Hello!
Hi! I'm Patrícia Mota, a physiotherapist, and I'd like to share with you how Eleva Care was born.
Movement has been part of my life since I was a child: first through rhythmic gymnastics, then through synchronised swimming. When I became a physiotherapist, I worked mainly with musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions. That's when I faced a challenge: when my patients became pregnant, I didn't feel prepared to answer their questions. I'll admit it bothered me not to have clear answers for people who trusted me.
The academic journey
This feeling led me to pursue a PhD in Biomechanics with Professor Kari Bø, studying how abdominal muscles adapt during pregnancy and after childbirth. Meanwhile, I became a mother of three and personally experienced many of the issues I was researching.
I realised something important: although strong scientific evidence exists, there's a huge gap between the knowledge being produced and what actually reaches people.
The problem I discovered
On one hand, we already have a lot of evidence about effective strategies for women's health, but this knowledge often remains trapped in scientific articles that are hard to access and understand for those outside the field. It takes time for information to be translated into clinical practice, and even longer to reach the general public.
At the same time, we see countless promises on social media of quick fixes for complex women's health issues, from getting your pre-pregnancy body back in record time to miracle exercises for urinary incontinence. Too often these so-called solutions are clever marketing with no scientific foundation.
What worries me isn't just misinformation itself, but how it can pull women away from approaches that truly work: those based on solid science and clinical experience. Symptoms like incontinence, pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction or musculoskeletal changes have proven solutions that often don't reach the women who need them.
The moment of inspiration
While working on a research project in California with Jenny Bagwell, I missed my patients deeply. That distance made me think: why not create a way to deliver high-quality information and specialised care to women everywhere, regardless of where they live?
That's when Rodrigo, my husband, brought all these pieces together and created the Eleva Care platform. Maybe we're reinventing the wheel a little, after all.
Our mission
We want to build a bridge between cutting-edge science and the people who need it, in a truly accessible way: world-class women's health care, available whenever and wherever it's needed.
Our vision is simple: a secure digital platform that connects any woman with independent, licensed women's health specialists, adapting to her time and location, not the other way around.
The team I'm proud of
When I shared this idea with colleagues I admire, the response was warm and immediate. Today we have a group of advisors who fill me with pride and gratitude. They are extraordinarily experienced professionals, true leaders in their fields.
More than that, they're people I deeply care for, who have already contributed so much to what Eleva Care is today. Their generosity in sharing knowledge, experience and vision has been essential to our growth.
At the same time, we're growing a network of independent professionals I trust completely: people who share the same values and the same passion for evidence-based care.
Eleva Care is taking its first steps. We're learning and growing every day. If you connect with this vision, whether as a professional who wants to collaborate or as someone seeking evidence-based care, our door is open. We want every woman who reaches out to know she'll receive guidance grounded in the best available evidence and in the clinical experience of specialised professionals.
Share this vision with the family and friends who are looking for information on women's health. Help us spread knowledge in a way that is both accessible and high quality.
