HUMAN TECAR® MAT:THE BAREFOOT WAY TO CONTROL YOUR BODY

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Sports

Fitness

Small Pets

Versatility of our mat sets

AREAS OF APPLICATION

Dance

Rehabilitation

At any stage of life

Countless surfaces, countless circuits

Avant-garde technology: Human Tecar® MAT

Our feet: our liaison with the world

«The true miracle is not flying through the air or walking on water, but walking on the ground.»– Línjì Yìxuán, IX Century

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Proprioceptive sensibility is a sophisticated mechanism supplying our Central Nervous System with extremely accurate information, in real time, concerning:

• biomechanical movement (speed, force, direction, acceleration);

• physiological parameters regarding the state and biological changes that have occurred in muscles, tendons and joints, following a given motion.

The information picked up by receptors is then processed by spinal reflexes aimed at maintaining correct posture and counteracting the force of gravity.

OUR FEET:OUR LIAISON WITH THE WORLD

Our body's entire architecture (motor control, harmony and balance) is based on this small pivotal point: the foot – a masterpiece of biomechanics that liaises between the ground andthe Central Nervous System, making it possible for the body to stand erect, control posture and motion and coordinate movement.

Of all body districts, it is the foot that supplies the most proprioceptive information, thanks to its high number of sensory receptors (proprioceptors), especially at the front end of our heels, beneath the heads of the metatarsals, under our big toes and in the lumbrical muscles.

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AVANT-GARDE TECHNOLOGY: HUMAN TECAR® MAT

Stimulating feet to fitness. An innovative solution to maximize training and rehabilitation, and to enhance the body's natural harmony.

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The barefoot way to control your body

Stimulating the feet during proprioceptive exercise means restoring balance, coordination and functional integrity, enabling the body to maximize muscle tone and strength.

Human Tecar® MATs are an innovative solution. The outcome of cutting-edge technological research, they paradoxically hark back to a timeless human ritual, as neglected as it is beneficial: walking barefoot.

What are Human Tecar® MATs?They are proprioceptive workout surfaces that come in modular sets, easily accommodated to confined spaces. The mats create different levels of density and instability, simulating various conditions of natural terrain.

How do they work?Human Tecar® MATs stimulate the foot's mechanoreceptors and proprioceptors – the sensory receptors that are located deep in the tissues (as in muscles, tendons and joints) – and enable us to sense the relative positions of our body parts, without the aid of sight. They boost microcirculation in a natural, pleasant manner and force the body to constantly readjust itself during these kinds of exercises.

Scientific Papers

University of Udine – Udine, ItalyDepartment of Medical and Biological SciencesHuman Physiology Division

ANALISI DEL DISPENDIO ENERGETICO DI ESERCIZI FISICI REALIZZATI SU "ELASTIC SAND TRAINING" E SU PAVIMENTO IN PARQUETStefano Lazzer, MD

"Tor Vergata" University of Rome –Rome, ItalyPhysical and Rehabilitation Medicine

PROPRIOCEPTION MATSDenise Cacciatore, MD

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COUNTLESS SURFACES, COUNTLESS CIRCUITS

Human Tecar® MATs reproduce a wide range of natural terrains that are not always accessible in daily life.

The mats can be used indoor, ensuring training is possible and safe all year round. Providing endless combinations of interchangeable solutions and modular, proprioceptive circuits, the mats create different levels of density and instability, ideal for a variety of training and rehabilitation needs. The varied levels of density correspond to different levels of kinetic energy absorption,safeguarding the joints and increasing energy expenditure.With four different surfaces wich reproduce natural terrains like sand, dunes, stones and needlelike structures, combined with interchangeable elements such as pillows, cubes or ramps, it is possible to create modular sets that can be customized to a given user's specific needs.

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Composition:

1. External coating in PVC – elasticated in weft and warp, glued and pressed with a squeegee to guarantee longitudinal and transversal tensile strength – antibacterial, anti-mold and easily washable, "Phatalate free", so as to guarantee biocompatibility by direct contact.

