Privacy and analytics on this website.

What is measured

Aggregate page loads and actions selected by visitors.

The site records one minimal page_view event when a public page loads. It contains only the normalized public page path and a fixed page placement. It counts page loads, including internal navigation, and is not a session or unique-visitor measure. The site also records an event when a visitor selects a phone link, the UCLA Health online appointment-request link, a link to the clinic-locations page, a clinic directions link through UCLA Health or Google Maps, Dr. Swisher's official UCLA Health profile, an exercise-program print button, referral instructions, or the button that loads an optional exercise video.

Action events contain only the action type, public page path, a broad placement such as navigation, hero, sidebar, content, contact, referral, or final call to action, and a timestamp used for aggregate reporting. The error page does not load analytics, so an unknown requested address is not sent to the analytics provider.

Automatic provider pageview collection is disabled; page_view is a custom path-only event. The analytics configuration also omits referrers, campaign parameters, country or time-zone estimates, session IDs, time on page, scroll depth, the conventional user-agent string, operating-system details, screen size, viewport size, and browser language. On supported browsers, the provider script may receive a coarse browser-brand list and whether the device is classified as mobile.

What is not collected

Analytics collects no personal or clinical information.

• Names, email addresses, phone numbers, mailing addresses, or other contact details
• Symptoms, diagnoses, medical-record information, insurance information, or form contents
• The phone number selected, full destination URL, link text, URL query string, or page contents
• This site's analytics does not set cookies or local-storage identifiers, use advertising identifiers, or create a profile of activity across pages or websites

This independent website does not provide a medical-message form, patient portal, or appointment form.

Optional exercise progress

Your log stays in your browser.

All 25 home exercise programs include guided sessions and an optional progress log. Session dates, completed and skipped exercise counts, next-morning responses, activity goals, and notes stay in your browser. Optional workout entries also include exercise sets, reps or timed activity, hold durations, resistance, and side or variation notes. This information is not sent to this website, its analytics provider, or UCLA Health, and is not included in page addresses.

Saving is off by default. Unsaved entries can be lost if you refresh, leave the program page, or close the tab. To retain a completed session, select Add to progress log and turn on Keep my progress on this device. This stores up to 30 completed log entries and your activity goal for that program in this browser. Other people using the same browser may see them. Saved progress does not sync between devices, and clearing browser data may erase it.

In-progress exercise steps, set drafts, and timers are not saved. Refreshing, leaving the program page, or closing the tab can erase them, even when saving is on.

Unchecking the saving option removes that program's saved copy. Your current entries become unsaved and can be lost if you refresh, leave the program page, or close the tab. Clear progress removes the program's entries and activity goal from both the tab and browser. If browser storage is unavailable, the log explains the limitation.

The follow-up summary includes the latest six entries and the most recent workout entry’s set details. Printing or saving it as a PDF does not send it to your doctor or add it to your medical record. Bring it to follow-up if helpful.

Third-party assets

Fonts, icons, and optional video players.

Fonts and icons are self-hosted by this website and do not require a request to Google Fonts.

Some home exercise pages offer an optional E3 Rehab video hosted by YouTube. No YouTube player, thumbnail, or video content is requested until a visitor selects Load video player. The player then uses YouTube's privacy-enhanced domain, youtube-nocookie.com. Loading or using it shares the page origin and technical request information, such as an IP address and browser details, with Google and YouTube. YouTube may use its own storage and policies after activation. The complete written exercise program remains available without loading a video.

Read Google's privacy policy (opens in a new tab)

Analytics provider

Why Simple Analytics is used.

The site uses Simple Analytics for these limited events. Simple Analytics states that it does not store IP addresses, place cookies, fingerprint visitors, or create device identifiers. Optional analytics metrics are disabled. The provider processes essential technical fields plus the event name, public page path, and broad placement needed to count each page load or action. Visitors whose browsers communicate Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control are not measured by this site.

Read Simple Analytics privacy documentation (opens in a new tab)

UCLA Health services

Appointments and clinical communication remain with UCLA Health.

Selecting the UCLA Health appointment-request link takes you to a separate UCLA Health website. This independent site can count that the link was selected, but it cannot see the information submitted there. UCLA Health separately manages appointments, medical records, billing, and clinical communication under its own privacy practices.

Read UCLA Health privacy practices (opens in a new tab)