What if recovering from an injury felt empowering instead of overwhelming? This episode of Nurse Rosa’s Insights dives into the future of adaptive fitness with Dr. Samantha Reeder, an emergency medicine physician, Navy veteran, entrepreneur, and founder of Bounce Back Smart. Recorded live at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas, Sam shares how her experiences in the ER, the military, and her own injuries led her to build an AI-powered fitness app designed to help people regain strength and confidence safely.

In This Episode, We Cover:

Samantha’s path from emergency medicine and military service to entrepreneurship

How her personal injury experiences inspired Bounce Back Smart

What makes the app unique: adaptive workouts that adjust to individual needs, limitations, and preferences including pregnancy, postpartum, and chronic aches

How AI creates safer, personalized fitness recommendations

Samantha’s entry into tech and the tools that helped her build the app including vibe coding

Practical advice for clinicians and non-tech founders exploring app development or AI

How to find partners who understand HIPAA compliance and medically responsible design

Highlights from the HLTH conference including the energy of the nurse hackathon

The Billion Dollar Question. Samantha would invest in expanding access to individualized care so people receive the right help at the right time

The potential of telemedicine and digital tools to close healthcare gaps

Encouragement for innovators to use AI, start where they are, and connect within the healthcare tech ecosystem

Learn more at https://bouncebacksmart.com/

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