Traction for Outdoor Workers is a unique tool that helps seniors maintain the active lives they want and deserve. The Ice Traction device is a vertical treadmill that can help seniors find their natural balance of energy levels and eliminate many common signs of aging.
Seniors are naturally slower-moving, longer-lived creatures. After living in homes or on couches and chairs for most of their lives, their muscles and joints have lost their flexibility and mobility. Unfortunately, one of the ways to slow down the degeneration of the body's parts is to slow down the flow of blood through the nerves.
The result is reduced blood flow to many parts of the body. Such symptoms as muscle spasms, pain and weakness in the arms, legs and shoulders can be signs of degenerative disease. Many doctors now believe that elderly people suffering from such symptoms are prone to heart attacks and strokes, so there is an important need to help slow down the pace of decline of the body's muscles and tissues.
Exercise is the best way to achieve this goal. In the early stages of aging, the muscles lose flexibility and mobility, but exercising causes them to regain this lost strength. The increased strength allows seniors to move the same distances with greater ease and improves their general health.
The Ice Traction for Seniors device not only exercises the muscles, but it also provides a controlled environment that encourages activity, while the device concentrates on the stabilizing forces of the body. When seniors are standing on the treadmill, the device focuses on their stabilizing skeletal and joint systems. By balancing the forces that run the length of the body, the Ice Traction device improves circulation to various parts of the body.
Seniors have the same basic needs for aerobic exercise as the rest of us. All of us need oxygen to live, but our bodies need more oxygen when we are young and less when we are older. Exercise provides the body with the necessary amounts of oxygen, which has been shown to slow the progression of some degenerative diseases.
Once seniors have begun to see the effects of gravity working against them, they begin to seek other alternatives to compensate for the loss of mobility. As the bone becomes brittle and less flexible, elderly people can become quadriplegic or paraplegic. Because of this, many seniors look to walking and running as their sole methods of activity. Although these activities are good, they are no substitute for using the Ice Traction for Seniors machine.
Seniors who use the Ice Traction for Seniors machine are able to walk, run, jog and stair climb at an increased rate, while making the effort that they would otherwise struggle to do with a wheelchair. Many seniors report a feeling of being weightless, as the device helps to increase their own lung capacity. In addition, those who suffer from poor circulation are able to walk without strain on their feet, legs and ankles.
The Ice Traction for Seniors device is a versatile tool. It can be used alone, or in conjunction with an aerobic exercise regimen. To be effective, however, it must be used with an aerobic exercise regimen that uses stairs, swimming and biking.
The equipment manufacturer, FOG, offers three models that can be used independently or in conjunction with an aerobic exercise regimen. In addition, they provide two free-standing models and one fixed model. They offer a treadmill, which are more than sufficient for indoor use, and a stepper that offer additional benefits and functions.
FOG Ice Traction for Seniors is the largest manufacturing company of such equipment in the world. Their dedicated team of fitness professionals understand the value of the technology and design a product line to improve the fitness and well-being of seniors all over the world.
The Ice Traction for Seniors manufacturer's product lines include a free-standing model, a power elliptical machine and a lap belt model. They also provide a wheelchair lift which can be attached to any stairway. A step-by-step manual is provided to make the process of setting up an Ice Traction for Seniors exercise routine simple and convenient.