About Us

Working together

Pioneering neuropathy care

Since 2013, Dr. Fiona Streckmann and Dr. Maryam Balke, have passionately been dedicated to help patients with polyneuropathies. At that time, Dr. Streckmann had already gained many years of research experience. Her focus is to analyze how specific exercise therapies can be used to target or even prevent the symptoms of this condition. Dr. Balke, with her extensive clinical-neurological experience in dealing with polyneuropathies, was frustrated by the lack of therapeutic options and searched for alternative options for her patients. In doing so, she was also intrigued by the potential of physical activity to target specific neurological symptoms.

Independently, both expressed the desire to create truly effective support for patients, as there are currently hardly any treatment options available which causes a diagnostic dilemma both for the patient as well as the health care practitioner, trying to maintain quality of life whilst maximizing therapy to ensure the highest chance of survival. This shared goal, ultimately brought us together and we have been combining our expertise ever since to create meaningful research.

Our study results confirmed our hypothesis: Specific! Exercise can be medicine. We can improve balance and gait for instance, enabling patients to stand and walk more safely, as well as reducing pain and discomfort.

We are deeply committed to sharing our insights with as many affected individuals as possible, so they can begin training early in the course of their illness and then integrate it into their daily life at home. This high unmet need led to the idea of developing a digital health application to empower patients and support them with their training at home. Our goal is not to replace therapists, but rather to complement their valuable work.

When the idea first began to shape in 2022, we met Melanie Oesterle-Glaeser, who was enthusiastic about our project and supported us from the very beginning. As an experienced business/finance and operations expert with a solid background in medical devices and startup development, she complements the team, bringing the necessary business expertise to make this heartfelt project a success. Together, we aim to make a real difference in the lives of patients with polyneuropathies.

Fiona Streckmann

CEO/CSO

Fiona is an exercise scientist and biologist investigating the effects of specific exercises on the symptoms and prevention of Neuropathies for the past 17 years. She is an internationally acknowledged expert in the field and her findings have been published in high-ranking, peer reviewed journals. It is her goal to make the research accessible to the patient in order to empower them and improve their quality of life, while also enabling the best possible cancer treatment for better clinical outcomes and higher survival.

Maryam Balke

CMO

Maryam is a neurologist and rehabilitation scientist driven and aspired to make a difference in neuropathy care. Throughout her career, she always had a very patient centered approach underlined by profound research background, including the latest clinical scientific achievements into therapy. As the CMO of our company, Maryam wants to enable and empower patients to become experts of their disease and to learn how to take control over their condition, by translating research results into digital therapy.

Melanie Oesterle Glaeser

Board Member for Project management

Melanie is a dedicated and solution-oriented Program Director, COO, and CFO. She is enriching the team with 18 years of international experience in leading and developing start-ups, individuals, teams and stakeholders during the implementation of strategic initiatives and helping to reach business goals.