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Vincent Vu, Kinis AI: From Barefoot Running To High Tech Balance Checks

2026-09-2830:05

Fall prevention has a new tool: a smartphone camera. Vincent Vu, founder of Kinis AI, demos the balance test built to catch instability weeks before it becomes a fall. Falling gets treated like an inevitable part of aging, but the CDC numbers Vu found tell a different story. Falls are the leading cause of injury death for adults over 65, cost the U.S. $80 billion a year, and result in a hip fracture for 95% of people who experience one after 65. Vu founded Kinis AI to move fall prevention fro...

Turning Grief Into Hope: Erin Gallagher and The Jaywalkers Challenge

2026-09-0141:09

Erin Gallagher became one of Richmond's leading voices on suicide prevention after her 18-year-old son, Jay, died by suicide in 2016, with no prior diagnosis and no warning signs anyone recognized in time. On this episode of America's Healthiest City, host Will Melton sits down with Gallagher, founder of Jay Walkers, to talk about grief, stigma, and the prevention tools most families have never heard of. Gallagher walks through the year everything changed: moving her family to Richmond, leavi...

Small Steps on a Trail to Better Health: CEO of Sports Backers, Will Dixon

2026-08-0535:59

Sports Backers sold out the Allianz Richmond Marathon in June, five months before anyone lines up to run in November. On race weekend, the organization puts 22,000 runners on Richmond streets, backed by thousands of volunteers and tens of thousands of spectators. Another 1,400 people meet every weekend for 24 weeks just to get ready for it. Will Dixon runs all of it. He has been with Sports Backers for 19 years and took over as executive director a year and a half ago, after starting as a wee...

Can A Soccer Culture Help Build A Healthier City? | Alex Kocher, Richmond Kickers & Richmond Ivy

2026-07-1430:53

Alex Kocher moved to Richmond from Oregon four years ago and started designing jerseys for a team that didn't exist yet. That team became the Richmond Ivy, Richmond's women's soccer team. But logos and kits can look perfect, and still fail if the experience around it feels hollow. That’s why talking with Alex's perspectives on design and how it plays into the larger story of how soccer can unite a community matters for Richmond's understanding of who we are. Alex breaks down sports branding i...

Fitness That Sticks – Aubrey Eicher of The Well Personal Fitness

2026-06-2337:31

Richmond personal trainer Aubrey Eicher built a 3-location fitness business on one idea: the physical transformation is the least interesting part. 🔗 Try a free exploratory session: https://thewellpf.com 📍 Learn about America's Healthiest City: https://americashealthiestcity.com --- Aubrey Eicher, founder of The Well Personal Fitness, has been in the Richmond fitness and wellness space since 2014 — when "holistic fitness" still needed a five-minute explanation. Today she runs 3 private, on...

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