Elliot A. picked up cycling in the past year, and like a lot of good habits, it went from a casual interest to a real part of his life fast. But cycling asks something specific of the body. You spend hours folded forward over the handlebars, and for someone managing lower back pain, that hunched position turns every ride into a negotiation. "Am I out here for 30 minutes, or can I be out here for three hours?" That was the question Elliot carried onto every ride. Not "where do
Elliot A. picked up cycling in the past year, and like a lot of good habits, it went from a casual interest to a real part of his life fast. But cycling asks something specific of the body. You spend hours folded forward over the handlebars, and for someone managing lower back pain, that hunched position turns every ride into a negotiation. "Am I out here for 30 minutes, or can I be out here for three hours?" That was the question Elliot carried onto every ride. Not "where do
It has been a great start to the summer 2026 season at Immergo Labs. Between a three-day co-design workshop with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, our first year exhibiting at Augmented World Expo, and a new class of summer interns, this summer moved fast. Here is a look back at what kept us going. Co-Designing the Future of Veteran Care at Boise VAMC In June, our team traveled to the Boise VA Medical Center for an intensive three-day co-design workshop with the VA Cli
Deandre Z. is an engineer and a fitness enthusiast. He is the kind of person who solves problems for a living. For 15 years, he also lived with chronic lower back pain. "I just decided that I'm going to accept pain," he told us. It is a sentence worth sitting with. Not because it is unusual, but because it is not. Deandre's reasoning was the same reasoning most people land on. Back pain is common. The fixes are not always obvious. The clinic visits, the insurance calls, the h
