339: Accessible Intensity: Applying The Best Exercises To Slow Parkinson’s At Home With Christoph Dressel

What does it take to get a piece of high-performance sports tech out of the soccer world and into the living rooms of people with Parkinson's? In this episode, hosts Erin Gallardo, PT, DPT, NCS, and Claire McLean, PT, DPT, NCS, talk with Christoph Dressel, founder and CEO of Mimofit about the reaction-based light-pod system his team built after clinical trials in Spain showed real gains in dual-task performance, gait speed, and reaction time for people with Parkinson's. Christoph walks through the surprising finding that reaction-speed improvements only showed up once a timeout was added to force time-pressure. Plus he shares how Mimofit's coach-versus-home-use model differs from other tools on the market, how the devices are built rugged enough to step on yet simple enough for everyone, why they market direct to consumer, the newer symbol- and number-based cognitive games rolling out through app updates, the affordability as well as HSA/FSA eligibility, and his partnership with Rock Steady Boxing — plus an open invitation for coaches and clinicians to shape which games get built next.

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