Choosing the Correct Quadripod Walking Aid for Patients

Walking sticks improves a person’s mobility. It helps people of all ages to maintain a healthier and active lifestyle. It can benefit a person’s health by giving them better balance. It lessens the stress on the body and relieves join pain. Elderly use it to move around better and for the things they need to do. It can give a person more confidence and is beneficial for people of all ages. It minimizes weight from the legs, back, knees, hips and ankles and makes feel less tired and more energized in day to day activities. As people get older, they become more likely to have difficulty walking independently, and the risk of falls increases. The appropriate use of walking aids can help provide stability and safety in some elderly people with mobility problems. Mobility aids include canes, crutches, and walkers.

Mobility Aid are adaptive equipment devices used to increase independent mobility for special needs children and adults with disabilities or are recovering from injury. Variety of mobility aids, from pediatric rollators to walkers and crutches that provide the opportunity for improved walking ability.

Vissco Invalid U-Shape Quadripod Walking Stick

• Our Price :Rs 638

Need a helping hand when you walk around? The Invalid quadripod walking stuck u shape is widely used for greater balance as weight is also applied. It helps direct load through the arms and the walking aid, lowering the impact and static forces transmitted to the affected limbs.

WHEN TO USE

Impaired balance Walking Disorders Injury or disorder of spine Stroke Chronic osteoarthritis of knee.

Vissco Invalid U-Shape Quadripod Walking Stick Features

• Rigid Support  
• Universal Fit 
• Adjustable Support 

Walking aids are developed to provide comfort to people who experience discomfort and pain while walking. Walking Stick Quad Foot are walking aids designed to give stability to physically challenged and old individuals. These sticks are made from special grade aluminum, which provides strong support while walking. These sticks have features low metal bases, and comfortable hand grips. Most designs have lock pin height features, which helps to adjust the stick to a comfortable height.

• Our Price :Rs 750

Benefits of Quadripod Walking Sticks

• Lightweight
• Broad Base with four legs that provides good stability
• Anti-slip Properties

Quadripod Walking Stick

• Aluminum tubing with steel welded low base
• Comfortable hand grip
• Height adjustable: 71.5-94.3cm
• Base size: 18-22cm

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The Latest Mobility Walkers With Seats

A walker with a built in seat, Height adjustable to ensure ease and comfort for senior citizen or patients, Folds into compact unit for storage and transport, Aluminum light weight folding height adjustable Walkers With Seats. Ideal for elderly who need to rest after walking.

At Ease Living, I have scoured high, low, and around the world to find the best and my favorite rollators. This was not an easy search, and I am not easily swayed by bells and whistles or cost. For my customers, I work to find the best, highest quality products. And my rollators are no different!

Our Price : Rs 2500

Handicap Walker With Seat Features:

• Easy Folding Lever
• Adjustable Height
• Non Slip Rubber Shoes
• Strong Cloth Seat
• Lowest price online
• Easy Folding Lever for easy folding and unfolding
• Adjustable Height

Lightweight Aluminium weighs less than 5 kg (net), Folds in seconds for storage and transportation. Sturdy height adjustable handles with brakes. Swivel front wheels for ease of maneuverability

A walker can be the perfect mobility solution. It can help to compensate for a decrease in strength, balance or endurance and to reduce the stress on a painful joint or limb. With this added help, you can be more safe and independent in your daily activities. There are 4 main types of walkers: standard, rolling, Rollator walkers and combination walkers. 

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Arm Crutches Extra Large Tips for Added Stability

Personalized designs for crutches make a great Christmas present. Anything bespoke is a treat! Although most people buy a pair with their own design for themselves. Anything to make life feel better. Designer crutches for Christmas is a great idea, whether for yourself or family or a friend.

Our Price : Rs 534

It is vitally important that crutches be properly fitted to the user. You should be able to stand up straight comfortably with a crutch, with your elbow bent between 15 and 30 degrees as your hand rests on the handle. Be sure your Arm Crutches are the right size for your body. Improperly fitted crutches can lead to abrasions, muscle pains, and nerve damage. A chat with your physiotherapist is a very good idea.

Can you imagine being already incapacitated in some way and having to use crutches and then causing injury because you are using them the wrong way. Please have a look at the website for our top tips

This heavy duty bariatric Arm crutch by Drive Medical is packed with features. The vinyl coated and ergonomically contoured arm cuff is molded for comfort and stability. Both the leg and forearm sections adjust independently without tools to ensure optimal comfort and personal sizing. The extra large tips provide added stability to the crutch.

