Ergonomic Products for Gardening & Golf: Suitable for Arthritis Pain
Posted on Fri, Aug 06, 2010 @ 03:33 PM
Julie Belkin, President of 3-Point Products was invited to speak about “Summer and Arthritis” on the WBAL-TV (Baltimore’s channel 11) morning news show on Sunday August 1st. Ms. Belkin and newscaster Sarah Caldwell talked about how the changes in the barometric pressure that are more severe in the hot summer months, can affect how your joints feel, especially if you have arthritis.
Julie demonstrated products for summer activities including golf and gardening. These products can be found at the following web links:
Ergonomic Garden Tools by Radius Garden
Peta easy-grip® Garden Tools: this is a UK site that also offers ergonomic scissors and kitchen tools
HandHelpers.com offers a variety of hand-friendly products
PowerGear® Pruners by Fiskars® (the one shown during the interview was the Large Bypass Pruner)
Terris Golf® "Competition Series" golf gloves
Bionic: full line of gloves for golf, tennis, equestrian, baseball, gardening….
www.cuttersgloves.com: The Naked Glove is easy to put on because the palm is open, which also minimizes sweating; the Training Glove is is a glove withour finger tips
Products from 3-Point, including the 3pp™ ThumSling™ that Julie was wearing for her own thumb arthritis, are described on this web site. The links below will take you directly to the pages where these products are described in more detail:
3pp™ ThumSling™ for thumb arthritis support when gardening, playing golf or tennis
3pp™ Elbow Wrap for tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow
3pp™ Carpal Lift™ for bicycling
3pp™ Wrist Wrap™ for tennis, golf and gardening among other activities
There are many other products that can improve function and reduce arthritis pain so check back often to see what is new on the blog. You can even sign up to receive notifications when a new blog is uploaded using the form on the left.
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