Ep 49: Bounce Back Smart with Sam Reeder

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/ Connect with Dr. Samantha Reeder on LinkedIN:   / samanthareeder1990  

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