Kevin Cleary

Thigh Supports

Hamstring Pulls: They’ll Slow Down Your Giddyup!!

The group of muscles that run down the back of your thigh are all part of your hamstrings. Any time you have an activity that requires sprinting with many sudden starts and stops, a hamstring injury is possible. Sports like soccer, baseball, or tennis can have a higher risk of a hamstring pull or strain.

Arm and Shoulder

Dealing with Shoulder Pain

Our shoulders are one of the most complex joints in our body. It’s where the humorous bone meets the scapula in a ball and socket joint. Also included in the shoulder area is the rotator cuff, your clavicle bone (collarbone), and the bursa sac which has fluid to cushion and protect the tendons in your rotator cuff.

Fitness products

Exercising Your Core Muscles

Any exercise you do is beneficial, but when you exercise your core muscles it can have a greater effect than some others. Our core muscles influence other parts of our body. The larger muscles in our body help with balance and stability, not to mention avoiding aches and pains that can make everyday life a little bit less enjoyable.

TENS and EMS

Zap It: TENS and EMS Therapy

Our muscles work by receiving electrical impulses from our brain telling them to contract or relax. When they need a little help you can use electricity in a beneficial way. EMS therapy (electrical muscle stimulation) is a method of using external electrical impulses to trigger your muscles.

Walkers

Rollator or Walker: Similar but Different

As we age we sometimes require a little help to maintain our stability and mobility. The last thing we want for ourselves or our loved ones is to fall and sustain an injury occur to ourselves or a loved one. How do you choose the piece of equipment that is right for you or your loved one? Rollators and walkers can seem like the same piece of equipment, but actually there are subtle differences.

Walkers Rollators

Accessorize Your Walker or Rollator

To properly use a walker or rollator you must always use two hands securely. It’s a lot like driving your car; the best way to do it is with two hands. As you can imagine this makes carrying any belongings problematic at best. How do you take your favorite magazine or maybe an umbrella?

Hearing and Listening Aids

Telephony for the Hearing Impaired

As the old commercial states “reach out and touch someone,” but as we age phoning a friend or family member can become a little more difficult. Hearing loss can make everyday conversations, watching TV, or simply calling a grandchild a very frustrating endeavor. Depending on your level of loss, there are plenty of technology aids to help you communicate with your loved ones.

Low Vision Aids

Helping Your Vision

With age comes wisdom, but it can also come with vision impairment. We may not have the eagle eyes we had when we were teenagers. Everyday tasks like reading the newspaper or an owner’s manual can become difficult when everything is blurry.

Low Vision Aids

Technology for the Vision Impaired

We live now in an era of rapidly advancing technology. Just a few decades ago a computer in your home would be a pipe dream. Now we have smart phones that have more computing power than some of the early space missions. As we age, the ability to see some of the smaller print on this technology can diminish.

Hearing and Listening Aids

Hear the World Around You

It’s pretty common that as we get older we find it harder to hear the television, radio, or even a conversation that we are taking part in. Sometimes background noise may interfere with us hearing a discussion at a restaurant or some other social gathering. The question is: how do we help our ears hear what’s around us? Through the use of assistive technology we can now hear our family and friends and be part of their discussions, hear what’s on television (without annoying everybody in the room), or just our telephone; cordless or cell.

Thermometers

Identifying and Avoiding Heatstroke

With temperatures and humidity increasing during the dog days of summer, it’s more important than ever to understand and identify signs of distress brought on by excessive heat. The heat of summer can affect us in many negative ways, such as hyperthermia (elevated body temperature), heatstroke, or even heat cramps.