“The poles are great. I have some arthritis in my left knee and walking with the sticks allows me to exercise without causing more problems with the knee.”– Mary “I had bilateral double knee replacement on June 4, 2013. I needed some therapeutic exercise to build up my strength and ...
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“I designed and developed this hybrid total body version of walking and these specially designed poles that freed me and countless others forever from the “no pain, no gain” paradigm of fitness while allowing us to maintain an optimal level in the three decades since.” ...
There is a new take on walking: walking with poles, aka “Nordic Walking.” It’s the craze in Europe, An estimated 8 million people do it in the Scandinavian and Europe countries. What we’re talking about is walking with ski-pole looking aids. Why would we do that? Well, the Coope...
The decreased level of leg pain during NPW is attributable to a reduction in lower-limb loading stress. Willson et al. (2001) showed that the use of walking poles enables individuals to walk at faster speeds with lower ground reaction and vertical knee joint forces and with a reduced knee ...
Physical activity is associated with better physical and mental health in older adults. Pole walking is a form of walking which may have additional health benefits in older adults, because of the addition of hand held poles, and consequent upper limb inv
Invest in a pair of poles designed specifically for Nordic walking, which can increase the cardiovascular benefits of walking (because you get your upper body more involved). “It mimics cross-country skiing without the skis,” Kaska says. You can even purchase weighted walking poles, which you...
bike light that I had to hold, making it harder to hydrate or walk with poles, which are incredibly useful on the uneven ground (take Arran’s word for it, he got taken out by a tree root that caught his foot as he was walking, although to be fair I’m not sure the poles would...
abnormal standing posture while carrying the load, as well as muscle soreness, back pain, numbness, shoulder pain, and even spinal deformities. Based on the forgoing explanation of the physics of load carrying with poles and the physical problems found in children, suspending the load in a ...