US Patent 11,701,550

The pivot point belongs under your feet.

Every balance board you can buy for your home puts its pivot on the floor. The surface slides out from under you and your body catches up late. PIVOT holds the axis fixed at the top surface. The board rotates. Your center stays where it is.

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The problem

Forty years of the same flawed physics.

A board with its pivot on the ground has to move sideways before it can tilt. That sideways travel is a dead zone. Your nervous system gets nothing useful until the board has already gone somewhere it should not be, and then it gets everything at once.

The correction comes from the hip and the trunk because the ankle was never given anything to work with. You end up rehearsing the compensation instead of the skill.

Foam pads have the opposite problem. They absorb the force before it reaches you.

Conventional board. Pivot on the floor.

PIVOT. Axis fixed at the surface.

PIVOT cross-section showing the fixed axis

Product render

The mechanism

We moved the axis.

The axis of rotation sits at the foot bed and stays there. The platform tilts through a mechanical joint with no slop, so the surface answers the moment you load it. Your ankle rotates around a fixed axis. Now the board does too.

Fixed-axis joint
The axis of rotation is held at the top surface. It does not travel, so the platform cannot slide out from under you.
Indexed tilt stops
Range is bounded mechanically. The board reaches its limit and holds rather than dumping you off the edge.
Pneumatic chamber
Air pressure sets how much the platform gives, from firm and controlled to soft and reactive.
Integrated compressor
Pressure is changed from the app or from the control on the unit. Nothing to swap, nothing to pump by hand.
Embedded sensor
Acceleration and angular velocity, sampled 800 times per second and sent to your phone over Bluetooth.

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Adjustable difficulty

Ten levels. One button.

An integrated air compressor sets platform firmness from the app or from the control on the unit. Choose a level and the pressure adjusts in seconds. Someone starting seated and a college midfielder use the same board at different settings.

Higher pressure / steadierLower pressure / harder

Levels 1 to 3

Rigid Foundation

High pressure holds the platform firm and keeps the range of motion small. This is where you build base stability, and where most people start. You can work these levels seated.

Levels 4 to 7

Compliant Resistance

Medium pressure lets the platform move under load and answer back. The range opens up and the corrections get faster. This is the working range for most training once the basics are steady.

Levels 8 to 10

Unlocked Acuity

Low pressure makes the surface fluid and highly reactive. Built for trained athletes working on rate of force development and fast single-leg control.

The direction surprises most people. Firmer is steadier. Softer is harder. Level one is the easiest setting on the board, and level ten is the one that will put you on the floor.

Stability score in the companion app

App design in development

The data

The board keeps score.

An embedded sensor samples acceleration and angular velocity 800 times per second and sends it to the app over Bluetooth. Sessions are stored, so a single stability score from one to ten becomes a line you can watch move.

Tilt
How far the platform moved, in degrees, and how long you held it.
Recovery
How quickly you brought it back to level after it moved.
Symmetry
How evenly you loaded left against right across the session.

The sensor and app are in final development with our engineering partner. Founding reservations fund that work. We will show you the integrated unit running before we ask anyone to pay a balance.

Where it sits

The mechanism used to cost fourteen thousand dollars.

Systems that hold the axis at the surface already exist. They live in hospitals and university labs, weigh up to 235 pounds, need a trained operator, and start around $14,000.

Everything under a thousand dollars uses a ground pivot or a deformable dome.

PIVOT is the first portable, self-directed platform to deliver the fixed-axis mechanism for under $1,000.

Who it is for

One platform, three ways in.

Everyday

Staying steady

Confidence on stairs, curbs, and the ground you did not plan for. Start seated at level one and move at your own pace.

Performance

Ankle-level control

The control that shows up in cutting, landing, and single-leg load. Ten minutes in a warm-up or a session of its own.

Professional

For practitioners

For physical therapy, athletic training, and strength and conditioning. One platform across the whole caseload, with objective data on every session.

First prototype, plywood and a hinge

Origin

It started with a broken ankle and the wrong tool.

David Shoffler Sr. broke his ankle. Michael Suk repaired it. Recovery stalled, and the standard equipment was the reason. The wobble board slid under him on every rep, and the force it sent up his leg reached his lower back.

David Sr. is a mechanical engineer. He looked at the board and saw that the pivot was in the wrong place.

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The team

A surgeon, an engineer, and a coach.

Co-inventor and CEO

Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, MBA

Orthopaedic trauma surgeon and physician executive. Twenty-five years repairing the joints this device trains.

Co-inventor

David Shoffler Sr.

Mechanical engineer. Designed and patented the fixed-axis mechanism.

Co-inventor

David Shoffler Jr.

Strength coach and corrective exercise specialist. Twenty years putting people back on their feet.

Four granted US patents, protected through 2040. Sensor and firmware developed with Sperry Labs.

Founding reservation

Founding price, $495.

A $50 deposit holds your price and your place in the first production run. It is fully refundable at any time before shipping, no questions asked.

$495~~$899~~

Founding price / retail

Reserve with a $50 deposit

$50 today. Your deposit applies to the full price.
When your unit is ready to ship we email you to complete the remaining $445.
You are never charged the balance without confirming.
Refundable in full at any time before shipping.

We are not giving a ship date yet. The integrated unit is still in build with our engineering partner, and a date we cannot stand behind is worth nothing to you. Your deposit holds your price and your place in line, it is refundable in full at any time, and we will not ask for the balance until we can show you a finished unit and a real date.

Questions

What people ask before they reserve.

How is this different from a wobble board?

A wobble board pivots on the floor, so the platform slides sideways before it tilts. PIVOT holds the axis at the top surface, where your foot is. The board rotates in place and the feedback arrives the moment you load it.

Is the compressor loud?

It is comparable to a portable tire inflator and it runs for a few seconds when you change levels. It is silent while you train.

Do I need my phone to use it?

No. There is a physical control on the unit for setting firmness. The app adds session tracking and your stability score.

When will it ship?

We are not giving a date yet. The integrated unit is still in build. We will not ask you for the balance until we can show you a finished unit and a real window, and you can cancel for a full refund at any point before then.

Is PIVOT a medical device?

No. PIVOT by MyNeuroAxis is a general wellness and fitness product. It is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. If you are recovering from an injury or surgery, talk to your clinician before starting.