As was introduced in the NCHPAD January 2004 newsletter, Exerstrider® Fitness Poles can be used for walking or for pushing a wheelchair. This month we feature Tom Rutlin of Exerstrider® Fitness (http://www.ncpad.org/659/2692/2004-02-01#7), who further elucidates how these poles can be used in innovative ways.

Tom Rutlin: "I have long believed that wheelchair users would one day discover that walking poles can offer both an alternative means of propelling their wheelchairs and an effective way of exercising large core strength upper-body muscles. Terry is among the first to confirm this belief. Terry is quite an athlete, as can be viewed in the attached images" (http://www.ncpad.org/659/2956/2004-02-01).

Read the entire article at http://www.ncpad.org/172/1307/Exerstrider~Fitness~for~People~Who~Use~Wheelchairs.