Arm Crutches Features :

• Leg and forearm sections adjust independently for optimal sizing
• Vinyl coated, ergonomically contoured arm cuffs molded for comfort and stability
• Vinyl hand grips are comfortable and durable
• Extra large tips for added stability
• Comfortable handle that distributes weight very effectively
• Enable normal movement

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Adjustable Height Folding Walking Stick Cane

• Our Price :Rs 558

Folding canes are much like traditional single tip canes except that they can fold up into a more compact form. Usually folding canes break down into 4 parts that remain connected due to a string that runs through all 4 pieces. Once broken down, folding canes can fit into many briefcases, suit cases, or even carry bags for easy transport. Most folding canes, feature a locking ring that keeps the cane from folding while walking. All of the folding canes have this feature. The folding canes offer come in many different styles. Adjustable height folding gel grip cane has covered. The gel grip is designed to reduce stress and hand fatigue providing a more comfortable experience. The handle height is adjustable allowing for personal sizing. As an added bonus, a handy wrist strap attached to the handgrip will ensure that always in reach of the cane when need it. The cane easily folds and unfolds with out tools, making storage or travel convenient.

Folding canes for men and women can be a great medical supportive device for travel or everyday use. They fold up easily and stores away neatly. A folding cane is a great way to reduce the risk of falls for elderly with minor balance, strength and endurance issues. If they are not significantly unsteady on their feet, a walking Folding Cane might be all they need to be safe and as independent as possible. Of all the mobility products for the elderly, a folding cane provides the least amount of support but may be all the elderly parent needs. It is also the most portable and affordable option that can make a big difference in improving the safety.

Features

• Cane folds into 4 convenient parts for easy storage
• Comes with plastic holster carry case
• Handle height adjusts in 1" increments from 33" to 37"
• New gel grip reduces hand stress and fatigue

Folding Walking Stick Cane

• 10/5 section height adjustable
• Adjustable length: 68.5-91.3cm/ 81-91cm
• Ergonomic plastic handle
• 4 section folding
• Tubecolor Copper

Tripod Walking Stick is one of the ideal product to be used by the people who suffer with the problem of poor balance. It provides excellent support and balance to the user, which aids him or her to walk easily. This is a secure and sturdy walking stick, which is known for its lightweight and comfort factor and improved stability. The height of the Tripod Sticks can easily be adjusted with the help of a lock pin easily. 

• Our Price :Rs 740

Available in universal size, Tripod Walking Stick has been designed as per the comfort of the user. It is extremely easy to use this stick for walking or strolling purpose as it’s extremely light in weight. This is just like a traditional walking stick, but with a base at the end for additional stability. The specially styled handle of this walking stick provides a secure grip to the user and provides maximum stability.

Tripod Walking Stick

• Aluminum tubing with steel welded low base
• Comfortable hand grip
• Height adjustable: 71.5-94.3cm
• Base size: 18-22cm

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Pediatric Safety Walkers for Disabled People

Walkers are special crutches used for temporary walking disability. Walkers are stable stool like structures which the person uses by putting full body support and then pushing the walker to next step. Can be used by amputees using artificial limbs, temporary ambulation with plaster casts. Light weight and sturdy anodized aluminum. With push button, length can be adjusted telescopically. Easy to open and close with center button. Foldable for storage and transportation. Steel cross brace provides extra rigidity. PVC hand grips for comfort.

The Kaye Posture Control Walkers are "C" frame walkers designed for large teenagers and adults who need support and positioning for proper alignment and posture when walking. This correction is provided by the posture control design, which helps the user to develop a more natural walking pattern. The Kaye Posture Pediatric Walkers can be used for users who weigh up to 250 lb. and are up to 6' 2" tall. The walkers can be folded easily for convenient transport and storage, and they are available with many useful accessories.

Our Price : Rs 1925

Pediatric Walkers Features

• One button folding walker
• 8 sections height adjustable
• Light weight and easy to use and fold away smartly
• With a push button, length can be adjusted telescopically.
• Suction PVC bush for better grip on any surface
• Easy to open and close with center button. 
• PVC hand grip for better comfort

Product Benefits:

• Fold for easier storage and transportation
• Available in sizes fitting teens through adults
• Designed to make walking less energy consuming
• Improves alignment and maximizes potential for walking
• Facilitate postural alignment, balance and components of gait

While special needs equipment, such as walkers, are usually associated with the elderly or infirm, there's a segment of young users who require specialized pediatric walkers. A walker for kids may be required as a gait trainer, or a safety roller with or without an integrated seat/harness or a glider walker used to give a child self-confidence as he/she is encouraged to take steps.

Karma Walker WK-51 or Deluxe Reciprocal Front Wheel Walker helps in adding stability to the walking process and also enhances the balance of the person who uses it. Particularly people who have osteoarthritis require mobility aids like walkers, canes, crutches and scooters to allow them to compensate for painful joints or joints with restricted motion range. Old age will never make you dependent on others, when you use Karma Walker WK-51. You can do anything and everything that you wish to do, while using this walker. It is a one button folding walker. It is easy to use. It has 8 height adjustable sections and comes in various colours.

