For some of us walking is a pleasure which we take for granted, whether it be a simple trip to the local store to pick up the groceries, a walk in the countryside to enjoy fresh air and or just getting from the living room to the kitchen. It is only when we have mystery walking, or can no longer walk, that we realise how valuable our mobility is to our every day life.
Fortunately, there are many different aids to walking available on the store now, ranging from customary walking sticks for minimal support, to modern ergonomically designed walkers such as the award winning Topro range from Denmark.
Walking sticks can be of wood or metal manufacture. There are also folding adjustable sticks with "T" shaped handles, which are lightweight and easy to use, and fold to fit in handbag or basket.
Meanwhile, for arthritis sufferers, there are special grip canes, also normally adjustable, while for those with equilibrium problems there is an adjustable quad cane with a curved neck which places the user's weight directly over the shaft for safety. The shaped cope fits the palm, tapering for relax of the fingers.
Also handy for days out is the walking stick seat, which folds flat and clips together forming a stick, and can then be opened out into a useful microscopic seat.
If more assistance is need, folding and rigid walker frames are handy - these can be fitted with wheels or not as required. The HiRiser Folding Frame is shaped to help the user rise, and can be used as a toilet aid also.
Tri Walkers are normally for indoor use for get as a matter of fact colse to the home, and can be made or steel or aluminium, folding as a matter of fact to put into a car or for storage.
For great stability, although more for outdoor use, the Rollators are prescribed! These come in many guises, normally with an integral seat and a shopping basket. The most recent is the Lets Go indoor rollator, which has a tray. This is an entirely new and practical aid and is light flexible and quite absorbing to have colse to the home. The Lets Go comes with a carry bag and a clip on tray for transporting drinks and other small items colse to the home. It can also be folded away. This walking aid, however, does not have a seat, as it is designed for indoor use.
The elaborate Rollator, from Promedics, is of lightweight aluminium construction, and has a back rest as well as a seat. This walking aids has the added benefit that it folds into a very small area.
All walkers and rollators have a range of accessories - shopping baskets, crutch and stick holders and bags are available as required.
And ultimately there are the wheelchairs, of which an tremendous option is available. In particular, there are too lightweight varieties. Transit chairs are the ones with the microscopic wheels, and with detachable arms to allow easy user transfer. These are nearly always folding and come in various weights and sizes.
A vehicle chair is a very transportable lightweight folding chair, allowing maneuver from one location to someone else in microscopic space. It has front castors and fixed rear wheels and the armrests swivel for side transfer.
With all the walking aids available nowadays, many disabled habitancy suffering from decreased mobility can soon be up and about again - and off down the shops to pick up those groceries!
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