Develop skills that improve your endurance, posture, core strength, spine function & skeletal structure. Feel your Power! Learning how to use hiking poles and walking poles optimally means getting all the many benefits without stress or strain. Hikers improve performance on the trail, feel more power on uphill and save joints, especially knees on downhill.
People with mobility challenges (like Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, Peripheral Neuropathy, Diabetes, Arthritis and more) achieve, maintain, even REGAIN mobility, balance and independence using poles for walking, exercise, health and fitness. Plus it's FUN!
People with mobility challenges (like Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, Peripheral Neuropathy, Diabetes, Arthritis and more) achieve, maintain, even REGAIN mobility, balance and independence using poles for walking, exercise, health and fitness. Plus it's FUN!
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Helping people of all ages and abilities to more completely enjoy the outdoors using poles for hiking, walking, balance and maintaining mobility and independence.
People with mobility or health challenges often take to poles like ducks to water; they feel profound freedom of movement and enhanced balance.
We've seen remarkable results Parkinson's disease, MS, peripheral nephropathy, arthritis, diabetes - any condition that affects mobility.
JAYAH FAYE PALEY, fitness and wellness educator, presents hiking, walking and fitness seminars for national and state park associations and health related organizations around the country.
People with mobility or health challenges often take to poles like ducks to water; they feel profound freedom of movement and enhanced balance.
We've seen remarkable results Parkinson's disease, MS, peripheral nephropathy, arthritis, diabetes - any condition that affects mobility.
JAYAH FAYE PALEY, fitness and wellness educator, presents hiking, walking and fitness seminars for national and state park associations and health related organizations around the country.
I don't know how many patients I've sent over to Jayah - the poles have been such a boon to some of my patients.
They've been able to alleviate back pain and return to activities they thought were lost to them forever.
It's very important that those of us who use poles for balance and mobility (including myself) do so with correct technique.
Those of us who use them for that reason tend to have decreased upper body strength and muscle tone and a higher incidence of degenerative changes of the neck and shoulder which can be aggravated by improper use.
They've been able to alleviate back pain and return to activities they thought were lost to them forever.
It's very important that those of us who use poles for balance and mobility (including myself) do so with correct technique.
Those of us who use them for that reason tend to have decreased upper body strength and muscle tone and a higher incidence of degenerative changes of the neck and shoulder which can be aggravated by improper use.
Optimal Use means achieving ALL the benefits without incurring stress or strain in the joints **.
There is no such thing as CORRECT use of poles.
Every person is different and we each have unique abilities and goals.
Therefore, we define OPTIMAL USE** as achieving ALL the benefits without incurring stress or strain in the hands, wrists, elbows or shoulders.
Tension in the hands with non-optimal use can travel all the way up to your neck.
Find poles that FIT you well, that you love and then use them for your lifetime.
There is no such thing as CORRECT use of poles.
Every person is different and we each have unique abilities and goals.
Therefore, we define OPTIMAL USE** as achieving ALL the benefits without incurring stress or strain in the hands, wrists, elbows or shoulders.
Tension in the hands with non-optimal use can travel all the way up to your neck.
Find poles that FIT you well, that you love and then use them for your lifetime.
Two VIDEO Trainings Available: One for hikers and one for people with mobility challenges.
DVD Updates and much more info is on our BLOG.
Comprehensive training to help you achieve, maintain - even REGAIN mobility, balance and independence.
Rent sections or the entire video or purchase so you can review as you learn (highly recommended).
Each section listed above is a chapter.
You can easily scan through either the Pole Class or the Tips Section to review what you want to practice.
This section includes more detail on the 5 terrain-based techniques, including drills & practice segments for learning how to improve your performance on the trail.
DVD Updates and much more info is on our BLOG.
Comprehensive training to help you achieve, maintain - even REGAIN mobility, balance and independence.
Rent sections or the entire video or purchase so you can review as you learn (highly recommended).
Each section listed above is a chapter.
You can easily scan through either the Pole Class or the Tips Section to review what you want to practice.
This section includes more detail on the 5 terrain-based techniques, including drills & practice segments for learning how to improve your performance on the trail.
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