Hi, I'm Chris Adsit.
I'm the global product manager
for Strength from Matrix Fitness.
I'm going to cover the
Matrix Medical Leg Extension/Leg Curl
combination machine
Now, there are other leg
extension/leg curl machines
on the market that are really
geared towards fitness,
this one is geared toward
the medical therapy
and rehab market, and what
really makes it different,
a few key features that
separate it, again,
from general fitness equipment.
Number one, it's about getting
in and out of the machine easy.
In general, fitness
equipment tries to do that,
but it doesn't take into
account the vast array
of different types of users
that use this type of equipment
in a therapy and rehab setting.
So, number one is the comfort
of getting in and out.
I'll show you a quick feature.
The top pad that comes
down on top of the knees
to support a user during use,
pivots out of the way so a
larger user, taller user,
someone with mobility
issues can easily get in
and out of the machine, like so.
Easily pivots out of the way,
and back in for comfort.
Number two, from a medical
rehab reconditioning standpoint,
is it allows for range
of motion limitation.
General fitness equipment
does not do this,
it has full range of motion
and you can gauge how
much travel you'd like,
but you don't have anything
limiting the range of motion,
so if you have joint protection
issues that are necessary,
you can't do it on fitness
equipment, on here,
there's a feature and adjustment
that allows you to do that.
Then we also have comfort, if
you have a larger individual,
someone with back pain, hip issues,
where they can't sit upright,
the seat back reclines,
so it allows you to
move back, open upright,
in a significant recline
for comfort, again,
another feature that is not
on typical fitness equipment,
often put into therapy situations.
The fourth, and probably
the best feature on it,
is the fact that we're
allowing the seat to pivot
to optimize the knee axis
with the machine pivot.
So right here, when
you're doing an extension,
you need to have your knee
lined up with that joint,
but when you do a curl motion,
your knee is no longer in that position,
it raises naturally as
you push down on the pad,
and as it goes this
direction, the knee shoots up,
so you need to be able to pivot the seat
to line up the axis of the knee
with the pivot on the machine for comfort
and correct biomechanics.
So there are some real
critical things on the machine
that make it totally
different from everything else
that's out in the industry.
