Chris Brown swaps FitLinxx for Performance Health Systems
POSTED 21 Oct 2014 . BY Jak Phillips
Chris Brown began his new role in early October
Equipment supplier Performance Health Systems (PHS) has appointed Chris Brown head of healthcare and medical for its Power Plate and bioDensity brands.
Brown is tasked with identifying opportunities and managing sales in the corporate wellness, elderly care and medical markets. He is expected to expand distribution of the company’s vibration training machine Power Plate, as well as introduce and sell the bioDensity osteogenic loading system – a piece of technology that helps rebuild bone density among people affected by osteoporosis – to the UK market.
Brown joins from FitLinxx where he spent almost 10 years, most recently serving as director for its business development within international health and wellness markets. Prior to that, Chris worked for Holmes Place as a senior general manager for its city region.
“The technological advances achieved by PHS are very exciting and I believe we can ultimately deliver measurable health improvements to those who most need it,” said Brown, who will be based at the PHS UK head office in London.
“My job is to introduce and explain these opportunities to healthcare and medical experts whose skills, combined with our products, can really make a difference.”
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Chris Brown swaps FitLinxx for Performance Health Systems
POSTED 21 Oct 2014 . BY Jak Phillips
Chris Brown began his new role in early October
Equipment supplier Performance Health Systems (PHS) has appointed Chris Brown head of healthcare and medical for its Power Plate and bioDensity brands.
Brown is tasked with identifying opportunities and managing sales in the corporate wellness, elderly care and medical markets. He is expected to expand distribution of the company’s vibration training machine Power Plate, as well as introduce and sell the bioDensity osteogenic loading system – a piece of technology that helps rebuild bone density among people affected by osteoporosis – to the UK market.
Brown joins from FitLinxx where he spent almost 10 years, most recently serving as director for its business development within international health and wellness markets. Prior to that, Chris worked for Holmes Place as a senior general manager for its city region.
“The technological advances achieved by PHS are very exciting and I believe we can ultimately deliver measurable health improvements to those who most need it,” said Brown, who will be based at the PHS UK head office in London.
“My job is to introduce and explain these opportunities to healthcare and medical experts whose skills, combined with our products, can really make a difference.”
According to research which tracked more than 147,000 people for 30 years, 90-120 minutes
of strength training a week may deliver some of the biggest long-term health rewards.
The UK's four Chief Medical Officers have published a refreshed edition of Physical activity
guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers' report, updating the evidence that underpins the nation's
physical activity recommendations and placing greater emphasis on strength, balance, reducing
sedentary behaviour and, for the first time, supporting people taking weight loss medications.
Places Leisure has exchanged contracts to build and operate a flagship £60m water and leisure
destination on behalf of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.
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Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the
stage of RiminiWellness 2026: Phil Heath, Lee Haney, Ronnie Coleman and Hany Rambod. [more...]
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing
disparate information from multiple systems to be aggregated into one dataset, to support
its focus on reducing health inequalities and improving healthy life expectancy. [more...]
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