2. Elastic foam agglomerate and viscoelastic material.

3. Open-cell polyurethane foam of medium density glued on a cross-linked, closed-cell polyethylene, extremely soft and flexible.

4. High-density closed-cell polyethylene, glued polyurethanes and a layer of viscoelastic material with high mechanical and thermal resistance. This particular layer's material has distinct resistance to stress/strain when compressed.

5. Outer lining in embossed PVC, to guarantee the mat's slip-resistant surface and prevent the mat from moving during use.

International Patentno. 13002399.7

Patented Human Tecar® TechnologyMade in Italy

Technical Features

Each Human Tecar® MAT is made of materials tested to guarantee maximum resistance to mechanical, physical and chemical stress.Moreover, the geometrical foam couplings of open and closed-cell materials having diverse densities and shapes are instrumental in achieving maximum elasticity.

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AT ANY STAGE OF LIFE

Human Tecar® MATs are the perfect match for any phase of our body's life, meeting its needs in a pleasant and natural manner and tailoring physical excercise to the user by designing the most suitable, modular and personalized circuit. They are fit for anyone, and keep anyone fit.

ChildhoodHuman Tecar® MATs are particularly useful when they are included in children's regular PE curriculum, as a means to prepare them for physical exercise and fine-tune their motor skills. They are just as indispensable in neuromotor development and in postural exercise for the spine and feet. During childhood, they facilitate well-balanced muscular development and optimize motor skills.

AdultsThey are fundamental assets in adult fitness thanks to the higher energy expenditure of proprioceptive exercise and their safety on the joints. They intensify workout and reduce fatigue, helping prevent injury; fine-tune athletic gesture and accelerate recovery in amateur or professional sports. They are instrumental in fighting excess weight and excess fluid retention, and keeping in good shape.

The ElderlyBarefoot proprioceptive workout using Human Tecar® MATs is especially useful when age has weakened the musculoskeletal system. They drastically improve balance, coordination and motor skills, normalizing gait and preventing falls. Moreover, they increase muscular strength and flexibility for a better quality of life.

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Human Tecar® MATs maximize the beneficial effects of proprioceptive training and optimize the athletic gesture characterizing a given discipline.

They are designed to:

• facilitate intense physical activity whilst safeguarding the joints;

• improve balance and coordination, enhancing motor skills and normalizing gait;

• optimize posture and fine-tune athletic gesture;

• accelerate recovery after injury;

• ensure better muscle control during sports – stimulating entire muscle groups and preventing isolated contractions.

SPORTSAreas of application

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Dancing in to your ideal shape.

Human Tecar® MATs are ideal for:

• facilitating finesse of interpretation and maximizing performance in professional classic dancers;

• helping beginners master technique more easily and quickly;

• providing an alternative, highly effective workout method in the gym.

Hiit Ballet® is a revolutionary workout choreography that was first developed for professional dancers – people like the man who designed it, Jose Perez.The method combines techniques from ballet, High-Intensity Interval Training, and the new-generation technology of Human Tecar® MAT for proprioceptive exercise. Different levels of density and instability, that simulate various natural terrains are combined with modular mats of various shapes and structures to create a personalized, easily-transformed circuit for barefoot workout that can be adapted to user's ever-changing needs. In this way, proprioceptive pratice has our body constantly readjusting itself during exercise; and it multiples the beneficial effects of training and facilitates rehabilitation, restores balance, optimizes strength, posture, flexibility and muscle tone without putting strain on the joints.

Hiit Ballet®: indispensable for schools and theaters alike

Hiit Ballet® is an effective facilitator and accelerator that enhances results and ensures both students and established professionals maximize training and performance, boosting metabolism and decreasing fatigue.

For professional dancersThe use of proprioceptive mats is instrumental in perfecting technique, thus giving the dancer greater leeway to focus on interpretation, over and beyond athletic gesture.

For beginners and students of dance schoolsHiit Ballet® ensures that beginners and little ones acquire greater confidence and become more passionate about studying dance: the exchange of proprioceptive information between Human Tecar® MAT and the body allows the body to "self-correct," optimizing posture and enhancing balance, strength and coordination.

