Weightless treadmill

[Stingray34]

This sounds interesting...and might be fun to use.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...put-dragons-on-front-foot-20110802-1i9yo.html

Not cycling-specific, so I didn't put in Bikes & Gear.

It has a cycling reference, though:

The treadmill has also assisted a number of international superstars, including cycling great Lance Armstrong and recently retired basketballer Shaquille O'Neal during the latter stages of their careers.

 

[Martin318is]

Interesting, especially considering Lance said his first marathon after retirement was limited by leg pain from the road shock and not aerobic fitness... I may try to find the quote / or not but apparently the marathon runner ring-ins he had running with him were saying he could talk freely while running the race but his legs were slowing him down.

 

[FrankDay]

This sounds interesting...and might be fun to use.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...put-dragons-on-front-foot-20110802-1i9yo.html

Not cycling-specific, so I didn't put in Bikes & Gear.

It has a cycling reference, though:

Such stuff (unweighting for running rehab) has been available for years. Other products do run unweighting via a trapese over the treadmill and special vest worn by the runner. One I have seen is designed to allow for overspeed drills to be done safely in addition to unweighting for rehab. My product, PowerCranks, does similar things for the injured runner (non-impact, unweighted, run training) at about 1/100 of the cost of the anti-G ($80k). This product simply raises the entry cost for such rehab, IMHO. I am not aware of any demonstrable benefit over other, cheaper, alternative devices/techniques.

 

[krebs303]

I am a big fan of water therapy.

 

[FrankDay]

I am a big fan of water therapy.

Yes, another way of achieving the same end. Of course, this method also involves the cost of a pool probably making it even more expensive than the Alter-G.

 

[twothirds]

And cheaper than all of them, PC's included, are....wait for it.... Inline skates/Roller Skis! Granted they aren't unweighted forms of exercise, but they are both extremely low impact.

 

[FrankDay]

And cheaper than all of them, PC's included, are....wait for it.... Inline skates/Roller Skis! Granted they aren't unweighted forms of exercise, but they are both extremely low impact.

low impact … until you fall. One quality of a good rehab tool is the patient should be able to do it without the need for a lot of special training or risk of new injury.