Method and system for using virtual avatars associated with medical professionals during exercise sessions

A method comprising:

• providing, to a computing device of the patient, a virtual avatar to be presented on the computing device of the patient, wherein the virtual avatar is configured to use a virtual representation of the treatment apparatus to guide the patient through an exercise session, and the virtual avatar is associated with a medical professional;
• receiving, from the computing device of the patient, a message pertaining to a trigger event;
• determining whether a severity level of the trigger event exceeds a threshold severity level;
• and
• responsive to determining that the severity level of the trigger event exceeds the threshold severity level, replacing, on the computing device of the patient, the presentation of the virtual avatar with a presentation of a multimedia feed from a computing device of the medical professional.

A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processing device to:

• provide, to a computing device of a patient, a virtual avatar to be presented on the computing device of the patient, wherein the virtual avatar is configured to use a virtual representation of a treatment apparatus to guide the patient through an exercise session, and the virtual avatar is associated with a medical professional;
• receive, from the computing device of the patient, a message pertaining to a trigger event;
• determine whether a severity level of the trigger event exceeds a threshold severity level;
• and
• responsive to determining that the severity level of the trigger event exceeds the threshold severity level, replace, on the computing device of the patient, the presentation of the virtual avatar with a presentation of a multimedia feed from a computing device of the medical professional.

A system comprising:

• a memory device storing instructions;
• a processing device communicatively coupled to the memory device, the processing device executes the instructions to:
• provide, to a computing device of a patient, a virtual avatar to be presented on the computing device of the patient, wherein the virtual avatar is configured to use a virtual representation of a treatment apparatus to guide the patient through an exercise session, and the virtual avatar is associated with a medical professional;
• receive, from the computing device of the patient, a message pertaining to a trigger event;
• determine whether a severity level of the trigger event exceeds a threshold severity level;
• and
• responsive to determining that the severity level of the trigger event exceeds the threshold severity level, replace, on the computing device of the patient, the presentation of the virtual avatar with a presentation of a multimedia feed from a computing device of the medical professional.