SMARTfit. VERY SMART!
SMARTfit, is a gamified system that simultaneously strengthens the brain and body. It’s new technology and it’s one of a kind. Why is it so groundbreaking? It’s dual-tasking neuro-rehabilitation & fitness technology which ‘rapidly’ enhances cognitive function & physical mobility by training the brain & body to work more efficiently together.
The technology is cutting edge. It’s attracting huge interest from those in the areas of physical & occupational therapy, long-term care, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing facilities. Also wellness facilities, those in pediatrics who help kids with sensory processing disorders, and therapists who focus on ‘return to play’ sports rehabilitation.
Courtney Robert’s, one of those tireless and brave nurses who stayed on the Covid front lines, is now on team SMARTfit. SMARTfit created the technology now being sold nationally through NEUROfitUSA in Long Beach, NY.
Courtney is passionate that SMARTFit is a game changer and she joined me live on The Debbie Nigro Show to share why those in the healthcare field and in the school systems, should pay attention to this groundbreaking technology. Enjoy the podcast of our conversation above but if you’d rather read the story the transcript of our live conversation is below.
Interested in knowing more about SMARTfit for your location, just give them a call at 888-445-7666. You can also reach out at support at neurofitusa. You can also reach them on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube underneath neurofitusa.
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TRANSCRIPT Of Audio Interview
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And now, back to the Debbie Nigro Show.
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Oh my gosh, I’m in the house. Hi everybody, I’m Debbie Nigro.
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Good to be with you guys this morning. You know, I love smart stuff. And I read about something very smart as a result of being turned on to it by the gal who’s in studio with me right now, Courtney Roberts. Hi, Courtney.
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Hey, how you doing?
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Boy, you’re cute and so nursey. I love your nursey outfit. I feel safe because I’m neurotic and I always like being next to a nurse. Thank you for doing what you’ve been doing for everybody in life and through the pandemic. You know, I talked to your mom is how I met you and she said you were in there with the, you know, on the front lines of COVID. I go, what a girl, man. What a girl. Thank you. You’re welcome. From all of us who needed you all. OK, so we’re here because you found something that really intrigued you. Yeah, that was that you’re passionate about now. It’s a new technology called Smart Fit. And from what I understand, and I did my homework, which is, you know, good because I like to know what I’m talking about. It’s a gamified system that simultaneously strengthens the brain and the body. Yes. And it’s one-of-a-kind and it’s for neuro rehabilitation and fitness and what it does for you know for lots of different applications is rapidly and that’s the word enhance cognitive function and physical mobility by training the brain and the body to work more efficiently together. So I’m looking at all the pictures I put up and guys you might want to check this out at at the real Debbie Nigro on Instagram and also on my Facebook page the Debbie Nigro show to see the technology visually it’s um how to describe it
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because you’ll better describe it than me. You know what it really depends on what generation you are but if you’re a millennial I like to say do you remember Dance Dance Revolution if you’re a Gen Xer I like to say, do you remember Whack-A-Mole?
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That’s a really great, awesome explanation. I’m a boomer.
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What are you?
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I’m a millennial.
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Oh, good.
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But I like the generational interaction and explanation. I think it’s important to share how important this is across generations who struggle with different things, even children who have issues with sensory issues and people who are going through sports rehab and seniors who are trying to keep their balance and assisted living facilities who are trying to make sure that their residents stay healthy and function. And what this is doing is revolutionary from what you’ve educated me about.
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Correct. I really love this technology and it’s incredibly versatile. So you can have everything from early intervention, children, kids love it, to adult professional athletes and then of course, you know, your senior, your sophisticated populations as I like to say, where you’re working on dementia, you’re working on Parkinson’s, you can work on MS, you can work on different aspects. It’s fantastic for learning differences. Kids with autism, adults with autism, anybody with autism really responds to
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this technology. So what people get would buy one of these machines or rent one of the machines or go to a place that has one of these machines and sign up for specific classes or you’re looking for therapists to get this and bring it on board or schools or what are you looking and hoping to be the outcome of this conversation?
