- Hi, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- And I'm Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
- And together, we are the most famous physical therapists
on the internet.
- In our opinion, of course.
- And so for USA, Brad.
- why Bob? Why?
- So today, Brad, we're gonna talk
about the top three different ways to use the elliptical,
Inmotion.
- What else do you call it? The 1000?
- E 1000.
- Yes, it's a device right down here.
And this is pretty much
from our therapist point of view.
And we've used this machine extensively
for about seven years now, is that correct, Bob?
- I would say it's a very popular machine
that we use in the clinic,
but we generally, well you use it all three ways,
you, I think mentioned.
- Right.
We're gonna show you the three best ways to use this
in a progression.
- Well, let's start off, Brad.
Let's go ahead. - All right.
- Do you wanna start it with the, the seated?
- Sure.
So, this is actually designed from the manufacturer.
They'll say stand on it and use it,
and we looked at it,
and we realized that people that are
in their sixties, seventies, or eighties, or above,
or with an injury, you wanna get the same motion,
but safely and without the weight-bearing.
- Right.
- So what we do, normally it's made to go like this
in the standing position, but we found out,
if you turn it this way,
so that the digital readout is closest towards you,
you put your feet on there in a chair,
you can pedal this thing and it gives good range
of motion to your knees, to your ankles, and to your hips.
- And what about these then?
- Well, the other thing we found is
if you elevate the front about three inches,
particularly with people with stiff ankles,
it makes it a little bit easier to pedal.
So this is what we do,
and we've got seven facilities
we use these at on a daily basis.
And usually one will last, what do we get?
Two to three years?
- Oh, I think even more than that.
Most of 'em have, I mean, some of 'em,
we still haven't replaced.
- Sure.
- And we use it,
I bet you it's going three, four hours a day.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- So it, it holds up well in the seated position,
without much weight on it is what we're gonna say.
- Right.
- We're great advocates for it.
- And this is great.
If your mother or father is at home, you know,
they can't get around, they got arthritis in their knees,
this is a good option
for them to get motion in their knees and ankles.
- Now, this one is a little older, you said
'cause I can hear it squeaking a little bit.
The other ones are very smooth.
They're very quiet.
- Right.
- And I mean that's the one thing, it's very easy
on the knees wouldn't you say Brad?
And on the hips.
- You better believe it.
Now one, we did have fallen apart,
and I am kind of the handyman and mechanic.
I actually took it apart
'cause I was gonna replace the drains on it.
And they're built, built very well.
They got nice shielded bearings in there.
They've got a steel flywheel, which makes it spin easier.
However, if you want, if you are that kind of person,
you wanna change your bearings,
it's kind of hard to change bearings.
You're not gonna do it easily.
If you really got some patience, can do it,
you can change bearings.
But for the price of 'em you're better off.
- Yeah, for the price, just, I can tell you
I've ordered a lot of these online,
through Amazon generally.
- Mm-hmm.
- And generally I end up paying about a hundred bucks,
if you pay for shipping along with it,
if you have Amazon Prime,
then you're gonna pay a little bit less.
'Cause they're always running around 70, $80 out on Amazon.
- Mm-hmm.
- And then with the shipping,
they end up being about a hundred.
- Right.
- So if you have Amazon Prime,
you can probably get it down for less.
- Should we go to the second?
- Yeah let's go to the second one Brad.
- Okay. Now, if you happen to be more able,
and you want to use this
in the standing position, you're stronger,
you're probably not gonna be 70 or 80 years old,
but if you're in your forties
and fifties or maybe sixties.
- Right.
- What you do is you turn it the way that it should be,
so you can read the lettering here.
The digital readout is towards you.
And I use this a lot of times with people
with ACL surgeries on their knee,
they'll have 'em get on here,
and there not strong enough,
but they're getting there, but you need some balance.
So you can get a walker,
and you get on there, nice and slow,
and I'll stand right next to 'em,
and to get this thing moving.
And there you go.
And you can pedal away with that
for five to 10, 15 minutes, you can go to 20 minutes
if you'd like to.
This is going very smooth.
And you just continue on with that fashion.
And as it, as you get stronger,
and your balance is better, then we're gonna progress to...
Why don't you reach behind you, Bob?
- Oh, the cane?
- Now this is a pretty big step.
You just don't go from there to here
without someone standing by, if you're having problems.
Okay. So here we go.
And you can use two canes,
one in each hand, and then you progress.
So you're getting weight-bearing, strengthening.
You're gonna get your heart rate up.
This is a great exercise, good way to use this tool.
And then when you're really feeling good and balanced,
you can start leaving the cane.
Uh, uh, uh. - Do a little dance, huh?
- Yeah.
You just start doing this, and then doing a little.
(Bob laughs)
But seriously, yeah, then you get
into this position and you're working,
You're gonna feel your quads work, Bob.
And you know, you can.
- Unlike some of the other devices that we've reviewed,
this thing doesn't overheat at all.
It doesn't get too warm.
- Oh, right.
- It just goes and goes and goes.
- Right.
- So again, we can't attest to how long it's gonna last
when you put weight on it.
- Right.
- Depending on how much you weigh and such,
and we just don't know that 'cause we don't use it that way,
most of the time.
Most of the time, we're using the seated position.
- Exactly.
But they last very long when you are
in the seated position.
- You better believe it.
And the nice thing I like about this.
You haven't maybe seen this yet, Bob,
but if you get dirt in here,
and you want to get that dirt out real quick,
you just go like this.
- Oh wow.
I didn't know that. - Hah!
All the dirt falls on the floor.
(Brad laughs)
- Brad, You didn't look up the weight of this, did you?
- No, I did not.
- This thing is pretty heavy.
What would you say? 20, 25?
- Yeah, Bob is pretty strong.
He's got a good grip there, but yeah,
they should make this with a handle.
- That would be a good idea.
If the manufacturer's watching right now.
- You better believe it.
- But, I think, you know, you have to keep that in mind
if you are using this for an elderly parent.
You're gonna probably wanna set it up for them.
- Yeah.
- Maybe in front of the TV.
My mom uses one of these.
- Sure.
- And we set it up for her
in front of the TV and she just jumps on it,
and she has her two by four or anything.
She just goes to it.
- Right.
- So it works out really well.
- I can't tell you how many total knee patients buy these
after their surgery, when they use 'em in the clinic,
'Cause they want to continue to keep motion going on there.
- We don't sell 'em.
We don't make any money off 'em.
I mean we're that's, I mean, we just promote 'em
because we do like 'em, right?
- Yeah. They're a wonderful product.
- So, all right.
So we gotta give it our thumbs up, right Brad?
- You better believe it.
Inmotion E-1000 elliptical, whatever it is.
- Yeah, type in, you know, Nancy,
you may wanna put on there, Stamina Inmotion E-1000.
If you type that into Amazon or into just Google,
you're gonna get a lot of responses.
- Yep. And once I bet again, Bob
I want to just clarify this.
Today, I'm feeling strong, like bull.
- Oh God.
I'm so glad you did that.
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