From clinical practice to knowledge production and technology development
We were born to make excellent physiotherapy available to everyone, everywhere.
Our mission
It is still too difficult for too many people to find high-quality physiotherapy services. People seeking physiotherapy know this. Those who recommend physiotherapy know this. Physiotherapists know this too. The desire to solve this challenge, which will likely intensify due to demographic winter and workforce scarcity, motivated us to launch Bwizer Health. We summarize this purpose in one sentence:
making high-quality physiotherapy accessible to everyone, anywhere.
We pursue this goal through solutions that combine excellent evidence-based clinical practice with technology that enables scale.
Physiotherapy and Clinical Pilates
We ensure a competent and professional clinical service.
Engineering
We build solutions to scale services and democratize access to high-quality physiotherapy.
Science
We structure our intervention around the best evidence and the generation of new knowledge.
Management
We ensure all parts work together harmoniously to create real impact.
Service as a software
Bwizer Health is a traditional clinical unit, but also a technology startup. It is a clinical unit that builds technology and a technology company that delivers clinical services. It is an example of service as a software, scaling clinical care through AI-based solutions while using its own physical clinical reality as a testing and insight environment.
Partners
In a context where some technology companies aim to bypass traditional clinical services, we follow a different model: our solutions are made available to others, namely through our learning center and our technology, so we can impact more lives faster.
Our history
Bwizer Health did not emerge in a vacuum. It was born from our experience in physiotherapy and in health education. Over the past 20 years, we have learned from the best, met outstanding professionals, understood what works well and what is still missing, listened to those working in the field, and sought to strengthen the most effective approaches. Years of learning, reflection, and both successes and setbacks have now led us to Bwizer Health.
Team
Our team combines expertise in physiotherapy and Clinical Pilates, engineering, science, and management. Our physiotherapists are members of the Portuguese Physiotherapists' Association and hold professional liability insurance. All physiotherapists working with Pilates are certified in Matwork and Equipment Pilates by APPI.
Hugo Belchior
Founder & CEO
With a basic background in physiotherapy (2002), he soon pursued a career in management with an MBA from Porto Business School (2004) and business experience at Optimus/SonaeCom. Since the end of 2006, he has dedicated herself entirely to his own projects, having launched several companies. Bwizer Health is probably his most ambitious project.
Francisca Gomes
Technical Director
A graduate in physiotherapy (2010), she was the first official Portuguese instructor for APPI (2012), and is now a Master Trainer, having trained thousands of professionals in Portugal and abroad. With empathetic and effective leadership, she is one of the cornerstones of Bwizer Health in clinical practice and in managing the team of physiotherapists.
Adérito Seixas
Scientific Director
A graduate (2002), master's (2009) and doctoral candidate in physiotherapy, he has a solid academic career, extensive teaching activity and regular scientific production. He is an editor and reviewer for international scientific journals and participates in scientific committees in Portugal and abroad, linking physiotherapy, science and technology applied to health.
Tiago Godinho
Technology and Innovation Director
Tiago Godinho holds a Master's degree in Biological Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico and is a trainer, professor, and consultant in the areas of Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence. With over ten years of experience in a business context, he has developed and monitored projects for the adoption of emerging technologies, combining team training, development of digital solutions, and strategic consulting.
Sofia Tavares
Administrative and Marketing Assistant
With a degree in Foreign Languages and Cultures, she has experience in customer service, communication, and management. At Bwizer Health, she provides administrative and reception support, as well as contributing to marketing and communications, helping to organise internal processes and strengthen the brand’s communication. Building positive relationships with others and a willingness to learn are central to the way she approaches each new challenge.
Daniel Ferreira
Physiotherapist
He holds a Bachelor's degree (2019) and a Master's degree (2021) in Physiotherapy and has worked in a variety of clinical settings since 2019. He has also been a Clinical Educator since 2023. He has a particular interest in evidence-based practice, combining clinical work with the education of future physiotherapists. He has been further developing his expertise in Artificial Intelligence and digital health technologies, seeking to integrate them into clinical practice to make healthcare more rigorous, efficient, and technologically up to date.
Work with us
If you identify with our mission and want to help deliver it, if you truly enjoy teamwork, if you combine high technical standards with strong ethics, and if you are ready to work with focus and a self-improvement mindset, contact us. Note: physiotherapists working in Clinical Pilates must hold full Matwork and/or Equipment certification.