Award-winning DVDs help people learn how to use poles to expand their
hiking & walking capabilities. Enjoy either DVD, then check our DVD Updates
DVD: POLES for Hiking, Trekking & Walking
Learn how to use your upper body muscles to help preserve your joints:
- Efficiently use your upper body to power uphill (by recruiting lats, triceps & obliques)
- Reduce knee stress and get more support downhill (by engaging abs, chest & biceps)
- Prevent common mistakes and optimize pole use
- Improve core strength
- Avoid the “death grip” - prevent strain in hands, wrists, shoulders, even your neck
- Select, use & clean equipment
- Plus get tips on hiking, posture, gear, safety & more
MENU LAYOUT:
Getting Started:
- Intro & Benefits
- Equipment
- 5 Terrain-Based Techniques
Pole Techniques:
- Detailed descriptions of 5 terrain techniques, presented in a progressive format that’s easy to learn
- Drills & practice segments for learning to use your whole body
- Stairs & Obstacles - Progressive techniques to enhance your learning experience
- Transitioning seamlessly between techniques as you change terrain
- Nordic Walking
- Snow Shoeing
Hiking Tips:
- Terrain Tips for steeper terrain
- Streams
- Bridges
- Posture Tips
- Safety Tips & Pole Care
- Muscle Memory
Expand your Hiking & Walking Horizons!
Original Music, Stunning Scenery, Top Notch Training
Endorsed by LEKI USA and Outdoor Research
© 2008, 1 Hour 39 Minutes
Award-winning Training
$9.95 each
DVD: POLES for Balance & Mobility
Easy to use format includes:
- Benefits (how correct use of poles has helped people with Parkinson’s, MS, Peripheral Neuropathy, arthritis, Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis, spinal stenosis, joint issues & more)
- Equipment (a visual buyer’s guide to poles)
- Mobility class with step-by-step instruction:
- Learning to walk with poles
- Navigating curbs, stairs, driveways, ramps
- Gait issues, modifications
- How to use your upper body muscles to help preserve your joints
- How to regain and maintain mobility & function
- Tips & Exercises (too much info to list)
- Learning progressions (how to easily learn a new skill)
Chapter based segments make it easy to get to the section you need (or want to recommend to your patient).
1 Hour, 39 Minutes © 2008
“Poles enable and empower. This exceptional DVD is a great tool for both patients and therapists.” – Diane Kern, Physical Therapist
MENU LAYOUT:
Getting Started:
- Intro & Benefits
- Equipment
Pole Class:
- Class Intro
- Straps
- Gloves
- Pole Length
- How to adjust
- Sitting & Standing
- Strap Progression
- Stand, Rest, Turn
- 2 Finger Swing for walking
- Walking Modifications
- Plant Push
- Arm Movement
- Progressive Learning Format
- Curbs
- Stairs
- Ramps
Tips & Exercises:
- Dr. Jerry Gerst – Injury Prevention
- Diane Kern, PT Exercises for Gait & Posture
- Balance Exercises
- Freezing
- Foot Drop
- Good Days
- Driveways
- Wet Terrain Tip
- Learning Tips
- Endurance Tips
- Caregiver Tips
1 Hour, 39 Minutes © 2008
$14.95 each
Quantity Pricing Available for Physical Therapists & Medical Offices