Seniors, Starting Walking At a Pace You Wouldn’t Dream Of With the AlterG
Staying mobile is the key to feeling better and living longer.
Implementing a senior rehabilitation and mobility program creates many health benefits and can be comfortable and safe. It can prevent or put off bone loss, diabetes and heart problems. It can also reduce arthritis pain, anxiety, and depression. Maintaining essential activities for daily living such as walking, grooming, rising from a chair and using the bathroom are suceptible to decline in abilities as one ages, but can be slowed with a great program.
“About 80 percent of seniors have at least one chronic health condition and 50 percent have at least two. Arthritis, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and respiratory disorders are some of the leading causes of activity limitations among older people.”
– US Census Data
For the first time, senior rehabilitation and mobility are easily monitored and progress recorded with AlterG’s Anti-Gravity Treadmill in the areas most affected by functional decline:
- Stamina – walking strengthens and elongates the muscles and improves the health of the heart and circulatory system
- Strengthening – build muscle tissue size and decrease age-related muscle atrophy
- Joint flexibility – Reduce body stiffness, increase flexibility, and maintains good joint health
- Balance – exercising in the enclosure system diminishes the probability of falls
Physically frail elderly persons who obtained supervised rehabilitation therapy that included strength training improved on function, strength, balance, mobility, and quality of life measures, according to studies conducted by Yale researchers reported in the October 3, 2002 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers saw a 45 percent decrease in impairment after 7 months of strength and balance training. The AlterG treadmill has been FDA cleared for strengthening and conditioning in senior patients.
“We love our AlterG. It serves our population perfectly. It gives us the opportunity to have our clients walk distances and at a pace they wouldn’t dream of. It doesn’t cure the common cold, but it sure cures the common knee or hip pains!”
Maryann Bowles, PT
Rehab Services Manager
Life Care Center of Littleton, CO
Approved uses include rehabilitation from any lower body disability, neurological gait training, geriatric conditioning, fall prevention and weight loss programs. The AlterG’s rehabilitation equipment has been implemented by leading assisted living, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals and physical therapy clinics including; Life Care Centers of America, Steadman-Hawkins, UCSF, NovaCare, Stanford University, Harvard University and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
