About KarunaHOME

Karuna Means “Compassion” in Sanskrit.

With KarunaHOME, our goal is to provide compassionate, evidence-based solutions to help people suffering from chronic pain get the relief they need. Inspired by treating our own family members, we use AI-enabled technology paired with personalized coaching to help patients maintain independence, reduce medication usage, and unlearn their pain.

Discover the KarunaHOME Program

KarunaHOME is a 12-week at-home program that fuses revolutionary technology, proven neuroscience-backed techniques, and personalized coaching to help patients get relief from a variety of chronic pain conditions.

During the program, all KarunaHOME patients get:

• Unlimited access to our proprietary device and AI-enabled technology
• A dedicated pain coach certified in functional rehabilitation and neuroplastic pain education
• The KarunaHOME patient workbook with educational tools, exercises, and practical tips for unlearning chronic pain
• Access to dozens of videos (in both English and Spanish) and other digital assets with easy-to-follow concepts
• A fully personalized program tailored to their individual condition and schedule

Unlearn your pain. Reclaim your life.

Our Team

Lincoln Nguyen
CEO

Jon Weinberg
COO

Andy Riedel
CTO

Dr. James Petros
Chief Medical Officer

Kris Beebe
Head of Coaching

Marisol Castro
Head of Billing

Mayan Shoshani
Software Engineer

Cameron McPherson
Software Engineer

Kirke Giedzinski
Logistics and QA

Alex Yeates
VP of Sales

Clinical Advisory Board

Howard Schubiner, MD

David Smolins, MD

Robert Johnson DPT

Adam Saby, MD

Howard Edelman

Ramo Naidu, MD

Rick Paicius, MD

Howard Fields, MD, PhD

Kynan Eng PhD

Ian Cheok

Steve Wiesner, MD

Nickul Jain, MD

Clinical Evidence

480

Journal articles *
*Searched by Karuna Labs, Inc. March 2021

93

Randomized controlled trials *

26

Meta-analyses articles *

Research

Selected Fear Avoidance Beliefs Training (FABT) Research

Fear Avoidance Beliefs are associated with disability, reduced function, and impairment in chronic pain patients. FABT has demonstrated improvements in disability, function, impairment, and return to work in chronic pain patients

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The Effect of a Fear-Avoidance–Based Physical Therapy Intervention for Patients With Acute Low Back Pain: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
Fear Avoidance Beliefs Training improves disability and pain intensity in patient’s low back pain
Randomized Controlled Trial

Ten weeks of physical-cognitive-mindfulness training reduces fear-avoidance beliefs about work-related activity: Randomized controlled trial
Fear Avoidance Beliefs Training significantly improved work related fear avoidance beliefs in workers with chronic pain
Randomized Controlled Trial

High Fear-Avoiders of Physical Activity Benefit From an Exercise Program for Patients With Back Pain
Patients with high fear avoidance benefit from functional rehabilitation programs that include Fear Avoidance Beliefs Training
Comparative Study

A randomized controlled trial of exposure in vivo for patients with spinal pain reporting fear of work-related activities
Chronic low back pain patients with reduced function demonstrated superior benefits over treatment as usual on function, fear, and pain
Randomized Controlled Trial

Preventing progression to chronicity in first onset, subacute low back pain: an exploratory study
Early Fear Avoidance Training prevents the onset of chronic pain
Exploratory Study

Fear-Avoidance Behavior and Anticipation of Pain in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Study
Function in chronic pain patients is significantly reduced in patients with high Fear Avoidance Beliefs
Randomized Controlled Trial

Fear avoidance beliefs as a predictor for long-term sick leave, disability and pain in patients with chronic low back pain
High fear avoidance beliefs is associated with sustained impairments in returning to work in chronic pain patients
Randomized Controlled Trial

Manual Therapy, Therapeutic Patient Education, and Therapeutic Exercise, an Effective Multimodal Treatment of Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Therapeutic patient education
Randomized Controlled Trial