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Helping patients recover from major surgery such as hip or knee replacement can be a real challenge. Most post-operative regimens require a period of time before weight-bearing exercises can begin, delaying recovery. Of course, the Earth’s gravitational field is to blame. But short of taking patients to the moon, which has just 20% of our planet’s gravity, there were no easy solutions until now.

Life Care Center of Littleton’s Therapy and Wellness Center in Littleton, Colo., recently put its new AlterG anti-gravity treadmill to the test in rehabilitating a bariatric patient, with tremendous outcomes

Three months after breaking his leg, Jim Leonhard slid himself into a Spandex girdle and, for the sake of a faster return to pro football, prepared to flout gravity

AlterG, Inc., makers of the Anti-Gravity Treadmill, a revolutionary technology for rehabilitation and athletic training, today launched the AlterG M300. The M300 delivers the same anti-gravity technology originally developed at NASA and found in AlterG’s P200 series, only at a third of the price and with a sleek new design. This means the world’s only anti-gravity treadmill will be accessible to millions of people who are looking to rehabilitate more easily from injury or surgery or who want to train smarter. The AlterG M300 is optimized in form, function and price for physical therapy clinics, athletic training and leading fitness facilities.

Alter‐G, a privately held medical device company based in Menlo Park California, has secured an $8 million round of series B funding from Versant Ventures. The proceeds will be used to continue to accelerate the company’s growth. Ross A. Jaffe, MD, Managing Director at Versant Ventures, will join Alter‐G’s board of directors.

NovaCare Rehabilitation, a division of Select Medical Corporation and the nation’s largest provider of outpatient physical therapy and rehabilitation services, is now the only facility in Pennsylvania to offer Alter-G’s innovative G-Trainer anti-gravity treadmill for athletic training and medical treatment programs.