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Jan 10, 2023

Preventing Falls While Using a Walker in Winter Months

Winter is a beautiful time of the year to be outside to enjoy fresh, crisp air - it can also be a time of caution for walker users. Winter brings cold, snow and ice - all which cover the surfaces we walk on when outdoors, making walking conditions more dangerous and fall risk greater. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly a million Americans are injured annually falling on ice or snow. Of those, 17,000 of the injuries are fatal. Falls are the leading cause to injury that lead to hospitalization in people over 65. Yet, mobility and navigating the outdoors in the winter months is key to maintaining both physical and mental health.

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Preventing Falls While Using a Walker in Winter Months

Winter is a beautiful time of the year to be outside to enjoy fresh, crisp air - it can also be a time of caution for walker users. Winter brings cold, snow and ice - all which cover the surfaces we walk on when outdoors, making walking conditions more dangerous and fall risk greater. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly a million Americans are injured annually falling on ice or snow. Of those, 17,000 of the injuries are fatal. Falls are the leading cause to injury that lead to hospitalization in people over 65. Yet, mobility and navigating the outdoors in the winter months is key to maintaining both physical and mental health.

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Jun 23, 2022

An Accelerated Program That Fueled the Future in Mobility

In the spring of 2020, just before the beginning of the COVID pandemic, Stride Tech Medical Inc. was accepted into the Boomtown HealthTech Accelerator program. At the time, Stride Tech Medical consisted of three co-founders, Humsini Acharya, Tim Visos-Ely, and Andrew Plum The team applied to Boomtown to learn from industry experts and help a team of engineers learn from experienced professionals to launch their newly formed company. The team was particularly interested in Boomtown’s program due to their partnership with COPIC, a medical liability insurance provider, who would become a key strategic partner, providing expertise in the HealthTech industry to Boomtown’s selected startups

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An Accelerated Program That Fueled the Future in Mobility

In the spring of 2020, just before the beginning of the COVID pandemic, Stride Tech Medical Inc. was accepted into the Boomtown HealthTech Accelerator program. At the time, Stride Tech Medical consisted of three co-founders, Humsini Acharya, Tim Visos-Ely, and Andrew Plum The team applied to Boomtown to learn from industry experts and help a team of engineers learn from experienced professionals to launch their newly formed company. The team was particularly interested in Boomtown’s program due to their partnership with COPIC, a medical liability insurance provider, who would become a key strategic partner, providing expertise in the HealthTech industry to Boomtown’s selected startups