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Shaun Rahimi
@shaun_rahimi · Founder, Cūr
Crowdfunding not buying ;). Look forward to meeting your expectations (or refunding if not). Thanks Brandon.
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Shaun Rahimi
@shaun_rahimi · Founder, Cūr
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During college I lived with debilitating back and arm pain. At first I treated it with drugs and visited doctors constantly without much success. After living with pain for two years I borrowed a TENS therapy machine from one of my dad’s physician friends. (TENS machines are large, icebox sized devices often used in physical therapy and pain m… See more
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Shaun Rahimi
@shaun_rahimi · Founder, Cūr
The reason I started this company was to build awareness around a treatment basis (TENS) that is widely used in clinics but is too complicated to use for consumers. The smart aspect of our device makes the product easy to use by automating the delivery of the therapy based on muscle responses it receives from your body. There is plenty of clinical evidence t… See more
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Jonathon Triest
@jtriest · Ludlow Ventures
I had the great pleasure of meeting Shaun earlier this year. I invested on the spot. I have a slipped disc in my neck due to a basketball injury (before @eriktorenberg asks, I'm awful,) and have had success using TENS in physical therapy. I have a feeling this is going to improve a lot of other people's lives.
Ashwinn
@shwinnabego · Co-founder, Point
This looks really cool!
I run, occasionally with mild knee pain, and I wonder if this could help me run through that comfortably. If it can, are there dangers to "masking" pain? It seems like pain is the bodies signal to you that you need to rest and heal -- could masking this push someone to over-stress already fragile tissue / muscles?
Veronica Belmont
@veronica · Destroyer of Worlds (and PM at Growbot)
Hey everyone. Bought one today after seeing a post from @lonelysandwich this morning. I'm hoping it helps with my chronic migraines, which often manifest alongside neck and shoulder pain. Have you done any research into this area?