Built by an engineer who had the injury.
I'm Ollie Martin — a PhD engineer and climber in Melbourne. I built Rebow because I had tennis elbow, read what actually helps, and couldn't buy the tool the science described. So I made it.
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The short version
When my elbow flared up, the advice was the usual: rest it, brace it, wait. It didn't work — and the more I read, the clearer it got that the thing that actually helps a grumpy tendon is the opposite of rest. It's load: slow, controlled, progressive eccentric loading. The evidence for it has been around since 2010.
As an engineer, that bothered me. The method was well understood, but the tools weren't. A rubber bar couldn't tell me how hard I was working or whether I was improving. A dumbbell was a blunt instrument. There was no device built for the job and nothing that measured what I was doing. So I built one.
Why me
Engineer
PhD in mechanical/electrical engineering. Moment arms, rigid mounts and sensor accuracy are my day job — exactly what turning "a mass on a stick" into a measured device needs.
Climber
Climbers batter their elbows, and I'm one of them. I know the frustration of an injury that won't quite clear, and the value of something you'll actually use twice a day.
User first
Rebow is the tool I wanted to buy and couldn't. Every decision is made from the user's side of the device — because I'm the first user.
Rebow is developed by Mondah Pty Ltd in Melbourne, with a functional prototype in the works and a Kickstarter ahead. If that's the kind of thing you'd back, join the waitlist.