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April 2013
MOTION SPECIALTIES VANCOUVER IS MOVING!
101 - 8255 North Fraser Way, Burnaby BC
At Motion Specialties, we constantly endeavor to provide our clients with the best-in-class service and accessibility to all the newest and greatest products on the market. To ensure that we continue to offer valued services to our customers on Friday, May 24th, we will be relocating our existing location. Our Custom Designed, State of the art location includes a comfortable customer lounge which offers both a spacious seating area and easy access to our service and administration teams to take care of all your needs! Our new location is centrally located in the lower mainland and offers a spacious two story showroom showcasing a full range of our product offerings! We look forward to being of continued service to all of our clients and feel confident you will enjoy the many benefits our new location has to offer!
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life@home magazine - January 7th 2013
Surviving Winter: Back-saving snow-removal strategies
If only you could afford that snowplow service. You could sit by the window sipping hot chocolate and watching someone else pull back the white blanket covering your driveway. But instead, your snow boots call. And you’ll need a blanket when you return inside with aching back and tingling fingers after clearing one path for your car and one for the newspaper carrier. Fortunately, the right tools can lighten the load on this heavy winter work. A few new products in particular can do a lot of the work for you, maximizing that hot-chocolate time. An electric mat that melts snow and ice as it lands, the HeatTrak is a hot new item this year. One of the “hot” new items this year doesn’t even let the snow get comfortable. The HeatTrak is an electric mat that can be rolled out along a walkway and will melt snow and ice as it’s landing, says John Opitz, a sales associate with Home Depot in North Greenbush....
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SNAP North Toronto - November Issue
From Theory to Practice Seminar
As a part of their Lunch And Learn series for healthcare professionals, Motion Specialties recently hosted a seminar entitled "From Theory To Practice". The featured presenter was Ruth Hughes, a highly qualified Occupational Therapist and National Business Manager of Invacare Canada. Ruth spoke in detail about using the Canadian model of occupational performance to optimize the outcome of mobility prescriptions, and various assessments used in this...
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SNAP North Toronto - September Issue
Fit and Function Seminar
Last month Motion Specialties hosted a special seminar for health care professionals at their store in Leaside. Entitled "Fit and Function", this seminar focused on the use of various devices to assist patients with mobility problems. A special guest presenter, Cher Smith, was brought in from Halifax for this seminar....
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Today's Kids Magazine - Fall 2012 Issue - written by Justin Gordon, sales and mobility consultant with Motion Specialties, Belleville, ON
An Ounce of Prevention
So you have a new piece of equipment. The therapist has thoroughly gone over your child’s situation and prescribed you seating and a new wheelchair. The dealer has brought a nice shiny new ride that is going to serve your child for the next foreseeable future. They have bestowed the knowledge of best practices is using the equipment on you, but wait! A year down the road Johnny’s scraping the paint of the hallway because his chair is pulling to the left...
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October 2nd 2012
McGuinty Government’s New Tax Credit Keeps Seniors Safer, Reduces Pressures on Hospital and Long-Term Care.
McGuinty Government’s New Tax Credit Keeps Seniors Safer, Reduces Pressures on Hospital and Long-Term Care
The passage of the Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act will allow Ontario’s seniors to renovate their homes so they can live in them safely and independently longer...
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September 20th 2012- Peterborough Chamber of Commerce
The Peterborough Business Excellence Awards publicly recognize and honour local businesses who have demonstrated a passion for excellence.
The Peterborough Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for the 2012 Business Excellence Awards, and Motion Specialties Peterborough is one of the three finalists in the Health and Wellness category...
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September 13th 2012- Toronto Sun
Generous donor gives Toronto man a replacement scooter
Shane Campbell will never be a Mario Andretti race car star.
But thanks to a Toronto Sun reader’s generosity, the handicapped Torontonian’s stolen motorized scooter was replaced Thursday.
Campbell, 40, who barely walks due to primary progressive MS, told Motion Specialties senior operations manager Nigel Bell “you really helped me out...
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September 7th 2012
Easter Seal Drop Zone - Calgary
Close to 150 Superhero's are set to step out of their comfort zone and off a tall building for a great cause.
The Easter Seals Drop Zone went Thursday, September 6 at Sun Life Plaza - 144-4th Avenue S.W. from 7:00am to 5:30pm.
The Motion team helped raise over $6,000 and we had so much fun. We had 3 wheelchairs users in our team and as far as we know, they have just completed the longest single rope wheelchair drop ever!
Funds raised support children and adults with disabilities in Alberta through equipment and camp programs at Easter Seals Alberta.
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August 23rd 2012
Have you heard of the Enabling Accessibility Fund?
The Enabling Accessibility Fund supports community-based projects across Canada that improve accessibility, remove barriers and enable Canadians with disabilities to participate in and contribute to their communities.
The Government of Canada built on the success of this program for people with disabilities, delivered from 2008 to 2010, by providing an additional $45 million over the next three years, starting in 2010.
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August 15th 2012 - CBC NEWS
Sleep apnea linked to men also common in women
Sleep apnea, a disorder characterized by snoring and daytime sleepiness that has been linked to cardiovascular disease, has primarily been viewed as a male problem, but a new Swedish study suggests the sleep disorder is also a common problem among women.
Dr. Karl A Franklin of Umea University Hospital in Sweden and colleagues noted in the study released Wednesday that there have been only a few epidemiological studies conducted in women, and the frequency of the disorder in women "is still uncertain."
