided virtual coaching with corrective cues
Daily completion logic with XP/streak progression
Progress insights (calendar, trend charts, radar profile)
Practitioner-to-client baseline export: assessment data can initialize client recovery baselines directly

The result is a practical recovery loop: Assess → Guide → Track → Adapt.

## How we built it

We built a full-stack web application:

Frontend: Next.js + React + TypeScript + Tailwind
Backend: FastAPI (Python)
Pose tracking: MediaPipe pose landmarks
Voice guidance: ElevenLabs TTS
Data layer: InsForge-backed client/session continuity with mock fallback mode

System architecture:

Practitioner captures guided assessment.
Assessment is transformed into baseline ROM signals.
Baseline can be exported to a client profile.
Client runs daily exercises in Virtual Coach.
Rep quality, ROM metrics, and completion data are logged.
XP/streak and trend visuals update to reinforce adherence and support review.

## Challenges we ran into

Pose detection strictness and false negatives: early thresholds were too rigid for demo conditions.
Camera alignment/orientation issues: skeleton overlays and coordinate remapping needed tuning.
Real-time UX noise: feedback cues could become too frequent and distracting.
Data consistency across environments: user/profile ID mismatches and continuity-state differences caused demo drift.
Multi-role navigation complexity: practitioner and client flows had to be clearly separated without breaking context switching.

## Accomplishments that we're proud of

Delivered an end-to-end prototype with both practitioner and client experiences.
Built a working real-time virtual coach that can guide, detect, and score movement reps.
Integrated voice guidance in a meaningful way for form correction and session flow.
Added a gamified recovery loop with measurable progress and trend visualization.
Implemented baseline export from practitioner assessment to client onboarding.
Refactored the UX into clearer navigation paths for judges and demo reliability.

## What we learned

In recovery-tech UX, reliability and clarity matter more than maximal algorithmic strictness.
“Good enough” motion scoring for adherence can be more valuable than high-precision scoring that frustrates users.
Feedback pacing is critical: less frequent, higher-signal coaching improves usability.
Data contracts (IDs, baseline semantics, continuity state) must be explicit early to avoid integration churn.
A strong demo architecture requires deterministic states for comparability across machines.

## What's next for Hydrawav3 Catalyst

Personalized adaptive plans that auto-adjust daily targets from recent ROM trends.
Better multi-angle capture support and confidence scoring for movement validity.
Practitioner review tools: flagged rep clips, trend anomalies, and auto-generated follow-up recommendations.
EHR/clinic workflow integration for appointment and documentation continuity.
Stronger analytics layer:
- adherence-risk prediction
- recovery velocity modeling
- expected-vs-actual progress tracking (e.g., (\Delta ROM_{day}) against projected trajectory)

Long-term, we want Hydrawav3 Catalyst to become a practical “recovery operating layer” that saves practitioner time while helping patients stay consistent between visits.