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Episode 34: Christina Rama - Fownd

Derek Lee, PT, DPT
Posted 05/14/2026

Christina Rama is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and co-founder of Fownd. She’s currently helping build Notation, an AI-powered documentation platform designed specifically for rehabilitation clinicians.Christina graduated from Grand Valley State University and has worked across a wide range of settings, including outpatient, inpatient, neuro rehab, home health, and skilled nursing facilities. This breadth of experience gives her a deep understanding of the day-to-day realities clinicians face. Her path into entrepreneurship came directly from past experience, especially seeing the heavy documentation burden placed on therapists. She believes technology should support clinical care, not get in the way of it.

Instagram: @notation.fownd

🔍 Why Listen?
This episode is for PTs and PTAs who know documentation is draining time, energy, and focus from patient care. Dr. Christina Rama shares how her experience as a traveling PT across outpatient, inpatient, neuro rehab, home health, and skilled nursing led her to co-found Found, an AI-powered company built to ease that burden.
If you’ve ever wondered whether your clinical frustrations could point you toward a business idea, this conversation is a strong example of how real problems can lead to meaningful innovation.

🧠 What You'll Learn
  • How Christina’s work across multiple rehab settings shaped her view of documentation challenges in healthcare
  • Why she moved from direct patient care into entrepreneurship and health tech
  • How Found’s product, Notation, helps clinicians document in real time during patient sessions
  • Why AI can support clinical care without replacing clinical judgment
  • How reducing documentation friction may help lower clinician burnout
  • What’s next for Found, including computer vision for range of motion, gait, and functional movement analysis
💡 Key Takeaways
  • Real clinical pain points can become strong business ideas. Christina built Found from a problem she lived every day as a PT.
  • Documentation burden is a systems problem, not a personal failure. Many clinicians are forced to choose between being present with patients and finishing notes on time.
  • AI works best when it fits the rehab workflow. Notation was designed to reflect how PTs and OTs actually think, observe, and document.
  • Clinical skills transfer well into entrepreneurship. Communication, adaptability, problem solving, and patient-centered thinking all carry over.
  • Technology can reduce friction without reducing care quality. The goal is to give clinicians more time back for patients and life outside charting.
  • The future of rehab tech is expanding. Christina’s work in computer vision points to new ways to support functional movement analysis with simple tools already available in clinic.
🎙️ Memorable Soundbites
“At some point, I just decided to stop accepting it as part of the job.”
“In the beginning it was just more about conviction, I think, than certainty.”
“By the time the session is done, the notes are done.”
“We really have a lot more transferable skills than maybe we realize.”

🚀 Actionable Tips
  1. Pay attention to repeated frustrations. The problem you keep seeing may be the one worth solving.
  2. Don’t dismiss your clinical skills. Your ability to adapt, educate, and communicate can open doors beyond patient care.
  3. Look for tech that supports workflow, not adds to it. The best tools reduce friction and help you stay present with patients.
  4. Get comfortable learning in public. Entrepreneurial and tech-based paths often require figuring things out as you go.
  5. Stay curious about where rehab is headed. AI documentation and computer vision may shape the next phase of physical therapy practice.
💭 Conversation Starter
What is one problem you’ve accepted as “just part of the job” that could actually be solved through better systems or smarter technology?
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