Mandy Shintani, OT & Gerontologist has been an occupational therapist for 30+ years and is a gerontologist. Fifteen years ago, with her skills as an OT, she developed the evidence-based Activator Poles (patented) and technique specifically for rehabilitation, which are the focus of 10 current studies. She is an international conference speaker on Nordic walking/urban poling for rehabilitation and fitness. Research on the Activator poles has been the focus of international presentations/posters including; International 200 years of Parkinson’s Disease in Australia and ACPIN Neuro conference in the UK. 5,500+ therapists and fitness professionals in Canada, Australia, UK, Ireland and recently in the USA have completed the courses she developed for fitness and rehabilitation. She has been featured numerous times in national media and was a finalist in the prestigious YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Show Notes:
 Mandy Shintani, contact info: E-mail: mandy@urbanpoling.com Websites: https://urbanpoling.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandy-shintani-a0025614/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/UrbanPolingInc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urbanpoling/ Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/UrbanPoling Links mentioned in the Podcast: Fred Gohh, PT-Helper https://www.pt-helper.com Check out the episode of our sister podcast, FitLabPGH, featuring Fred Gohh, released 10/7/18; link: https://www.fitlabpgh.com/2018/10/07/podcast-3618/ Paul Swift https://www.thecyclepoint.com https://www.bikefit.com Check out the Moving2Live Podcast episode featuring Paul Swift, released 6/3/20, link: http://www.moving2live.com/2020/06/03/paul-swift-master-bike-fitting-technician-educator/ Contact Info for Moving2Live: Web: Moving2Live Email: mov2liv@gmail.com Twitter: @_mov2liv Instagram: @_mov2liv Facebook Listen to podcasts on YouTube Check out our sister podcast Fitness Lab Pittsburgh– FitLabPGH Attribution for Intro/Exit Podcast Music:
 Travel Light by Jason Shaw from the album Audionautix: Acoustic, licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Available at www.FreeMusicArchive.org Facebook Twitter LinkedIn