Method and Devices for Enhancing Speed, Stride, and Balance While Walking and/or Running
First Claim
1. A method for engaging a person'"'"'s sensorimotor complex so as to enhance speed, stride, and balance while walking or running, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of devices, each of the devices including a pair of lightweight sticks of equal length and weight;
measuring a shoulder width from a first shoulder blade acromion of the person to a second shoulder blade acromion of the person;
selecting from the plurality of devices a first lightweight stick and a second lightweight stick each having a length approximately equal to the width from the first shoulder blade acromion of the person to the second shoulder blade acromion of the person;
grasping the first lightweight stick with a first hand at a grasping position along the stick that is one shoulder width from a distal end of the stick;
grasping the second lightweight stick with a second hand at a grasping position along the stick that is one shoulder width from a distal end of the stick;
swinging the first hand back and forth between a first position and a second position, while swinging the second hand back and forth opposite to the swinging of the first hand; and
walking while swinging the first and second hands back and forth, and while the first and second hands grasp the first and second lightweight sticks, respectively.
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Abstract
The method for engaging a person'"'"'s sensorimotor complex includes providing a pair of lightweight sticks of equal length and weight; measuring a shoulder width from a first shoulder blade acromion of the person to a second shoulder blade acromion of the person; selecting from the plurality of devices a first lightweight stick and a second lightweight stick each having a length approximately equal to the width from the first shoulder blade acromion of the person to the second shoulder blade acromion of the person; grasping the first and second lightweight sticks with a respective first and second hands at a grasping position along the stick that is one shoulder width from a distal end of the stick; swinging the first and second hands back and forth between a first position and a second position; and walking while swinging the first and second hands back and forth.
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1. A method for engaging a person'"'"'s sensorimotor complex so as to enhance speed, stride, and balance while walking or running, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of devices, each of the devices including a pair of lightweight sticks of equal length and weight; measuring a shoulder width from a first shoulder blade acromion of the person to a second shoulder blade acromion of the person; selecting from the plurality of devices a first lightweight stick and a second lightweight stick each having a length approximately equal to the width from the first shoulder blade acromion of the person to the second shoulder blade acromion of the person; grasping the first lightweight stick with a first hand at a grasping position along the stick that is one shoulder width from a distal end of the stick; grasping the second lightweight stick with a second hand at a grasping position along the stick that is one shoulder width from a distal end of the stick; swinging the first hand back and forth between a first position and a second position, while swinging the second hand back and forth opposite to the swinging of the first hand; and walking while swinging the first and second hands back and forth, and while the first and second hands grasp the first and second lightweight sticks, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for engaging a person'"'"'s sensorimotor complex so as to enhance speed, stride, and balance while walking or running, the method comprising:
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measuring a shoulder width from a first shoulder blade acromion of the person to a second shoulder blade acromion of the person; grasping a first lightweight stick with a first hand at a grasping position along the stick that is one shoulder width from a distal end of the stick; grasping a second lightweight stick with a second hand at a grasping position along the stick that is one shoulder width from a distal end of the stick; swinging the first hand back and forth between a first position and a second position, while swinging the second hand back and forth opposite to the swinging of the first hand; and walking while swinging the first and second hands back and forth, and while the first and second hands grasp the first and second lightweight sticks, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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