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dination skills, are able to get a lasting grip on musculoskeletal health problems, thereby signi ficantly improving their quality of life and maintaining their inde pendence. From Sceptic to Ambassador One of the best things for us is when we succeed in overco ming reservations and barriers to equipment-based training in old age. When patients see what they are still capable of with the right guidance and inf rastructure, it also has a strong, positive effect on their psyche. Many patients in this category buy a subscription after physio therapy and then at some point bring their neighbours or fellow poker players with them to train. This shows us that our work not only has positive physical, but also social and psychological effects. Conclusion Don’t let technology put you off - your health and quality of life are worth breaking new ground and staying active! Markus A. Angst

Patient Education «If you want performance, you have to provide meaning» - this means that patient education plays a decisive role in these phases of therapy. The aim is to explain the connection bet ween the problem, its causes and the therapeutic measu res in a patient and motivating way, and getting the sceptics among the patients to accept something new and unfami liar, i.e. device-based training. If this is successful - which is usually the case - time works in our favour, because in the vast majority of cases, targeted training leads to a rapid initial sense of achievement. Success as a Motor Once these first, important successes have been achie ved, the training usually beco mes a self-runner. We work consistently with specific and measurable therapy and trai ning goals and corresponding objective (i.e. measurable) pro gress parameters. This allows progress to be quantified. The successes achieved thus trig ger a strong intrinsic motiva tion and also ignite the flame of ambition in some «older peo ple». We see time and again how patients over the age of 80 also make great progress with their training and, thanks to gains in strength, endurance and coor-

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