The MINI CLINIC ™ was designed as unweighting equipment offering support for orthopedic injury and musculoskeletal conditions, by allowing patients to train for longer periods with repetitive movement within their pain-free range of motion. Treating abnormal gait or body movement impairments require a great deal of repetition to normalize movement (of arm, whole leg, or foot, hip, etc.)

Patients recovering from neurological conditions, with use of MINI CLINIC-supported unweighted training, may move beyond the limitations of their pathologies to experience more rapid movement in a corrected gait pattern with significant functional carryover to their unaided over the ground gait. Posture, balance and coordination are essential components within Gait rehabilitation.

Posture assessment is a key element in patient initial evaluation It is defined as the position or bearing of the body. Hence, a patient’s ability to relearn walking depends on posture, the core strength, trunk alignment, mechanical abilities and tensional relationships throughout the body.

Along with posture, physical therapists also evaluate and treat the patient’s balance. The term balance in physical therapy is defined as the ability to keep your center of gravity (COG) over your base of support or over the central mass of your body.

Balance impairments may come from many medical conditions like brain or spinal cord injuries, inner ear problems, any dysfunction or impairment of the peripheral nerve or musculoskeletal system.