What can you do with unloading therapy? Just imagine....
ACL Reconstruction - finish rehab and be back on the field before others are just starting to run. Give your athletes the feel of effortless running without risk of overload, swelling and pain. Accelerate their natural recovery by doing what comes natural to every athlete - run. Hamstring Strain / Pull - what every athlete fears. Just about the time you kick into high gear, you feel the sharp tug that holds you back. So, you stretch, ice, strengthen and then try again. You wonder. Can I really run? Stop wondering and start running today.
Patellar Tendonitis - tendonitis results from either too much force too fast or repeated force application over too long. Either way, you lose tension capacity and feel the searing pain as the fibers are stressed beyond their limits. Muscles shut down. It hurts to walk much less run. Paradoxically, the very thing that started the problem is the thing you must do to solve it. Tendons are built for tension loads. They love it. A little bit of tension over the right time period and blood flow increases, fibers are restored and function improves. Each day a little more tension yields more function. Before long, you are running like the wind. Cartilage Injuries - the number one challenge facing athletes with cartilage damage is getting back to running. Here's why. An injured joint surface will be exposed to a compressive load of up to 4 times bodyweight during running. So, just when you think the athlete is ready to run, the knee swells. Everytime it swells, you have to slow down. Ice. Elevate. Wait. Try again. Why wait? Take control of the problem by taking control of the load. Run without the swelling.
Low Back Pain - with every step you can feel the weakness and a painful jolting reminder. Running seems impossible. I can barely walk. How can I run? Climb into the comforting hug of the Newton and feel the pain melt away as sweat beads drip off your forehead. The future is bright again. Achilles Tendonitis - As your feet hit the floor each morning, you are reminded of the tight, tender area just above your heel. You feel and look many years older than you are as you shuffle across the room until the stiffness passes and the soreness eases. You know you shouldn’t run but you miss the sense of freedom. You decide to try it again. Within a few steps though you know you cannot. So you wait another day. How many days has it been now? Take a run in a Newton and feel the future. Discover what can be.
Stress Fractures - A stress fracture is an over use injury of bone. In normal conditions, bone exposed to physical stress repairs itself but in certain circumstances when the physical stresses exceed the bone’s capacity to repair itself, a fracture occurs. Conventional training regimens include reducing the physical load which generally means you cannot run until running is pain free. This can be a very long time. But the bone needs stimulation not complete rest. Bone loves load. While you wait to run, you lose the competitive edge, the cardivasuclar conditioning and your confidence wanes. The Newton puts you back on your feet running without pain instantly. Give your bone what it loves - a load it can handle and watch what happens. Gain an edge not lose it while you run and run. Patellar Tendon Repair - The worst part of tearing the patellar tendon is not the tear itself nor is it the surgery. It is wondering if you are strong enough and if you will tear it again. Rebuilding tendon strength requires controlled, consistent application of load. The Newton helps you place just the right amount of physical force on your healing tendon and as a result you grow stronger with each passing day. Without the Newton, you will wonder if you can run. With it, you know you can run and running becomes a healing force.
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