Why I started EquipCore
I'm Joe Armeli, DPT. I did my Doctor of Physical Therapy at Ithaca College, where I double-majored in athletic training, and I'm also a certified personal trainer.
I've spent almost ten years in outpatient orthopedics, helping people rebuild strength and motion after surgery.
For years I watched the same thing happen. A patient finishes their last clinic visit, gets handed a printed exercise sheet, and goes home to improvise... a dog leash for heel slides, a rolled up towel for short arc quad strengthening, or a dollar-store band that snaps in a week.
The exercises were right. The adlib equipment was working against them.
So I have made the same tools I use in the clinic available to you for your home.
That's EquipCore.
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Designed by a DPT
Every patient I treated got sent home with a sheet of exercises and no equipment. EquipCore has everything I wished I could send home with them.
What makes EquipCore different
Every product is approved by a licensed physical therapist for a specific rehab problem, not generic fitness gear repackaged for recovery.
Each tool ships with clear guides showing exactly how to use it, so you're never left guessing.
Our kits are curated for specific surgeries — knee and hip replacement, rotator cuff, low back, neck — so you get exactly what you need.
Clinic-grade, not consumer-grade
The materials matter more than people expect. We only sell to the standard we'd accept in our own clinics — mid-firm EVA that holds its shape, latex-free straps that keep their resistance, boards that glide the same on day 90 as day 1. When a tool is the thing standing between you and your range of motion, it has to hold up.
Track your recovery for free
If you're rehabbing a knee replacement, I built a free tool to measure your range of motion right from your phone — no app download, no signup. Check your extension and flexion, watch your progress week to week, and bring the numbers to your next PT visit.
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Find tools built for your surgery
Knee & hip replacement, rotator cuff, low back, neck — curated kits for each.
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