GlideCycle GlideTrak Training Manual

GlideTrak™ Training Guide

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Table of Contents

1: GlideTrak™ Features & Specifications

2. GlideTrak

3: GlideTrak™ Drawing with Correct Set-Up Tips

4: GlideTrak™ Quick Start Guide

5: GlideCycle™ Unweighted Training Products

1. Unweighted Training Concept

2. Neurological Rehabilitation Applications

3. Orthopedic Applications

4. Orthopedic Conditions

5. Sport Rehabilitation

6. Athletic Performance Enhancement

7. Weight Loss and Management

8. Geriatric Clients

9. Prosthetic Training

10. Aerobic Exercise

11. Core Strengthening & Balance Training

12. Personal Fitness Tool for Healthy Individuals

13. Fitness Center Applications

14. Adaptive Sports Programs

15. Applications in School Therapy and Adaptive PE Programs

6: GlideTrak™ & GlideCycle™ Products

1. GlideTrak™ Overview

2. GlideCycle™ Overview

3. Unweighted Training

7: GlideTrak™ Sample Orthopedic Protocols

1. ACL

2. Total Knee Arthroplasty

3. Total Hip Arthroplasty

4. Meniscal Repair

5. Non-Operative MCL Injury (Grade 2-3)

8: Business Value Proposition & Billing Codes

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Training Guide

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From The Leaders in Unweighted Technology

The New Standard in Body

Unweighted Therapy

GlideTrak™ is proud to offer the most comprehensive, versatile and

affordable Body Unweighted Treadmill Training for your patients.

GlideTrak’s™ unique, comfortable suspension system is the first of its kind

and provides all of the body support necessary to remove harmful joint
impact. Your patients can now enjoy safe, pain-free walking or running
exercise beyond their limitations.

Features

 Easily convert YOUR treadmill to a Body Unweighted System Now
 Saddle assembly removable for regular treadmill use
 Patented suspension seating concept progressively lifts patients by the

pelvis without pressure to sensitive perineal tissues

 Simple strap adjustments allow desired amount of unweighting from non

to full weight bearing

 Safe, secure exercise with optional shoulder stabilizing strap
 Effective upright mobility, gait training and the ability to walk or run again
 Ability to walk within frame over a floor or treadmill
 Extends joints fully and allows motion gains not achieved on other

exercise machines

 Earlier weight bearing and safe gait training for accelerated recovery
 Patients are able to progress to lifelong exercise at home on their own

GlideTrak™ or GlideCycle™

 The most affordable Body Unweighted Treadmill Training System

Available

Specifications

Weight in Box

98 Pounds: Includes Frame, Saddle, Straps,
Packaging (Box: 44” X 37” X 10”)

Dimensions

89” height X 42.5” width X 52” length (front to back)

Weight bearing

Non Weight Bearing to Full Weight Bearing

Frame Material

4130 Chromoly

Finish

Powder Coating, White, Silver, Green

Assembly

Easily Snaps Together in 8 Pieces Within Minutes

Saddle Assembly

Removable for Regular Treadmill Use

Ratchet System

Easy Raising and Lowering of Patients

Safety

Shoulder Stabilizing Strap

Weight Range

Up to 350 Pounds

GREAT FOR PATIENTS

GREAT FOR BUSINESS

AND AFFORDABLE

One Solution: A Multitude

Of Applications

Your patients, regardless of
age, injury or disability, can
experience greatly enhanced
mobility and exercise on the

GlideTrakTM.

 Orthopedic Surgeries
 Fractures & Painful Joints
 Neurological Conditions
 Geriatric Training
 Painful Joints & Injuries
 Balance Issues
 Sports Injury Recovery
 Sports Performance
 Fitness & Cross Training
 Obesity & Weight Loss
 Prosthetic Training

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GlideTrackTM Training Guide

This guide has been developed to provide an efficient GlideTrak™ orientation and training tool.
Experienced practitioners will set most patients up for GlideTrak™ Body Unweighted Therapy in
less than 5 minutes. This is an achievable goal with the key being practice.

