Your surgical journey companion
Preparing for and recovering from joint replacement involves dozens of small tasks, each with its own timing — pre-operative instructions, exercises, check-ins, milestones. The mymobility® app with Apple Watch organizes all of it: it links you to Dr. Morton and his care team before and after surgery with step-by-step instructions and daily to-do lists, so you always know what to do next.
Education, surveys, and exercises selected by Dr. Morton are delivered through mymobility on your iPhone, with progress status shown on your Apple Watch. The app reads your daily steps, floors climbed, and heart rate from Apple HealthKit for clinical reporting, reminds you when new activities are ready to complete, and tracks your recovery through step and floor counts and heart-rate metrics — objective data that helps you and Dr. Morton follow your functional progress throughout your recovery, and intervene early if it stalls.
It's one piece of the same philosophy behind Dr. Morton's rapid recovery program: recovery goes better when nothing is left to guesswork.
What mymobility does
- Education. The app delivers educational material specific to your procedure at the appropriate time in your surgical preparation and recovery — not a binder of everything on day one.
- Video-guided exercises. Dr. Morton assigns exercises you can conveniently complete at home, each with video guidance. mymobility monitors your progress performing them, allowing Dr. Morton and the care team to intervene remotely and change your activity plan if needed — a useful complement to formal physical therapy.
- Surveys. Throughout your surgical journey, mymobility asks you short series of survey questions. Your answers help the care team gauge your improvement at set intervals after surgery.
- Secure communication. Encrypted video, picture, and text messaging between you, Dr. Morton, and the care team creates a more connected experience — a quick photo of an incision can answer a question that would otherwise mean a drive to the office.
- Recovery statistics. With an Apple Watch, the app can collect your activity levels, steps, stand hours, floors climbed, and heart rate. If you use Android, or an iPhone without an Apple Watch, your phone can still count your steps — just carry it with you during your daily activities.
Getting started
Access to mymobility comes through Dr. Morton's office: once his staff signs you up, you'll receive an activation text message and can download the app for your phone.
- iPhone: ZB mymobility on the App Store
- Android: ZB mymobility on Google Play
The step-by-step set-up for each platform is below. Most patients are up and running in a few minutes.
iPhone set-up, step by step
- Text-message activation. You'll receive a text at the mobile number you gave the care-team member who enrolled you. It contains a link that takes you to the App Store with instructions for downloading the mymobility app.
- Download. First make sure your iPhone is up to date: tap Settings → General → Software Update. If a newer version of iOS is available, tap "Download and Install." Then download ZB mymobility from the App Store.
- Initial sign-in. The first time you open the app, select "Activate account" and sign in using your date of birth and the mobile number you provided at enrollment. You'll receive a text with a temporary code that unlocks the app; after that, you can use Touch ID or Face ID.
- Ready to begin. If your program includes an Apple Watch, watch for a follow-up email with a fulfillment link to order it after you activate your account. If it isn't in your inbox, check your spam or junk folder.
- Pair your Apple Watch (optional). If you have your own Apple Watch, you can pair it with your iPhone for use with mymobility. Update the watch first: open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch → General → Software Update, and download any update.
- Sign in. Sign in to mymobility on your phone and open the app on your watch, if applicable. You're ready to begin.
Android set-up, step by step
- Text-message activation. You'll receive a text at the mobile number you gave the care-team member who enrolled you, with a link to Google Play and instructions for downloading the mymobility app.
- Download. First make sure your phone is up to date: tap Settings, scroll to the System menu, tap System Updates, then Check for Updates. Install any available update, then download ZB mymobility from the Google Play Store.
- Initial sign-in. The first time you open the app, select "Activate account" and sign in using your date of birth and the mobile number you provided at enrollment. A text with a temporary code will unlock the app.
- Ready to begin. You're set up and ready to start your journey with mymobility.
- Sign in. Sign in to the mymobility app on your phone.
- Link Google Fit. Download the Google Fit app from the Google Play Store. After you sign in, mymobility will walk you through linking Google Fit so your daily steps count toward your recovery tracking.
Support around the clock
For technical questions — downloads, sign-in, pairing, device updates — contact the mymobility support team, available 24/7:
Your printed On-boarding Guide is another good reference for pairing and updating your devices. For clinical questions about your surgery or recovery, contact Dr. Morton's office at (808) 439-6201 or send a secure message through the app itself.
This material is intended for patients using the Zimmer Biomet mymobility application. Apple, Apple Watch, iPhone, App Store, Touch ID, and Face ID are trademarks of Apple, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Android, Google Fit, and Google Play are trademarks of Google LLC.
Medically reviewed by Paul N. Morton, MD, FAAOS, FAAHKS — board-certified orthopedic surgeon, fellowship-trained in adult hip & knee reconstruction and orthopedic trauma.
This page is for education only and isn’t a substitute for an exam and personalized advice — schedule a consultation to discuss your situation.

