Ashland, Ore-based GlideCycle has introduced the GlideTrak™, an indoor treadmill that blends unweighted technology with low-impact training that is already being used to rehab patients after knee surgery.

GlideTrak is designed in particular for rehabilitation and medical facilities that commonly treat individuals weakened or impaired by illness, suffering from mobility issues that limit physical activity, or for those recovering from injury or surgery.

At one facility, the Omega Sports Rehabilitation Center in Los Gatos, Calif, therapists are already using the device with patients recovering from major knee surgery.

Surgeon Gordon Levin, MD, thinks the treadmill’s technology is helping to speed recovery times without endangering the surgically repaired joints. “Patients get a lot of exercise that they wouldn’t get, and doesn’t put the stress on the anti-cruciate ligament,” he says.

The system features a comfortable pelvic suspension system that lifts patients without placing pressure on sensitive perineal tissues. The desired amount of weight-bearing may be achieved by simple strap adjustments or by using the treadmill incline/decline feature.

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NEWS GlideTrak: A Lower-cost Unweighted Treadmill Posted on: April 1, 2011 Print ArticleEmail Article Share GlideCycle (Ashland, OR) has introduced the GlideTrak™, an indoor treadmill that blends unweighted technology with low-impact training, and offers the benefits of unrestricted mobility and exercise, natural body movement, full range of motion, pain free aerobic exercise, targeted core strengthening and postural enhancement, protection of sensitive joints and tissues, and accelerated recoveries.It is designed for rehabilitation and medical facilities that commonly treat individuals weakened or impaired by illness, suffering from mobility issues that limit physical activity, or recovering from injury or surgery.Unweighted training is used by physical therapists specializing in neurological rehabilitation, geriatric treatment, and athletic performance enhancement. Unweighted training is a mobility and rehabilitation modality for improved and accelerated therapy outcomes. While similar devices cost in the range of $10,000 to $75,000, the GlideTrak retails for $3,249.GlideTrak’s comfortable pelvic suspension system lifts patients without placing pressure on sensitive perineal tissues or relying on constricting and time-consuming harness systems. The desired amount of weight bearing may be achieved by simple strap adjustments or by using the treadmill incline/decline feature. Visit www.glidecycle.com

Treadmill Blends Unweighted Technology and Low-Impact Training

UNWEIGHTED TREADMILL

GlideCycle, Ashland, Ore, introduces the GlideTrak™, an indoor treadmill that blends unweighted technology with low-impact training that is already being used to rehab patients after knee surgery. GlideTrak is designed in particular for rehabilitation and medical facilities that commonly treat individuals weakened or impaired by illness, suffering from mobility issues that limit physical activity, or recovering from injury or surgery. The system features a comfortable pelvic suspension system that lifts patients without placing pressure on sensitive perineal tissues. The desired amount of weight-bearing may be achieved by simple strap adjustments or by using the treadmill incline/decline feature.

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