TRANSFORMATIONAL

We have been using the LightSpeed Lift in our PT clinic for a few years. The LightSpeed Lift allows the therapists to assess gait from a distance as the patients are fully supported. All our patients who use it love it. They feel more confident as the belts help them feel secure so they can focus on proper gait, balance, and posture when walking. It decreases weight bearing for surgical patients with precautions and assists them in returning to their prior level of function faster. We, at Eastern Shore Physical Therapy, have been pleased with the wonderful outcomes for our patients. 

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Martin Weinstein, PT. Owner of Eastern Shores Physical Therapy Clinic

XLR8 Performance Lab has used the LightSpeed Lift since we started our business in mid-2020. Since that time, it has provided us the opportunity to allow many young athletes to improve, stay healthy, be safe on the treadmill, and be happy in their training in ways that no other piece of equipment has provided for us.

 

Our high school club team has quickly become one of the top teams in the US thanks in large part to the use of this device on a regular basis. Our average runner that has joined our club this winter has increased their weight between 3-5 pounds in muscle. In order to maintain training while adding muscle it is necessary to off-set some of that weight bearing in order to not overload the bone and tendons while adapting. To say it has worked would be a MASSIVE understatement. The average

improvement in 1500 times has been between 10-15 seconds, with 3000-meter times improving by an average of 20-25 seconds! There is simply no way we could have improved their aerobic abilities while putting on muscle if we did not have access to the LightSpeed Lift. Many of our runners have previously used Alter-G treadmills at large personal expense. Every single one has pointed out how much more comfortable it is to use the LightSpeed Lift than in their experience with the Alter-G.

 

Additionally, we have several athletes who have dealt with injuries that normally would have shut them down for weeks or months. Instead, we unloaded significant percentages of their bodyweight to allow them to continue to train. And they have not just stayed healthy, they have CRUSHED their former personal best times, with one producing a 29 second personal best in the 1500 meters! Instead of taking a month off and having a mediocre season, she is instead thriving and receiving scholarship offers thanks to the ability to use this device. Lastly, the safety provided by the Lift is invaluable. Max VO2 testing requires the athlete to run until exhaustion, a dangerous position to be in when on a fast-moving treadmill. The overhead safety harness goes virtually unnoticed unless an athlete slips. Just the other day we had one of the top female distance runners in the US on the treadmill and she slipped near the end of her test. Instead of a fall that certainly would have caused massive injuries she simply swung above the treadmill for a few seconds until it came to a halt. This “safety net” has eliminated all the stress I previously had when testing runners in our facility.

 

I simply cannot state enough how much the LightSpeed Lift means to our facility and to our athletes. It truly is a game-changer.

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Ben Tilus, Founder Head Performance Coach at XLR8 Performance Training