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I mean all the things and again that goes into the absolute versatility of this machine. So yes, it can be used for personal use. Therapists can use it. You can use it just for fitness and wellness classes. We also have a franchise model that we’re launching as well. It’s great in schools. It’s great in children’s daycares, adult daycares, medical settings, physical therapy offices. I mean it’s great for everyone and it’s great for every setting. If you’ve got a body and you got
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a brain, it’s for you. I got a body and a brain. I don’t know if they don’t always work together anymore as evidenced by the big boo-boos I keep getting. I guess I’m a candidate. Yeah, we’ll get you on Smart Fit. It really did intrigue me because you know I’m an athlete by by nature. Certainly. But as time is going on I’m not spending as much time doing that athlete stuff and I find myself being a little concerned about being one of those people. Like, oh look at her, she should have taken better care of herself. And it’s just about balance and coordination and strength. Who has taken this already? Who has it in place and is using
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it? Actually, the school districts in New Rochelle has it. In my hometown? Yeah, right down the street from us. So they have it. They have I think some older models We also have a great physical therapy office Hands of Hope that has it in Brooklyn. Shout to them. They’re great. Yeah
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But this is a national launch. Yes, and you guys as I understand it under the umbrella of Neurofit, yes, which is a national distribution arm of Smart Fit. You guys are handling that out of Long Beach, New York. That’s correct.
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Okay, so what’s going on in Long Beach, New York? So we have a beautiful multifunctional office where we have all the different Smart Fit models. There’s about three different types, four different types, and we’re using it for wellness classes. So you can drop in, take a class, you can come in and do physical therapy. You can also come in and if you’re an organization that’s interested in seeing
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this
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you can come in and we can tour you, show you and demonstrate the machinery and then also we do Zoom demos, so if you can’t make it you can always do a Zoom.
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What kind of companies have been responding to this? Are you getting the reaction from the long-term health care facilities, from the rehab locations? Because this is fascinating to me.
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Correct.
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Yeah. It’s just about educating people. Yeah. And getting the word out about it, which I’m helping you do right now, because I said, wow, I never heard of this.
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Yeah, it’s relatively new, and that’s one of the things that we’re trying to do, is we’re trying to get this concept of dual tasking that promotes neuroplasticity and helps build more, better, stronger neural pathways in conjunction with the physical movement.
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So you’re saying that by using the brain and the body together, which this machine forces you to do in a really fun way, your body responds in a very different way than just doing physical exercise or just doing a mental exercise. Correct.
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So, you know, when having this really fun, novel experience, you get these, like, endorphins going, right? I know about endorphins and fun and novel. So, you know, your dopamine, your serotonin, and your adrenaline, epinephrine, so all these chemicals come together and they start working on your brain and they do these neurochemical changes in your brain and you start getting more and different pathways. So the way that I like to think about it is…
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In the hippocampus, by the way.
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Everywhere.
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Wait a minute, stop there.
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Even if executive functioning in the front of the brain.
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Really? Because I always thought, I know it was a big no-it-all about the brain, Bob’s helping, you know, we can take a different road to work and let’s create a new pathway in your hippocampus, you know. It’s like walking on the same rug all the time. Let’s take a new rug, you know, and you wear out a rug from doing the same thing over and over. You’re just saying that it affects all the different pathways of the brain?
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Yes.
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So, it’s, because it’s a game, it’s got visual effects, it’s got sound effects, you’ve got that tactile response. So you’re working on, executive functioning is made up of seven or eight different type of categories. And so not only are you working on learning different things and if you’re a kid you can go in and learn your colors on it, learn your multiplication, learn your ABCs, right?
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That would be so fun for kids.
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Right, I mean you can go up to square roots. But you’re also exercising your eyes and tracking and using sports vision. You’re also doing organization, cognitive flexibility, impulse control, great for kids with ADD that have to do impulse control. So you’re working on executive functioning as well. So it’s using a lot of different portions of your brain. Also using right and left, using both your hands, you’re using your feet, you’re moving on three different planes of motion. So it’s a really dynamic machine. So you’re using multiple parts of your brain, which lies the challenge. And I go on and I go on this stability machine called a Cortex and I call it the flying saucer. It’s on these ball bearings and it goes in 360 directions and it mimics the feeling of surfing. And so here I am trying to do this whack-a-mole game. And, um…
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While you’re surfing.
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While I’m surfing.
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My kind of girl.
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And trying to use, and listening to the sounds and the cues and here I am, you know, back and forth, wobbling all over the place. I’m trying to balance my body, but use my brain. And it’s, and you’re, once you get a hold of your balance, then you gotta use your brain and you’re trying to use all these things all at once. And you’re just straight cheesing on the thing. You know, you’re just smiling all the time.
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That’s great.
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And it’s just, it’s so much fun.
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So there are three size machines I happen to see. Is anybody promoting it to be in anybody’s home?
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Could someone own one of these things?
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Yeah, absolutely.
