About

Mobility is the sixth vital sign — and the least understood.

Every clinician in motion-affected care — from podiatry to neurology to performance — has spent their career watching how people move and making decisions on what they see. Baliston Health is the platform built to give those decisions the data they deserve.

The Problem

Mobility is the foundation of human health. How we move predicts how we age, how we recover, how we live. Clinicians have known this for decades.

But the tools to actually analyze mobility have been stuck — expensive cameras, restrictive labs, subjective assessments built around symptoms rather than causes. Most clinicians measure what they can see, then treat what they can measure. The underlying pathology — the why behind the limp, the asymmetry, the decline — stays out of reach.

At Baliston Health, we believe measuring mobility isn't enough. The goal is to analyze the underlying pathology that drives it. To turn the sixth vital sign into something every clinician can quantify, compare, and act on — not just observe.

Our Answer

The first AI Practitioner Assistant for mobility-linked conditions.

The platform pairs AI Mov-Scan — a connected sensor that captures motion at clinical-grade precision — with Bal AI, a clinical intelligence layer that translates that motion into the decisions clinicians actually make.

We built it to fit how real clinical visits actually work. Three minutes of natural movement. No additional staff, no separate room, no learning curve. The data that's been hiding in plain sight, finally on the screen.

Today, Baliston Health is built around a movement dataset spanning 200M+ steps across 50+ countries, representing 400B+ movement data points captured and translated into practical clinical insight.

AI Mov-Scan

Capture movement at the source.

In-shoe sensors translate natural walking, running, and jumping into clinical-grade movement data without changing the patient workflow.

Bal AI

Turn data into decisions.

Bal AI reads the session against patient context, highlights what matters, and keeps the practitioner in control of the decision.

How It Works

From movement capture to clinical intelligence.

AI Mov-Scan + Bal AI
AI Mov-Scan and Bal AI connected system
Continuous clinical loop
Mov-Scan Kit
Capture

Sensor data

AI Mov-Scan captures movement in natural footwear during the clinical visit.

AI Mov-Scan and Bal AI connected system
Translate

AI engine algorithms

Raw motion is cleaned, structured, and converted into clinical movement parameters.

Baliston rehabilitation app movement insights screen
Insight

Movement insights

Patterns, asymmetries, risk indicators, and progress signals are brought forward.

Decide

Practitioner review

Bal AI supports the clinical conversation while the practitioner keeps the decision.

200M+ steps · 400B+ data points
How it worksSensor data is collected, processed through AI engine algorithms, and returned to the practitioner as movement insights.
The Team

Built by clinicians, engineers, and the patients who showed us what was missing.

The team brings together expertise in clinical movement science, biomechanics, software engineering, connected footwear, and product design. The profiles below use the same team photography and information from the public Baliston About page.

Karim Oumnia

Karim Oumnia

Founder and CEO

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Karim is the founder and CEO of Baliston. He invented the original design for Baliston's technology and has overseen it from concept through commercialization.

He graduated from the Ecole des Mines de Nancy, studied Industrial Systems Engineering, and has created several footwear brands and patented product firsts across his career.

Malik Issolah

Malik Issolah

Co-Founder and President

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Malik is Baliston's Co-founder and President, leading all functional areas of the company. With a deep understanding of the wearables and shoe market, he has led the team developing and launching the Baliston by STARCK collection.

He has 10 years of experience in the footwear industry and holds degrees in International Business, Communication, and Digital Marketing from ICN Nancy.

Dr. Christopher Proulx

Dr. Christopher Proulx

Director of Clinical Application and Movement Science

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Chris oversees the development of biomechanical and physiological educational and recommendation material for Baliston's customers.

He has over 25 years of experience in sports and clinical sciences, higher education teaching, and human movement research. He is a licensed chiropractor and certified strength and conditioning specialist.

Denis Martin-Bruillot

Denis Martin-Bruillot

Director, Software Engineering

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Denis directs the organization's software engineering and quality teams at Baliston.

For over 15 years, he has served in leadership roles within information technology, with expertise in iOS and Android development, enterprise applications, Ruby, MySQL, Oracle DB, JavaScript, and Java.

François Coulongeat

François Coulongeat

Senior Manager, Biomechanical Engineering

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François leads the biomechanical research and development team at Baliston, developing the algorithms and technology that identify, analyse, quantify, and qualify foot movement.

He worked for 8 years at the Volkswagen Group as an expert in biomechanics and holds an engineering degree from Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne and a PhD in Biomechanics from Marseille University.

Today

What the platform looks like, as of today.

These figures use the same data points currently used across the Baliston Health website.

200M+
steps analysed across real-world movement conditions
400B+
movement data points informing Baliston Health biomechanical intelligence
50+
countries represented in the platform's movement dataset
95%
agreement with optical motion capture for spatiotemporal gait parameters
Our Principles

A practitioner assistant — never a replacement.

We build for clinicians, not around them. Bal AI surfaces patterns and suggests directions; the clinician decides. Every output is cited, every suggestion qualified for clinical review, every report designed to support — not bypass — the practitioner's judgment.

We measure ourselves against three things: accuracy (the data has to be true), adoption (the platform has to be used in real practice, not just admired in pilots), and defensibility (every decision the platform supports has to hold up to scrutiny — clinical, regulatory, and procurement).

We are not building toward autonomous clinical AI. We are building toward something more useful and more honest: a platform that gives every clinician working in motion-affected care the data their judgment deserves, fast enough to fit the visit they actually have.

Get In Touch

The fastest way to know if Baliston Health is for you is to see it.

Whether you're a clinician evaluating the platform for your practice, a journalist working on a story, a researcher exploring collaboration, or someone considering joining the team — we'd rather hear from you directly than send you to a form.

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