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PWR Special Urban Poling
Improve Your Client's Balance, Posture and Confidence to Improve Mobility and Perform PWR!Moves®
PWR!Moves® Certified Therapists or Instructors will receive $ 100 off our LIVE & online Training Package!
Learn 25 dynamic seated and standing exercises to improve
balance, posture and promote larger movements while inspiring your client to love exercising!
Next Live Course – Coming Soon
Discover how to be instrumental in facilitating your patient’s goals to become more confident, independent and active within their community.
Game changer is a common term from patients with Parkinson’s describing this program
Evidence based ACTIVATOR Poles are prescribed as best practice in Canada and abroad to improve outcomes for balance, posture and all aspects of gait for Parkinson’s rehab.
Learn how to use this unique patented design to achieve maximum benefit for the ACTIVATOR Technique for balance and ACTIVATOR PUSH for enhancing larger movements in exercise program. Your patients will love this revolutionary program that significantly improves walking ability while inspiring them to exercise!
CCU Approved: 4 CCUs with PT State Boards, FAI & ACSM Package!
regular price $ 399.99
PWR!Moves Special $ 299.99 + Special Bonus
Instructor
Sunhan completed her doctorate degree in Physical Therapy in 2006 at the University of Minnesota. She is certified in: the LSVT BIG, PWR! Moves, and Rock Steady Boxing program. Sunhan is currently working towards a diploma in Advanced Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy. Sunhan enjoys the challenges of working with clients with multiple conditions, with her main focus being the rehabilitation of patients with neurological diagnoses like Parkinson’s, Stroke, and Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Also highly experienced in treating orthopaedic conditions, Sunhan works with a variety of clients whose conditions include sports injuries, strains/sprains, arthritis, and post-operative rehabilitation. In addition to helping individual clients, Sunhan also leads weekly group exercise classes for people with Parkinson’s.. Sunhan strives to promote an active lifestyle and helps clients return to activities that bring joy in their lives by providing evidence-based treatment.
PWR!Moves® Certified Therapists or Instructors receive special pricing on ACTIVATOR® or Urban Poles (20 to 40% off retail pricing)
Urban Poling welcomes you to join our ever-growing team of instructors.
Urban Poling Inc. has proudly trained over 5,500 instructors and therapists internationally.
Inspire your clients with active living and rehab with evidence-based ACTIVATOR® poles, prescribed as best practices for Parkinson’s rehabilitation in Canada and internationally. Learn how to implement the dynamic ACTIVATOR® Program to improve outcomes for balance, core strength, promote an upright posture for seated and standing exercises. Normalize your client’s gait pattern to prevent shuffling which increases the risk for falls. Clients are excited about both the benefits and option of using ACTIVATOR® poles instead of canes and as a tool to delay or reduce the use of walkers. Participants will learn the higher intensity Urban Poling/Nordic walking technique suitable for the early stages of Parkinson’s and the Activator technique for improved balance and stability. ACTIVATOR® poles have been successfully implemented in individual, group as well as telehealth sessions!
CCU approved by ProCert with Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy – USA
There’s no better time to become an Urban Poling Certificate Instructor and introduce this exiting new activity to your Parkinson’s community, now that exercising and walking outdoors is the preferred activities recommended during the pandemic. Learn how to turn walking into a higher intensity activity that also improves balance, core strength and posture for those in the early stages of Parkinson’s. Find out how to use our evidence- based ACTIVATOR® poles to increase balance and confidence to perform PWR! exercises. This is a comprehensive course that teaches both the Urban Poling/Nordic walking technique for early stages of PD and the ACTIVATOR® technique for balance for advanced stages. You will be provided with all the materials, tools and support needed to provide one-on-one sessions and virtual sessions as well as indoor and outdoor group classes.
CCU approved by ACE, ACSM and FAI in USA and 9 fitness association in Canada.
Instructor
Mandy Shintani
OT & gerontologist
Instructor
Barb Gormley
Personal trainer
PWR! strives to help Parkinson’s clients reach their full potential through their education programs and with the support from partners like Urban Poling. The Urban Poling platform compliments the work of PWR! and is backed by evidence-based research demonstrating that walking with specialized poles improves outcomes for patients with Parkinson’s.
Instructors Bio
Mandy Shintani
OT & gerontologist
Mandy Shintani, has been an occupational therapist for 30+ years and is a gerontologist. Fifteen years ago, with her skills as an OT, she developed the evidence-based Activator Poles (patented) and technique specifically for rehabilitation, which are the focus of 10 current studies. She is an international conference speaker on Nordic walking/urban poling for rehabilitation and fitness. Research on the Activator poles have been the focus of international presentations/posters including; International Stroke Congress, Canadian & UK National Physical Therapy Association Conference, International 200 years of Parkinson’s Disease in Australia, ACPIN Neuro conference (UK) and twice at the National Fall Prevention conference (Canada)
5,500+ therapists and wellness professionals in Canada, Australia, UK, Ireland and recently in the USA have completed the courses she developed for fitness and rehabilitation. She has been featured numerous times in national media and was a finalist in the prestigious YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Barb Gormley
Personal trainer
Barb Gormley (www.barbgormley) is the owner of CustomFit Personal Training in Toronto, Canada, Director of Education for Urban Poling Inc., and a professional writer. She has written for Chatelaine, The Toronto Star, Diabetes Dialogue and the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, and is the senior editor at Fitness Business Canada. She is also the author of “The Urban Poling Ultimate Guide to Nordic Walking.” She loves introducing people of all ages and fitness abilities to the fabulous Nordic walking workout through her virtual Nordic walking group classes, special presentations, regular Quick-Start Clinics, and private classes.