Our Price : Rs 1975

Karma Walker WK 51 Features

• Deluxe Reciprocal Folding Walker 
• One button folding walker 
• 8 sections height adjustable 
• Height Length : 79.5-95 cm
• Width 5" : caster 
• Color: Silver, Bronze
• Pediatric Model also available(WK 54P)

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The Crutches Improve Your Balance and Stability

A crutch is a mobility aid that transfers weight from the legs to the upper body. It is often used for people who cannot use their legs to support their weight, for reasons ranging from short-term injuries to lifelong disabilities.

A crutch must do two things reduce weight load on one of your legs and broaden your support base to improve your balance and stability. The support also should assist upright movement and transmit sensory cues through the hands. A Underarm Crutches allows people with paralysis or other disabilities the benefits of upright posture and lets them maneuver in places they cannot go with a wheelchair.

Our Price : Rs 900

These non-traditional crutches are useful for users with an injury or disability affecting one lower leg only. They function by strapping the affected leg into a support frame that simultaneously holds the lower leg clear of the ground while transferring the load from the ground to the user's knee or thigh. This style of crutch has the advantage of not using the hands or arms while walking. A claimed benefit is that upper thigh atrophy is also reduced because the affected leg remains in use. Unlike other crutch designs these designs are unusable for pelvic, hip or thigh injuries and in some cases for knee injuries also.

Benefits of forearm crutches : There must be something to the fact that forearm crutches are the preferred walking aid among long term crutch users. Or, just ask anyone that has had to endure the use of underarm crutches for more than a couple of weeks, and most will tell of a painful and sometimes debilitating experience. From armpits rubbed raw to major wrist pain and in some cases permanent nerve damage, underarm crutches can at times cause more harm than the original injury. However, underarm crutches are still a common walking aid and for some, may be their only option.

Crutches, in general, are medical devices that assist people ambulate from one place to another when they are unable to walk due to an illness or injury. They act as an assistive device by helping support the person's body weight in hopes the patient can be more mobile. Lofstrand crutches, more commonly known as Arm Crutches, consist of bands that encompass the forearms along with having handles for the patient to hold and rest his/her hands; the bands and hand rests act together to help support the patient's body weight. The forearm band has a quick release making it easy to take off the crutches when wanted or to relieve the forearms from damage if a fall occurs.

Forearm, or elbow crutches have a cuff that encircles your forearm and a handgrip that you hold onto. They are used to support you when walking. If you are given crutches by a healthcare professional pay attention to their advice on how to use them. You may find that you need to adjust the height to suit you and make you most comfortable. Forearm crutches are relatively straightforward to adjust, but ensure that after any adjustments you secure them at the new height or you could risk an accident.

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Walking Aids: Benefits of Using Walking Stick for Elderly Care

Walking sticks are regular companions to people of all shapes and sizes, regardless of the type of walking. Anything from a simple afternoon stroll to a rigorous multi-day hike through the woods can be aided by a walking stick. Such aids range from a simple stick made from a tree branch to specialized, ergonomic sticks purchased at high prices from outdoor-gear stores. Walking sticks improves a person’s mobility. It helps people of all ages to maintain a healthier and active lifestyle. It can benefit a person’s health by giving them better balance. It lessens the stress on the body and relieves join pain. Elderly use it to move around better and for the things they need to do. It can give a person more confidence and is beneficial for people of all ages. It minimizes weight from the legs, back, knees, hips and ankles and makes feel less tired and more energized in day to day activities.

The purpose of mobility aid products such as walking sticks is to help users move freely by offering support. The use of walking sticks also promises to alleviate pain and discomfort for users and plays an important part in the healing process. To reap all these advantages, users need to know the correct way of using mobility aids. To achieve this objective, they need to avoid certain mistakes while Adjustable Walking Sticks with the help of a stick to avoid inconvenience and accidents.

Adjustable Walking Sticks

• Our Price :Rs 375

Adjustable Walking Sticks Provides support to Elders with mobility challenges. Walking stick with a variable height for user comfort for support to the elderly.

Adjustable Walking Sticks Features

• Aluminium Walking Stick
• Lightweight Aluminium
• Height Adjustable ( 28-37 inches)
• Lightweight aluminium construction
• Adjustable height to suit individual user requirements
• L shaped handle for better grip

Walking aids can assist older people to maintain balance and minimize the risk of falling and it may want to consider some of these for the elderly parent or relative in and out of the home. Walking sticks are made from various materials. Metal and carbon fibre sticks tend to be stronger than wooden ones, and some are height adjustable Walking Stick, whereas wooden walking sticks will need to be cut to the correct height.

It is very important that walking stick is the right height, otherwise it can be potentially unsafe and can't be used for bearing weight. 

Walking Stick

• Our Price :Rs 400

High adjustable for user comfort. Non abrasive special engineering plastic material pods for firm base grip Pivotal structure of pod gives support on even and uneven surfaces. Easy lock pin height adjustable.

Walking Stick Features

• Light weight
• Strong and durable
• Good weight bearing
• Perfect aesthetics
• Long life of the coating
• Available in multiple colors
• Easy size customization

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