#25: Using Augmented Reality in Physical and Occupational Therapy with Lindsay Watson of Augment Therapy

Decoding Healthcare Innovation

What you’ll get out of this episode

In this episode, Carrie Nixon talks with Lindsay Watson of Augment Therapy, a company which combines the best of augmented reality and telehealth to improve the delivery of pediatric physical therapy.

Listen to discover:

• Why innovation and investing in pediatrics is often overlooked
• Why digital health tools are so needed in the rehab industry, in particular
• How Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) fits into that equation

You’ll also learn why clinician-driven innovation is so important.

About Lindsay Watson

Lindsay Watson is the CEO and Co-Founder of Augment Therapy, Inc. a digital health company that uses augmented reality experiences, as well as telehealth and remote-monitoring enablement to engage children in physical and occupational therapy. Her passion to drive change in the pediatric healthcare industry is due in part to her 20 years working as a physical therapist, with 17 years working in school-based pediatrics and outpatient orthopedics. She received her undergraduate degree from Ohio University, and Master of Physical Therapy at Andrews University. As a tech founder, she was named one of Cleveland’s Notable Women of Technology, and Cleveland.com’s HomeGrown Hero in the category of Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence. She is a member of the APTA and resides in Chagrin Falls, Ohio with her husband and 3 children.

About Augment Therapy, Inc.

Designed for Clinicians, by a Clinician, Augment Therapy provides an Augmented Reality exercise program to monitor and motivate children in all settings. In her twenty plus years of pediatric physical therapy experience, our founder Lindsay found one of the most difficult aspects of her job was keeping kids excited and attentive. Seeing limited options on the market, she decided to create Augment Therapy to address this gap in the market - therapy software that is both fun for kids and effective for clinicians. The company has won many awards, including national recognition by Unity in 2022 as a “Unity for Humanity Grant Winner”, GCP’s “Most Promising Startup,” in 2020, and a “Company to Watch,” by Inc Magazine. The company has participated in multiple tech accelerators nationwide, and recently was mentioned in Forbes magazine. Find out more at www.augmenttherapy.com.

Additional Resources

• Connect with Lindsay on LinkedIn
• Learn more about Augment Therapy and watch a demo
• Learn more about integrating Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) into your business

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Carrie Nixon and Rebecca Gwilt are partners at Nixon Gwilt Law, a healthcare innovation law firm exclusively serving Providers, Digital Health Companies, and Life Science Businesses seeking