Foot Solutions Long Beach Supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month with "Pink Pole Balance Walking"

Oct. 6, 2010 - PRLog -- To support its mission of better health through your feet Foot Solutions of Long Beach is giving their customers the opportunity to fight breast cancer with every step the take.  A new fitness product called "Pink Balance Walking Poles" will not only help people improve their own fitness, but Foot Solutions will donate $5 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure for each pair of poles sold.  

As walking has become synonymous with annual Breast Cancer campaigns and is a popular way of raising awareness and vital funds, it is also an ideal way to help prevent breast cancer.  Fact: being overweight can significantly increase the risk of breast cancer.

Essentially, walking with the poles turns a normal walk into a full body workout.  Balance Walking engages 90 percent of the body's muscles.  The poles allow you to stand, walk and workout in an aligned position and better alignment challenges your core to be more active, creating a stronger, more toned and stable body that's less prone to injury.

"As well as supporting breast cancer awareness and research, pink poles reduce stress on the knees, hips, joints and back; help maintain balance and enhance stability; improve posture and tone upper body muscles including chest and core," said Foot Solutions Long Beach owner Karen Widerynski.  

"Walking with the poles also enhances cardiovascular performance and burns about twice as many calories as walking without the poles," Widerynkski added.

"Foot Solutions Long Beach is excited to bring these poles to the Long Beach community and we are excited about our partnership with Susan G. Komen."

Foot Solutions, a worldide franchise company with more than 240 locations including one in Long Beach, is a recognized leader in technology health and wellness products, such as the "pink" Balance Walking poles.  It is also a leader in specialty footwear and custom inserts.  As the world's largest health and wellness franchise focusing on footwear and proper fit, they are uniquely qualified to help women (and men) address a multitude of health concerns having to do with the feet.

For more information or to learn more about how to get your very own pair of “pink” poles, visit Foot Solutions Long Beach located at1811 Ximeno Avenue, (562)961-3200 or log on to www.footsolutions.com/longbeach.

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Foot Solutions of Long Beach is part of a worldwide franchise with more than 240 locations. They are devoted to helping people achieve better health through their feet and are a recognized leader in speciality footwear, orthopedic shoes, custom arch supports and inserts, footwear for diabetics and those suffering from foot conditions such as plantar fasciitis, They also specialize in alleviation of joint pain and even knee, back and hip pain as very often these conditions are associated with problems that begin with the feet. Foot Solutions is the world's largest and No. 1 ranked foot care health and wellness franchise. Foot Solutions Long Beach is located at 1811 Ximeno Avenue in Long Beach. For more information, visit www.footsolutions.com/Long Beach or call 562-961-3200.