Becoming a Hiit Ballet® TrainerProfessional dancers who wish to become certified Hiit Ballet® Trainers may attend one of many itinerant courses or choose to take part in the training sessions held at one of the method's pilot centers. The certification will provide professionals with an additional career teaching in schools, dancing academies, theaters and gyms, and the method itself is simultaneously instrumental in maximizing their own performance. Also, an increasing number of schools are including Hiit Ballet® in their academic curriculum, where it serves a double purpose: supporting students in their regular studies of dance, and providing a supplementary course within the curriculum, which may lead students to become future teachers of the discipline.

DANCEAreas of application

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Jose Perez, dancer and choreographer who designed Hiit Ballet® and Hiit Ballet® Fit

Jose Perez, dancer and choreographer with a classic and international background, started his professional career at the world-famous Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Cuba and went on to working and performing with important artists in the most prestigious opera houses all over the world, including Italy, where he is now based. In fact, it was one of Italy's most popular television shows, "Amici di Maria De Filippi", which turned him into a household name in the country. Combining personal talent with a natural knack for nurturing that of other dancers, he alternates work on stage and teaching.As a choreographer and director, he is known for giving classics a contemporary twist, without betraying or belittling their essence and passion.This same, distinctive blend of avant-garde and tradition characterizes the Hiit Ballet® method he has designed, tapping into both his own experience with proprioceptive training as a star dancer and as a teacher, and pairing proprioception with that most contemporary of workout concepts, High-Intensity Interval Training.

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In view of Hiit Ballet®'s effectiveness and rapidity, Jose Perez and Human Tecar® have chosen to extend its benefits to the general public, beyond ballet alone, creating a new discipline.

Hiit Ballet® Fit can be used in gyms and private homes in specific workout programs.Hiit Ballet® Fit, devised by Jose Perez, is perfect for:

• facilitating energy consumption and maximizing proprioceptive workout without putting strain on the joints;

• fine-tuning motor skills swiftly and effectively while boosting circulation and reducing excess fluid retention – ideal for health issues such as heavy legs, lymphedema, cellulite and poor circulation in general.

Hiit Ballet® Fit is a fitness-friendly version of the method especially designed for gyms. The format provides a fun, effective alternative to functional workout for anyone unfamiliar with ballet, who still wishes to get back into shape fast, to the beat of music.

A growing number of gyms are introducing it as a workout routine and course. Lessons maintain the method's specific feature as a fusion of High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and techniques borrowed from ballet, and also make use of modular Human Tecar® MAT circuits, which may vary depending on any given lesson's focus and the size of the gym.Hiit Ballet® Fit exercises are choreographic and fun, and are proven to be more energy-intensive and burn 25% more calories than regular workout on the floor. For this reason, the method enables clients to reach goals twice as fast, and is therefore suited to anyone who wants to keep fit yet has little time to do so.So Hiit Ballet® Fit is safe, swift, effective.And fun.

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REHABILITATION

Proprioceptive training on Human Tecar® MATs is ideal for a workout that is simultaneously intense, beneficial and safe for your joints.

The mats are useful for:

• enabling you to perform specific motor control exercises after injury, be it a serious fracture or a simple sprain;

• reducing strain on the joints, thanks to the mat's absorption of kinetic energy – strengthening the musculoskeletal system while drammatically accelerating recovery.

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The use of Human Tecar® MATs is recommended in veterinary rehabilitation programs, wheninjury has affected the animal's proprioceptive system.

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• facilitate small animal's well-balanced motor development and growth, and contribute to the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, accelerating recovery;

• reprogram the neuromuscular system in total safety, by means of the mat's different levels of instability and varied, high-tech surfaces, speeding up the recovery of your pet.

SMALL PETSAreas of application

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Versatility of our mat sets

Human Tecar® MATs come in modular sets that can be designed around your needs, depending on available space. They can form a wide variety of circuits and be made to suit even the most confined of spaces, concentrating proprioceptive workout in facilities large or small.

Features/Sizes

MEDIUM DENSITY - WELLNESSFeatures: mat with a flat surface with medium elastic response that reproduces smooth, sandy soil.

