What Is the Neubie? A Plain Explanation of the Tech in Our Recovery Room

Search for the Neubie and you'll get two kinds of results: marketing pages that promise everything, and forum threads from people trying to work out whether it's real. Neither is especially useful if you just want to know what the machine does and whether you should book a session.

So here's a straight answer.

The short version

The Neubie is a neuromuscular electrical stimulation device. Electrodes go on the skin, current runs through the tissue underneath, and muscles contract in response. That much it shares with equipment that's been in physical therapy clinics for decades.

The distinguishing feature is the type of current. Most consumer e-stim units, the TENS unit in your closet, and  most gym-recovery devices run alternating current. The Neubie runs pulsed direct current. That difference in waveform is the whole basis of the system, and it's why practitioners use it differently than they'd use a standard stim unit.

In practice, that means it's used for something other than passive buzzing while you lie there. Sessions are usually active. You move through exercises, and the current is applied while you do.

What it's actually used for

Three broad categories:

Neuromuscular re-education. After an injury, the nervous system frequently keeps protecting the area long after the tissue has healed. You've felt this if you've ever had a knee that just wouldn't fire properly again, months after the swelling went down. The stimulation is used to help re-establish that connection under load.

Recovery. Applied for circulation and to work through areas that are tight, guarded, or not moving well. This is the most common reason members book their first session.

Identifying weak links. Because the current highlights where the body is compensating, a session often surfaces asymmetries that don't show up in a normal warm-up. Athletes tend to find this the most interesting part.

Riley Edick, a certified, in-house Neubie practitioner and general manager gives us some insight into his success stories from his clients. "I began working with this 66-year-old client after she had been dealing with chronic shoulder pain that had started affecting basic daily activities, including putting on a jacket and reaching for her seatbelt. During her initial Neubie mapping process, we identified areas through the posterior chain and upper back that were not contributing effectively to shoulder support and overall movement. Our early sessions focused on improving neurological input to those areas, restoring better muscular recruitment, and helping the upper back begin doing its job in supporting the shoulder complex rather than continuing to work around the pain."

He goes on to say, "as her movement improved, we gradually transitioned from primarily addressing the shoulder into full-body training once per week. She is now able to train without shoulder-related limitations and perform movements that previously would have been uncomfortable or avoided entirely. One of the biggest changes has been her ability to strengthen supporting musculature without relying on excessive external load or unnecessarily stressing the joints. At 66, she is not treated as fragile or given a watered-down version of training; the goal has been to restore function, build strength, and give her the confidence to use her body again."

Her own experience captures what makes the Neubie so valuable when combined with thoughtful coaching. She has described feeling "stronger and more confident than I have ever felt," while also emphasizing that the Neubie has helped her address previous injuries and strengthen supporting muscle groups without the joint stress she associated with traditional weighted training. Another client of Riley's described the Neubie as "a catalyst to the results," emphasizing that the technology itself is only part of the equation. This case is a strong example of what can happen when neurological mapping, movement assessment, progressive strength training, and the Neubie are used together. The goal is not simply to temporarily reduce discomfort, but to help the body regain the ability to move, support itself, and become stronger over time.

What a session is like

At Lions Lair Pro Gym, the Neubie is not treated as a standalone machine or a one-size-fits-all solution. Every session is guided by a trained practitioner who understands movement, muscular function, compensation patterns, and how to use the device within the context of the individual in front of them. Whether someone is coming in for injury recovery, pain reduction, improved muscle recruitment, performance, strength, or general movement quality, the first goal is to understand what their body is currently doing and where limitations may be coming from.

Clients can expect a highly individualized process beginning with assessment and mapping. From there, the Neubie can be used to help improve neurological awareness, increase muscular recruitment, address areas that may not be contributing effectively, and create better support around joints and movement

patterns. Sessions may look very different from person to person. Some clients may be working through pain or limitations, while others may be using the same technology to improve performance, strengthen specific muscle groups, increase training stimulus, or recover more efficiently. The technology provides the stimulus, but the quality of the result depends heavily on how that stimulus is applied.

What separates the Lions Lair approach is the coaching staff behind the equipment. Our practitioners bring backgrounds in performance training, strength and conditioning, movement, bodybuilding, athletics, and recovery, allowing the Neubie to be integrated into a much larger coaching system rather than used in isolation. Led by Riley Edick and Sandee Lark, they are supported by a knowledgeable coaching staff. Our goal is simple: meet people where they are, identify what is holding them back, and use the tools available to help them move, train, and perform at a higher level. The expectation is not a passive treatment experience. It is an active, coached process designed around helping each client build better function and long-term capability.

Who it's a fit for

• Anyone working around an old injury that never fully resolved

• Athletes in a heavy training block who want an active recovery option

• People who've plateaued on a specific lift and suspect the limitation is neurological rather than muscular

• Anyone in post-rehab limbo cleared by a provider, but not back to full function

It is not a replacement for medical care, and isn't a diagnostic tool. If you have an unaddressed injury, see a provider first. If you have a pacemaker or implanted electrical device, are pregnant, or have a seizure disorder, tell us before booking, there are contraindications, and we'll walk through them with you.

Why we have one

Recovery technology in most gyms is a marketing line item. A massage gun in a corner, a cold plunge that nobody maintains.

We brought in the Neubie because we us it as a working part of our practice, not as an amenity. Riley's our head Neubie practitioner and runs out of the facility, which means the device is operated by someone who uses it daily and knows what it's for, as opposed to being available to anyone who reads the manual.

That distinction matters more than the equipment itself. A Neubie in the hands of someone who doesn't know how to program a session is just an expensive TENS unit.

Book an intro session

You can find booking options through our website or just give as a call at (719) 922-1480 to get started with the Neubie. Our standard session rates are $125 per session for non-members and $105 per session for members. You can also go through the "Our Trainers" tab on our website to find which Neubie practitioner you'd prefer to work with!

Most people start with a single session to see how they respond. Come in, tell us what's bothering you, and we'll build the sessions around it.