Nordic Walking for geriatric rehabilitation

23 April 2018, Monday

Physical training instructors of the residential care facility for senior sitizens and people with disabilities suppose Nordic walking to be a more intensive form of walking, using muscles of upper and lower body. There’s evidence that nordic walking leads to greater cardiorespiratory workload without an increase in the level of exertion.

The real breakthrough of this activity as a practiced exercise came in 1997, when a Finnish company, in cooperation with athletes and sports medicine experts, invented a new wrist strap system to make the present-day Nordic walking technique possible. With the proper technique and equipment – just two poles and good walking shoes – there’s an astonishing list of benefits to taking up Nordic pole walking.