The simple steps below will help you get started and greatly accelerate your training experience:

1. Browse GlideTrak™ introductory videos at: www.glidetrak.com .

Examples of video choices include:

 Introducing the GlideTrak
 Chief Therapist at Omega Sports Rehab Discusses GlideTrak™

Applications

 Orthopedic Surgeon Discusses the GlideTrak™
 GlideTrak™: Sports Fitness Workout
 Vasona Creek Rehabilitation Center Evaluates the GlideTrak™
 Omega Sports Rehabilitation Owner Reviews the GlideTrak™
 The Santa Cruz Dominican Hospital Rehabilitation Team
 GlideTrak™ Exercise for Stroke Recovery

2. Make sure to View the GlideTrak

 Click “Support” (The upper right tab)
 Click “Training Videos”
 Scroll down to video #12, “GlideTrak™ Seat Set Up”
 Click to play video

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(Plays automatically)

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Seat Set Up Video at: www.glidecycle.com

3. Study the documents listed in this Table of Contents.

4. Attend a live or Skype in-service training lesson

5. Review study materials from Lesson 1-3 as needed.

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6. Practice:

After reviewing the learning materials and attending an in-service,

it is time to begin the most important component: Practice

 First: Practice walking and running on the GlideTrak™ until you are comfortable

with the set-up process and are familiar with the sensation of Body Unweighted
Exercise. Several longer GlideTrak™ exercise sessions are recommended as the
more experience you personally have, the more efficient you will become at
training patients.

 Just like Yoga, Pilates, Therapeutic Exercise, etc…, it is important to learn the

techniques and exercises before teaching them to patients.

 Questions: An advanced training session with a trainer/representative is often

helpful as most practitioners have new questions and are ready to progress.

 Second: Practice setting up co-workers in the GlideTrak™ and ask them for

feedback. It is helpful to practice with different body types and sizes.

 Questions: Contact your representative for additional review or questions as

needed. Work together with your staff as a team to set up new patients.

 Important Tip: Remember to choose easier patients when you are first learning

to use the GlideTrak™ and expand to more challenging patients as your
confidence and efficiency quickly grow.

 Expectations: Take a short moment with each new GlideTrak™ patient to explain

expectations just as you would before applying a modality, mobilization, stretch or
beginning a new exercise: For example:

o Demonstrate for them
o Explain the purpose of the gentle slope of the seat or how a good seat set-

up should feel

o Reassure patients that they will be safe with the shoulder stabilizer
o Remind patients about the incredible benefits of Body Unweighted Therapy

specific to their condition

o Help focus their attention on proper gait, arm swing and what they are

accomplishing rather than focusing largely on seat set-up

 Document Settings (time saver): Be sure to record pin placement settings for

the seat and hook placements so that it will be easily reproducible for the next
treatments.

 Diagram: Refer to the diagram on the next page for GlideTrak™ set-up.

Last: Note: We hope you enjoy your GlideTrak™ training and wish you many successful

and memorable experiences with your patients.

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GlideTrakTM Quick Start Guide

1. Treadmill: Have client step onto treadmill at zero incline. Once client is safely on treadmill,

increase incline to about 50%.

2. Shoulder harness: Fit shoulder harness on client.

3. Strap Positions: Hook straps into proper holes on frame (see tips on page 6).

4. Rear Seat Strap: Adjust lower rear seat strap to center the client fore and aft within the

GlideTrakTM frame.

5. Seat pad adjustment: Seat setting is made by moving the seat forward or backward. In most

cases, the front pelvic pad will be set in the third or fourth hole down and will not require adjustment
(Refer to more detailed instructions as needed). Be sure the pelvic pad sits across the front hip

bones, below the belly button and above the crease where hips bend forward. The “sit” bones

(ischial tuberosities) should be at forward edge of the seat pad.

6. Front seat straps: Lower two front straps to allow client to step over seat, or completely remove

front hooks and pass the seat between the client’s legs and then replace the hooks into proper

holes.

7. Mount: Pull seat onto client’s pelvis and tighten front straps.

8. Seat height adjustment: Tighten front lower strap until knees are slightly bent. Use the ratchet

and/or treadmill decline button. Knees should have a slight bend, 10-20 degrees or just enough
that the patient can walk with a heel strike.

9. Pelvic pad angle (tilt) adjustment: Adjust angle of pelvic pad riser bar to a slightly forward angle

by tightening front top strap.

10. Ready to Glide: Shoulders back, upright posture, relaxed arm swing, settle into seat and allow

seat to take full body weight. Avoid bouncing out of seat.

11. Position Rechecks: (knee bend, seat tilt angle, comfortable upright position)

12. Comfort: Your body will need to adjust over a few training sessions not unlike breaking in a new

pair of shoes. Be patient and adjust occasionally as needed.

13. Have fun!

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