A wonderful mobility device for injured feet and ankles.
On May 14th I posted the following in a reply to a posting to
lrc's live journal:
One lesson from my first broken bone is that it earns you a lot more sympathy than a bad cold, but it really shouldn't. I have suffered worse with the flu. Except when I first broke it there has been surprisingly little pain. It's just a big inconvenience, mostly.
When I went to San Jose State to get my foot diagnosed at the Student Health Center I got lots of help from interested strangers. One of them gave me the most amazing tip on a mobility device. It is called a knee walker. You rest your knee on it, so you don't put weight on the injured foot. It has wheels, so it rolls, and you walk naturally with the other foot. Here's a link to see how it works:
http://www.rehabmart.com/product/11977.htm
I found a medical supply store that rents them as well as selling them. $35 a week, $100 a month, or $600 to buy. If anyone who reads this ever injures a foot and isn't allowed to put weight on it, look into it. It is the way to go. I don't think a lot of doctors know about them. Certainly when lrc's friend Dr. Julia visited this past weekend she had never seen one.
Going from crutches to the knee walker is the difference between night and day. It must be similar to the experience of people who had to cope with the inconvenience of candles, when they suddenly had the ease of electric lights. I can move around without difficulty, it does away with the pain to elbows, armpits, hands and upper body that crutches created, I am much more stable and not at risk of falling, and I can even carry a plate of food or a glass of water --impossible with crutches.
lrc's live journal:
One lesson from my first broken bone is that it earns you a lot more sympathy than a bad cold, but it really shouldn't. I have suffered worse with the flu. Except when I first broke it there has been surprisingly little pain. It's just a big inconvenience, mostly.
When I went to San Jose State to get my foot diagnosed at the Student Health Center I got lots of help from interested strangers. One of them gave me the most amazing tip on a mobility device. It is called a knee walker. You rest your knee on it, so you don't put weight on the injured foot. It has wheels, so it rolls, and you walk naturally with the other foot. Here's a link to see how it works:
http://www.rehabmart.com/product/11977.htm
I found a medical supply store that rents them as well as selling them. $35 a week, $100 a month, or $600 to buy. If anyone who reads this ever injures a foot and isn't allowed to put weight on it, look into it. It is the way to go. I don't think a lot of doctors know about them. Certainly when lrc's friend Dr. Julia visited this past weekend she had never seen one.
Going from crutches to the knee walker is the difference between night and day. It must be similar to the experience of people who had to cope with the inconvenience of candles, when they suddenly had the ease of electric lights. I can move around without difficulty, it does away with the pain to elbows, armpits, hands and upper body that crutches created, I am much more stable and not at risk of falling, and I can even carry a plate of food or a glass of water --impossible with crutches.