Ep 155 – Empowering Patients with Activator Poles with Diana Oliver

Show Notes

💭”In a PT setting, you can use the poles for gait retraining, to restore movement and build muscle mass, and to improve balance.’’ - Diana Oliver

Our guest, Diana Oliver is a dynamic business professional with an extensive background in marketing, sales and fitness. She has a passion for promoting the many health benefits of Urban Poling, which stems from her personal experience. Diana combined Urban Poling with other positive lifestyle choices to regain a healthy weight and improve her cardiovascular health following two strenuous pregnancies. Her positive recovery has instilled a drive to help change the face of health care in Canada.  In 2012 she became a certified Urban Poling instructor and taught classes in her own Pilates business.  In 2014, she became co-owner of Urban Poling.

📚You will learn about:

• What pole walking is and its health benefits

  
  



• What Activator Poles are and how they differ from other walking poles

  
  



• How the Activator and Urban Poling techniques work and ways to integrate them into clinical practice

  
  



• The benefits of Activator Poles in general and as an alternative to canes, walkers, and crutches

  
  



• Contraindications to consider when using Activator Poles

  
  

🔎 Diana Oliver’s resources of information: 

www.urbanpoling.com

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💻LinkedIn: Urban Poling Inc.

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🎥Youtube: Urban Poling

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