Active Rehab for Traumatic Spinal Injuries Webinar – Healthcare
Active Rehab for Traumatic Spinal Injuries Learn why rehab centres are recommending the ACTIVATOR℗ poles for trauma spinal injuries to improve pre-gait training, posture, strengthening, confidence and walking tolerance versus canes and walkers (when appropriate). Webinar includes: Research Review 2 Case Studies ACTIVATOR technique Content Information Time: 2017 Guest Speakers: Kristina Ploude, physiotherapist & […]
Active Rehab for Spinal Stenosis – Webinar – Spine – Healthcare Professional
Active Rehab for Spinal Stenosis Learn why hospitals, clinics and rehab centres are recommending the ACTIVATOR℗ Poles for spinal conditions post-operative to improve posture, gait pattern and walking tolerance versus canes and walkers (when appropriate). Webinar includes: Research Reviews Benefits and guidelines for using poles post-operative in elective surgeries and post trauma The ACTIVATOR […]
Active Living for Primary Health Care Webinar – Healthcare Professionals
Active Living for Primary Health Care Find out about an effective new tool to motivate clients to become more active to manage their chronic conditions and for overall wellness. OT Sue Colbourne and Nurse Practitioner, Sarah Kis-Toth explain the benefits of using walking poles in primary care health settings as an innovative tool for improving […]
Wendi Paterson Inspiration Award – November
For this month’s Wendi Paterson Award winners, we’d like to acknowledge not two individuals but rather two community groups who embody our “UPYourFitness” mantra: Ryde Community Co-op Inc. and Bayfield Urban Poling. Ryde Community Co-op is a not-for-profit organization which fosters local wellbeing and improvement by offering various programs and services–one being Urban Poling. President of […]
Getting Active at Every Age and Stage Webinar – Instructors
Getting Active at Every Age and Stage With a shocking 70% of children leaving organized sports by the age of 13 and obesity rates on the rise we know that we need to be introducing our children to activities that they can do across a lifespan whether they are 5 or 95 years of age! About […]
How Activator Poles Improve Gait-Speed, Stride & Balance Webinar – Health Care Professionals
How Activator Poles Improve Gait- Speed, Stride & Balance Learn how to use Activator ℗ Poles (patent pending) to improve all outcomes of gait: balance, stride length, arm swing, speed and less gait variability. A case study from a gait assessment lab was reviewed as well as other videos of gait changes with clients with […]
Minimizing Risk of Falls – Study at SNF/LTC Webinar – Healthcare Professionals
Minimizing Risk of Falls – Study (LTC/SNF) Join us for an in-depth review of the ACTIVATOR ℗ Poles as they relate to minimizing factors associated with risk of falls. From their innovative design & patented ergonomic Coregrip, the ACTIVATOR Poles have been used to improve core strengthening, posture, walking tolerance and normalize gait pattern for older […]
Internationally Renowned Activator Poles – Webinar – Healthcare Professionals
Internationally Renowned Activator Poles Learn about an internationally renowned device called ACTIVATOR ℗ Poles developed to facilitate balance, strengthening, posture and normalize gait pattern. Excepts from this webinar are from the International Stroke Congress, International 200 Years of Parkinson’s Disease and the National Fall Prevention Conference in Canada. Over the 14 years of implementation, there […]
Comparison to Canes and Walkers Webinar – Healthcare Professionals
Comparison to Canes and Walkers Change of Practice – ACTIVATOR ℗ Poles in Comparison to Canes & to Reduce the use of Walkers and Crutches when appropriate. Recently, ACTIVATOR ℗ Poles were the focus of 8 international and national conference presentations/posters on this change of practice. Watch this 15 minute webinar on the research of the […]
Walk Away From Stress – Webinar – General Public
Walk Away From Stress After the death of my mom at 62 from breast cancer, separation from my husband, childless at almost 40 and surviving an abusive online dating experience, it was safe to say I was depressed and content to become a permanent part of the flooring. Instead I decided to get up off […]