The Kinney Drugs Foundation has awarded Clarkson University a $5,000 grant for equipment to benefit the Physical Therapy Department Community Wellness Program. From left, ProAct Vice President of Client Services David Schryver, President of Kinney Drugs Foundation Board & Vice President of Real Estate for Kinney Drugs David C. McClure, Clarkson President Tony Collins, Kinney Drugs Foundation Administrator Tracey Stoffel, and associate professor & physical therapy chair George Fulk.

POTSDAM -- The Kinney Drugs Foundation gave Clarkson University $5,000 for equipment to be used with the Physical Therapy Department Community Wellness Program.

As part of a course in the entry-level doctor of physical therapy curriculum, physical therapy students work to design and implement programs that promote wellness.

The students are working on four annual community wellness programs: “Building Better Bones,” an exercise-based class designed to battle decreased bone density, offered through the SOAR Program at SUNY Potsdam; “Prevention Training,” which provides injury prevention training and resources for the St. Regis Nursing Home; the “Healthy Retirement Program,” which allows Clarkson students to offer guidelines and resources to the underserved 55-to-65-year-old demographic at the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Office for the Aging; and “Functional Movement Screen” (FMS) for Clarkson University athletes, which identifies those with elevated musculoskeletal risk and provides recommendations for corrective exercises and training.

The foundation grant will purchase research-quality activity monitors.

The information from the activity monitors will also allow students to tailor their community wellness interventions to the participant.