Walking. Not just for women only
Walking. Not just for women only A lot of men see walking as an exercise reserved for the fairer sex or for older men who can only handle a less strenuous form of physical activity. They are more inclined to go work out at the gym or go out for a jog or a run. […]
LIVE WEBINAR – FACTORS RELATED TO FALL PREVENTION
Factors Related to Fall Prevention Improve Balance, Endurance and Confidence – Innovative Use of Evidence-based ACTIVATOR Poles (specialized Nordic walking poles) in Factors Related to Fall Prevention – 1 PDU. Webinar with Occupational Therapy Association of California. Outline: – Review current Nordic walking and Activator research related to fall prevention. – Highlight the positive outcomes […]
LIVE WEBINAR – HOW TO BRING A DEVICE TO MARKET
HOW TO BRING A DEVICE TO MARKET WEConnect International WEConnect International is an organization of 10,000 women-owned business in 120+ countries. Their mandate is to bring global opportunities women-owned enterprises. Urban Poling is proudly 100% women-owned by Mandy Shintani based in Vancouver and Diana Oliver in Toronto and is a WEConnect certified company. Urban Poling […]
POWER UP YOUR CLIENTS USING URBAN POLING & PRI
POWER UP YOUR CLIENTS using Urban Poles & Postural Restoration! This webinar will introduce the evidence based benefits of Nordic walking which include improved posture, core activation, and joint pain reduction. Jon Schultz, MPT, OCS, PRC describes how using the Urban Poling technique can promote the 3-dimensional movement that should normally occur through our pelvis and rib cage and pump our […]
Active Living for Older Adults, Vets & Aged Care/SNF Webinar – Rehab Professionals
Active Living for Older Adults, Vets, Senior Living & Aged Care/SNF Discover how to instill wellness and promote active living with a state of the art program from Canada. Evidence-based ACTIVATOR℗ poles improve balance, posture, core strength and mobility for older adults. This webinar will review researched benefits, gait assessment lab results and demonstrate innovative seated/standing […]
Active Living with MS
Active Living with MS Summarized by Dr. Agnes Coutinho PhD Research Benefits: Evidence-based studies clearly identify poling, with the proper training, as a healthy mode of physical activity suited for improving quality of life. Walking poles offer proven beneficial effects on general key heath parameters which may include: Increased balance & stability Improved posture Increase […]
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 […]
General Public – Hip and Knee OA Webinar – General Public
General Public – Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) Learn how ACTIVATOR ℗ and Urban Poles are an excellent tool for those with hip and knee OA as well as for pre/post hip and knee surgery rehabilitation (when appropriate). There are 9 studies specifically on the ACTIVATOR Poles and 280+ independent peer reviewed studies on Nordic walking listed […]