Backbone

Achieve and maintain your best posture any place, any time.

5 followers

Achieve and maintain your best posture any place, any time.

5 followers

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Backbone is a smart, connected posture solution that discreetly supports your posture, vibrates when you slouch, offers curated training plans, and more.

Launch tags:Health & Fitness•Wearables•Tech

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There are tons of similar wearables out there. Why should a customer choose you? (I'm asking as someone who is actively looking for a solution like yours!)

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9yr ago

Backbone

Maker

@tomasruta Hi Tomas, thanks for the question! What differs between us and our competitors is that we're approaching bad posture prevention from a holistic perspective. Our goal is to be much more than a product that buzzes whenever you slouch, which we're doing by: - Offering you physical guidance through our posture brace, which will help you develop mental awareness and muscle memory for achieving and maintaining your best posture; - Providing educational content directly in our interactive app to teach you the proper techniques and strategies for understanding what good posture is and how to achieve/maintain it, as well as how to properly perform posture-strengthening exercises and stretches; and - Putting it all together into curated training plans - which we developed alongside qualified physical therapists - to get you optimal, consistent results. And, this is only the very beginning of what we have to offer. We're constantly researching and learning new ways to help you improve and maintain your physical health, which we're then translating into new tools and features that our users can make use of and benefit from. I hope that answers your question, please let me know if you'd like further clarification, Tomas!

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9yr ago

How does this tackle lower back issues? If you just straighten your upper back and neck, your lower back could go into extension causing different issues. (I'm asking as someone excited about a product like this, with terrible back issues)

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9yr ago

Backbone

Maker

@jonmunson Hi Jon, That's absolutely correct, and it's why we've placed such emphasis on developing our educational, exercise, and stretching content. We've seen that flaw in other "sit up/stand up straight" products who consider that the extent of the "training" necessary to correct your posture. Years of certified personal training and competitive lifting experience on our team has allowed us to know better from the beginning. And now, in the new version of Backbone, we're pushing forward with the help of physical therapists in making this information easily accessible and digestible for everyone--Because we know that many people don't know what a scapula is, much less how to retract it. We know that many people don't understand how to engage their core or their gluteal muscles to stabilize and protect their lower backs, which may very well go into extension in a well-meaning attempt to beat a slouching monitor and get into more upright posture--or at least appear to, to the app. This isn't anyone's fault--these things are unfortunately not commonly taught in physical education classes growing up, and if one isn't particularly inclined towards physical activity and knowledge beyond those classes then they usually never pick them up. It's our goal to help people realize that posture is a full-body system and what determines "good" posture fluctuates with the activity that you're engaging in. In our educational content and exercise/stretching programs, we go beyond "not rounding your upper back" and help you achieve better coordination throughout your body, enabling you to truly achieve correct posture in a way that just having you sit or stand up straight can't. Great question, Jon, thanks for checking us out!

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9yr ago

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Hey guys! I have spinal stenosis, is this something I could you to help my posture due to the stenosis without causing any further injury?

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9yr ago

Backbone

Maker

@bryan_butvidas Hi Bryan, BACKBONE helps users avoid getting into poor postural positions which increase pressure on the spine, but is not currently designed to treat any specific spinal condition. Since BACKBONE is not a medical device, we recommend that you consult your physician on its use if you would like to know how it might affect you given your particular circumstances. Thank you for the question, Bryan.

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9yr ago

Scrumbs

@michaelo1211 Correct. I wouldn't be using it to treat, but one of the main factors to keep stenosis from creating flaring is good posture. I will ask my Dr. if he thinks something like this would help me keep my posture to keep stenosis inflammation down.

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9yr ago

Want to back this up. Will defnietly do it. Hope that it doesn't cost much in costums.

Pros:

I like the idea of getting the "tap" on my shoulder to stay upright. It's like a teacher telling you to sit up straight.

Cons:

No idea

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9yr ago

Backbone

Maker

Thanks so much for this review @andrealbuq94 🙏🏻

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9yr ago

Good day! Could you please tell me, if your product go into retail after successful crowdfunding, how much will it cost?

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9yr ago

I did not have the chance to use Backbone but I liked the idea, many people have posture related problems and Backbone can help us to gain the habit of good posture. I am working on my PhD research regarding user acceptance of wearables and would like to get your comments/feedback about using these gadgets. If you can fill below survey and answer questions I will be very happy, and I can also share the results with you if you leave your e-mail address: https://wearable.limequery.com/7... Best regards, Tansu.

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9yr ago

Too expensive for such a simple device and I feel like it would be one of those things I buy and only use once or twice before I forget about it.

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9yr ago

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