When Utah high-school social studies teacher Brad Evans first started tinkering with a punching bag in his garage, he wasn’t trying to change the future of neurological rehabilitation. He just wanted to keep up with a friend in martial arts. But his fitness frustration sparked a trial-and-error experiment involving foams, weights, and prototypes, ultimately leading to a device that now resides in over 100 hospitals across the U.S., helping patients rebuild balance, mobility, and confidence.
On a new episode of “A Healthy Point of View” podcast, Sam Tejada, CEO and Founder of Liquivida®, sits down with Brad Evans to explore the story behind his invention and how it’s transforming rehabilitation.
That invention is Jukestir, a triple-pendulum, unpredictably moving impact trainer grounded in neuroscience. And today, Evans isn’t just teaching history, he’s making it.
A High School Teacher Accidentally Invented a Breakthrough Neurology Tool! Brad Evans | Ep. 105
From Classroom to Medical Breakthrough
Evans became a teacher because he believed in potential, especially in the late bloomers like himself. But his love for martial arts and competition led him on a parallel path. When he found he could outrun his friend on the soccer field but not outlast him in the ring, he dug into research. That’s when he stumbled on Bruce Lee’s concept of “neurophysiological adjustment,” the brain’s coordination and control over the body.
He recognized a gap: Punching bags either built strength or rhythm, not reaction.
Then came what he calls his “flux-capacitor moment”:
Why not build a bag that moves unpredictably, forcing the brain to react faster?
Many prototypes later, Jukestir was born, first embraced by professional fighters… until doctors noticed something remarkable.
A Pivot No One Saw Coming
Sports medicine specialists approached Evans and told him the technology could help people with neurological disorders, especially Parkinson’s patients. They saw the potential for improving processing speed, hand-eye coordination, mobility, and most importantly, fall prevention. Today, physical therapy centers and neurological programs use Jukestir as a standard component of rehabilitation. Some centers even position it as the first step in therapy sessions, warming up and activating the nervous system before other exercises.
Patients report improvements in:
- Balance
- Coordination
- Reaction time
- Gait and mobility
- Confidence
Preliminary data suggest that only three weeks of short training sessions can produce measurable improvements. Evans says seeing patients regain independence has become the most rewarding part of the journey, far beyond improving a knockout punch.
How Jukestir Trains the Brain
Traditional fitness focuses on muscle and endurance. Jukestir flips that script.
“The nervous system is the iPhone upgrade,” Evans explains. Same hardware, faster processing. With three pendulums of different shapes and densities, the device creates movement that the brain cannot predict.
That uncertainty forces the brain to:
- Process new visual data rapidly
- Strengthen neuron-to-neuron communication
- Form new neural pathways
In simpler words, it trains the brain like lifting weights trains the body. And even individuals using wheelchairs can train upper-body coordination and reaction.
More Than Medicine: A New Movement
Evans aligns strongly with the national push to “Make America Healthy Again,” where movement becomes medicine. Jukestir offers a solution to inactivity by introducing movement that feels engaging, novel, and consistently fun.
Quitting often happens when workouts become repetitive and boring. Jukestir? Never the same strike twice. From athletes to aging adults, it’s proving that brain speed is game speed, and that staying sharp isn’t just for sports, it’s for life. Professional success stories even include athletes like top-ranked tennis champions using it to enhance reaction and match performance.
A Teacher’s Lesson: Don’t Quit on Your Dreams
Evans never pretends the road was smooth. He jokes that his business model was a “get-rich-slow program,” with countless failures before success. But like he tells his students, persistence creates opportunity: “You can do hard things. Your dreams won’t knock on your door. You have to chase them.”
He chased his dream. Now patients nationwide are chasing better health because of it.
Where Innovation Meets Hope
From a garage prototype to hospital-approved therapy programs, Jukestir is rewriting what exercise can mean for the brain.
It’s:
- Movement with a purpose
- Fitness backed by neuroscience
- A lifeline for individuals fighting neurological decline
- A training edge for athletes seeking milliseconds of advantage
Most importantly, it proves that getting older doesn’t have to mean slowing down.
As Sam said, “Movement is everything… You can manage the way you age.”