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June 18th 2012 - World Class Wheelchair Tennis Players come to Mississauga
Ontario Racquet Club (ORC) hosted on June 15th top level international wheelchair tennis players.These athletes attracted an interested and inspired audience. Their enthusiasm for the sport is infectious, and the level of play has impressed the club’s tennis constituent.
Motion Specialites mobility specialists were pleased to support these great initiative with a wheelchair repair station available to the tennis player during the tournament.
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May 26th, 2012 - 6th Annual Co-Ed Beach Volleyball Tournament
When one industry gets together to make a difference
On Saturday May 26th, 2012, Sunrise Medical Canada Inc. held its 6th edition of the Smash Serve and Volley Co-ed Beach Volleyball Tournament at the Beach Blast. The event was a success! $20,000 dollars was raised through team registrations, donations, silent auction, obstacle course and door prizes. 100% of the money raised went to the Variety Village basketball team the Rolling Rebels and the program Ability in Action. Therapists, dealers and manufacturing companies from our industry played to make a difference!
Motion Specialties was pleased to be one of the sponsors of this great initiative.
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May 5th, 2012 - CSMC Tradeshow
QRamp™ receives industry honours with New Product of the Year Award!
Ergo Platforms Inc. has been recognized with an award for excellence in product design and innovation for their QRamp™ Modular Access Ramp System. At the recently held Canadian Seating and Mobility Conference held in Toronto, Ontario, Occupational Therapists and Industry Professionals from across Canada cast ballots judging more than 50 products, brand‐new to the market this year. These products represent the latest and greatest in technology and design from home health care manufacturers around the globe. The QRamp™ product was the winner and, along with the Panthera composite wheelchair, shared the “Registrant Choice, Harding Award for Product Innovation”.
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April 26, 2012 - Windsor Star
22nd Windsor-Essex Business Excellence Awards
"Staging an event now in its 22nd year, it's vitally important that we constantly reinvent ourselves to remain relevant in our community," said Jennifer Jones, chair of the board for the chamber. "It's also an attempt to recognize the next generation of entrepreneurs and a way of nurturing and promoting what they do, which is incredibly important."
Others recognized include Clarke Chevrolet Buick GMC, Motion Specialties and Vistaprint which were named small, medium and large companies of the year, respectively, William Willis as professional of the year and Frank Abbruzzese, who established Alpha-KOR Group, as entrepreneur of the year.
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March 23, 2012 - CBC News
Paraplegic bungee jumper describes the thrill of jumping off a B.C gorge
Christine Rougoor of Niagara Falls, Ont., took the plunge into a Whistler, B.C., gorge, strapped to her wheelchair, and the videotaped bungee jump has become a sensation on YouTube.
Rougoor, 25. was left a paraplegic after a motocross accident in 2008, but that hasn't stopped her from living life to the fullest.
She won the trip and a chance to do the jump last week by submitting a video of her shooting guns, riding bikes designed for paraplegics and playing tennis in her wheelchair to a company that supports disabled adventure seekers.
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February 23, 2012 - Motion Specialties Eglinton Location
Dalton McGuinty Visits Motion Specialties New Store
Motion Specialties is pleased to welcome the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty to our new store at 939 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, ON, M4G 4E8. The Premier will be joined by Don Valley West MPP, Kathleen Wynne.
Premier Dalton McGuinty met with employees and spoke about his government's proposed Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit.
The credit, worth up to $1,500 each year, would be available to senior homeowners and tenants, and people who share a home with a senior relative. It would support about $800 million in home renovation activity and around 10,500 jobs every year.
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February 13, 2012
Centric Health Completes Acquisition of Motion Specialties
TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2012 /CNW/ - With reference to the news release dated November 8, 2011, Centric Health Corporation ("Centric Health" or "the Company") (TSX: CHH), Canada's leading diversified healthcare services company, today announces that all closing conditions have been satisfied and it has completed the acquisition of Motion Specialties Inc. ("Motion Specialties"). Motion Specialties Inc. is comprised of the amalgamation of all 24 Motion Specialties businesses and locations in three provinces of Canada. Motion Specialties is a leading home health care provider offering a wide variety of mobility devices, including; wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, bathroom safety equipment, portable oxygen, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure ("CPAP"), and home accessibility products such as stair lifts and home elevators.
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December 31, 2011 - Financial Post
Growing older, with all the amenities
“It’s getting more and more common on a daily basis,” Mr. Laszlo says about the elevator trend. “I used to see it once in a blue moon but now when [he designs] a new house, they either want it or are giving it serious consideration.”
The cost can run upwards of $20,000 but it almost makes financial sense for an aging Boomer population that realizes once stairs become unnavigable, they’ll be forced to move to either a hard-to-find bungalow or a condominium tower.
Meeting the needs of the aging Boomer population is expected to become the dominant theme of the housing industry in 2012 and for decades to come.
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December 15, 2011 - USA Today
Apnea treatment might reduce signs of heart disease risk
Along with helping people with obstructive sleep apnea get a better night's sleep, machines that help keep the airways open during sleep can also help improve the symptoms of metabolic syndrome, according to new research.
Metabolic syndrome is a group of symptoms that indicate a higher risk of heart disease. These symptoms include excess weight, especially in the abdomen, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol levels, higher blood sugar levels and insulin resistance. Many people with obstructive sleep apnea also have metabolic syndrome, according to the study.
After three months of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment, study participants with obstructive sleep apnea and metabolic syndrome had improvements in their blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels.
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