Samantha Reeder, MD
Founder · EM Physician, US Navy Veteran
Board-certified emergency medicine physician and Navy veteran who saw too many patients sidelined by "just rest" — and decided to build a safer way forward.
Our story
Born out of frustration — and a belief that people dealing with injury deserve far better than just rest.
Dr. Samantha Reeder had seen it hundreds of times in the emergency room — patients injured, sidelined, and lost. A board-certified emergency medicine physician and US Navy veteran, she knew a hard truth firsthand: "just rest" does not work for people whose identity, mental health, and daily routine depend on staying active.
So she assembled a team that could fix it — a paramedic, a JD/MBA, a marketing lead, and an orthopedic surgeon — to build a platform that combines physician expertise, exercise science, and AI. The result is Bounce Back Smart: fitness that adapts to your injury instead of stopping when you get hurt.
The team
Board-certified emergency medicine physician and Navy veteran who saw too many patients sidelined by "just rest" — and decided to build a safer way forward.
Flight paramedic and HHS disaster-response volunteer who brings frontline emergency-care experience to the team's safety-first approach.
Attorney and MBA leading strategy, partnerships, and operations — turning clinical insight into a platform that can scale.
Author, retired licensed nurse, and serial entrepreneur who pairs hands-on patient care with a track record of building businesses.
Orthopedic surgeon guiding the clinical safety behind every movement and restriction built into the platform.
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