Use: post-surgical rehabilitation; weight loss and toning; aerobic training circuits.

Models and sizes:Art. 15837 Medium Density - Wellness (1) - 200x54x7 cmArt. 15846 Medium Density - Wellness (2) - 200x100x7 cm

STONESFeatures: mat with agglomerates characterized by a variety of densities that simulate an irregular stony terrain, with homogeneous reliefs – i.e. of consistent shapes and sizes.

Use: stimulates the mechanoreceptors located on foot soles.

Model and size: Art. 15838 Stones - 200x54x7 cm

DUNESFeatures: mat with irregular surface, simulating uneven, sandy terrain.

Use: improves stabilization muscle work; stimulates mechanoreceptors in feet and microcirculation.

Model and size:Art. 15839 Dunes - 200x54x7 cm

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BASIC PILLOW - PILLOWFeatures: medium-density pillows that can be used on their own or added to individual mats.

Use: enhances energy expenditure; useful for more complex rehabilitative exercises. Specific or aerobic workout.

Models and sizes: Art. 15847 Basic Pillow (1) - 40x30x12 cmArt. 15848 Pillow (2) - 60x35x12 cm

MULTI DENSITYFeatures: mat with a rigid frame for the insertion of different-density cubes you can take out or put back in, based what you need to do.

Use: rehabilitation.

Model and size: Art. 15840 Multi Density - 200x54x14 cm

NEEDLEFeatures: rigid-frame mat with medium-elasticity bottom and rubber needle surface.

Use: micro foot massage that stimulates circulation; highly suited for neurological rehabilitation; proprioceptive exercise.

Model and size: Art. 16282 Needle - 190x80x7 cm

SLANTFeatures: laterally slanted mat with a 4.5° inclination, reproducing smooth, medium-density sand.

Use: proprioceptive exercise.

Model and size: Art. 16281 Slant - 200x80x incl. 15/7 cm

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Features/Sizes

ROCKING BOXFeatures: different height plyometric cubes with limited elastic response; they can be combined with tilting unstable bases.

Use: proprioceptive exercise.

Models and sizes: Art. 16275 Rocking Box (1) - 90x75x27 cmArt. 16276 Rocking Box (2) - 90x75x42 cmArt. 16277 Rocking Box (3) - 90x75x55 cm

ROCKER BASE FOR ROCKING BOXFeatures: used individually as unstable tilting base or to be applied to Rocking Boxes.

Use: proprioceptive exercise.

Models and sizes: Art. 16287 Rocker Base for Rocking Box (1) - 90x75x9 cm Art. 16360 Rocker Base for Rocking Box (2) - 90x75x12 cm

ROCKER ROUND BASE FOR ROCKING BOXFeatures: used individually as tilting base, unstable on all axes, or to be applied to Rocking Boxes.

Use: proprioceptive exercise.

Model and size: Art. 16288 Rocker Round Base for Rocking Box (3) - diameter 75 cm

ASCENDING DESCENDING SETFeatures: four modules made up of slanted plane and steps.

Use: proprioceptive exercise. Ideal in sports, too, integrated into training routine.

Models and sizes: Art. 16272 Step (1) - 80x40x15 cmArt. 16273 Step (2) - 80x40x30 cmArt. 16271 Cuboid (3) - 80x80x45 cmArt. 16274 Ramp (4) - 200x80x incl. 45/7 cm

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MULTI-SOIL (for home use)The multi-soil mat is exactly that: a proprioceptive mat featuring several different terrain simulations, for those who wish to get maximum results in minimum space. Thanks to this unique model, you can simulate a dance lesson in your own bedroom or living room, acquire and perfect your dance technique or simply work out effectively in your own home.

The rapidity of results will enable even the busiest individuals to keep up their daily training routine, despite the demands of a tight schedule.

Model and Size: Art. 16949 Multi-Soil - 200x100x7 cm

A veritable dance lesson

Sand, dunes, stones, irregular surfaces enabling dancers to practise their dance steps, strengthen their joints, ligaments and muscles and correct posture as if flanked by a teacher.

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THE BAREFOOT WAY TO CONTROL YOUR BODY

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