A physiotherapist’s background
Dr. Vinuta is a licensed physiotherapist who has spent her career helping people move with less discomfort and more confidence. Day to day, that has meant working one-to-one with patients — assessing how they sit, stand and move, and giving them simple, specific things to practise between sessions.
Over time, one group kept appearing on her schedule: desk workers. Designers, engineers, founders, analysts — people who loved their work but came in with stiff necks, aching shoulders and tired, tight lower backs. The cause was rarely a single injury. It was the quiet, repeated load of a long sitting day.
Her clinical philosophy
Dr. Vinuta’s approach is gentle and consistent rather than intense. She believes the best routine is the one you’ll actually do — short enough to fit between meetings, clear enough to follow without thinking, and safe enough to repeat every day.
“I don’t want people to fear movement or wait until something hurts. A few minutes of the right movement, done often, supports a body that sits for a living.”
That’s why every Movana routine is built around precise, calm guidance — position, movement, breathing and a clear note on when to skip a movement and check with a professional first. Safety is part of the design, not an afterthought.
Why she built Movana
In the clinic, Dr. Vinuta could only help the people who walked through the door. But the advice she gave was often the same: small, structured routines, repeated through the workday. Movana is that advice, made available to anyone with a desk and five minutes — with her clinical judgement built into every routine.
Movana is not a generic fitness app, and it isn’t medical treatment. It offers general wellness routines, designed by a physiotherapist, to support the body through a sitting day. For anything beyond general wellbeing, Dr. Vinuta’s advice is unchanged: see a professional who can assess you in person.