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If I had a kid who had some issues, I’d want to have one of these in my house. Yes. Okay, that’s number one. Yeah. Are you promoting it to, again, does it fit everywhere? And like, is it an assistant living facility or? Yes. Yeah, they fit everywhere. Yes.
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And they don’t look too big. No, they’re not They’re not terribly big. They’re adjustable. You can adjust the height So if you have a decent wall space, I’d say like a 6×6 wall space you can do that Our most most portable model is the strike pods. That’s great for schools. It’s Pretty affordable. It’s an investment, but it’s pretty affordable when it comes to equipment, you can move it around, you can use those pods and put it against, or around rather, our larger models and get a 360 type of setup.
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Yeah, the schools should really look into this. This is big time game changer for a lot of the kids who would find this fascinating and also, you know, just enjoyable while they’re getting, you know, increasing their ability to do all things better, I would imagine, right?
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You can take them outside, they run on battery. So you just plug them into the wall, and a USB charger, you take them out, you can play them on the beach, you can play them in the parks, great for parks and recreation.
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Oh, that’s very cool.
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Yeah, get the kids up and do it in a relay, it’s fantastic for individuals, and it’s great for groups.
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I read that it was invented by a woman.
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Yes, Kathy.
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Yeah, I want to give a shout out to her. Oh yeah. Obviously, her idea wasn’t just an idea, she took it to this whole level. Yeah. And where is home base for this company?
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I’m California. Ventura. Very cool. So she’s out. She’s out my old place where I did all my COVID work. Where is that? California. Yeah. So I came back from California to New York. Well, I mean, I lived I lived right down the street from you. And then I went out. They were looking for nurses. And that’s right. Yeah. And I got in with a traveling first response like crisis nursing agency.
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Do you have PTSD from that experience?
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No I miss it.
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Really? I miss it. What kind of woman are you? Holy cow.
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Crazy woman.
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That’s why I got into nursing.
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I mean I would have been a great nurse because I have the heart for it. Yeah.
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I just don’t have the guts for it.
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Yeah. And you must have giant guts.
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You know what, I worked with a really fantastic group of people, a fantastic doctor, Dr. Ryan, who’s no longer with us unfortunately. He suffered an incident over in Africa. But we were all in it together and there was this fantastic camaraderie. And I was working alongside the military and it was just such a new experience and it really brought back my confidence. As a nurse I had worked in the hospital scene and gotten really ground down with that. And so to get out and really do something where it mattered in a big way. Yeah, it really mattered and we were really we were truly rescuing people. We were going in when everybody was running out because I was so scared. I know, I got chills thinking about
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back to it. It’s almost like what was that as we all try and act normal again, when it was hardly normal. Yeah. And it’s hard to recover from what we just have all been through. Yeah. I think what you’re working on now is very meaningful. Yeah. And for you to take a pivot, if you will. Yeah. And go from that feeling of, wow, what you did and thinking this is something. Yeah. I could tell you have a high integrity. This is this is you got my attention.
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I think this is going to get out of get us out of the issues that came with lockdown and kovat Especially with the kiddos being isolated for so long. Let me tell you something
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I am concerned about the kids because they missed a natural evolution Yeah in their timeline. Yeah of growth personally in and in connection with other children, I mean they’ve missed this opportunity to to figure out how it goes and it’s going to carry on. So you think this is helpful?
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Yeah, I mean, so we’ve got to catch the kids up, okay, in terms of their physical, their emotional, their intellectual abilities and being able to, I mean, there’s just something, there’s like a je ne sais quoi talking to the teachers. We have so many teachers in our neighborhood. So I think it’s really going to help the kids progress and get them back where they need to be after COVID.
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Wow. Nobody has said a louder statement to me this week, and I’m very concerned about it. Thank you so much for getting in touch.
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Yeah.
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Thank you to your mom. Just give her a shout out. Yeah, Mom. Thanks, Mom. Hey, Sandy. Pennsylvania. It was odd how she and I just met and we had a nice glass of wine and we fell in love and became friends. So congratulations to you. Where can everybody find out more about Smart Fit and reach you? Go ahead.
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Yeah, so they can give us a call at 888-445-7666. You can give us a call there. You can also reach out at support at neurofitusa.com. You can also reach us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube underneath neurofitusa.
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Wonderful spokesperson for your company. Thank you. So nice having you and thank you so much for the education. I’ll be sharing this with So nice having you and thank you so much for the education. I’ll be sharing this with other people who could use it.
