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  Choosing the Right Product  




  Perhaps you've injured your foot or leg. Or maybe you're less sure-footed than you once were. Whatever the reason, you've found you need the help of a walking (gait) aid. How do you select and properly use one?
  1. Canes
  2. Rolling Walkers
  3. Crutches
  





  Which Walking Aid Do You Need to Use?  




  Are you active and just left the softball field with a twisted ankle? Or are you a weekend warrior and left the emergency room after a sprained knee? Maybe you are a little older and suffered a fall down the stairs injuring your hip and wrist. Do you use a Rolling Walker, Cane, Manual Wheelchair or Crutches?
  1. Canes
  2. Crutches
  3. Rolling Walkers
  4. Manual Wheelchairs
  





  Basic Guide For Canes  




  A cane is a stick used to give you support and balance when walking. Most Canes are made of metal, wood, or plastic. You may need to use a Cane if you are weak on one side of your body. If you have balance problems you may also need to use a Cane. The cane may decrease your pain when walking because it takes weight off your leg and joints. Using a Cane may help you to feel less tired.
  1. Standard Cane Specifics
  2. Quad Cane Specifics
  3. Canes & Crutches
  4. How to get into a chair
  5. How to get out of a chair
  6. How to walk on flat floors
  7. Going up stairs
  8. Going down stairs
  9. Tips for using your cane safely:
  





  Basic Guide For Crutches  




  Crutches help to take weight off one leg (completely or partially). The two most common types of Crutches are: Axillary Crutches and Forearm Crutches
  1. Canes & Crutches
  2. How to hold axillary Crutches
  3. Forearm Crutches Adjustment
  4. How to hold forearm Crutches
  5. How to walk with Crutches: no weight through the affected leg
  6. How to walk with Crutches: Partial weight through the affected leg
  7. Going up stairs
  8. Going down stairs
  9. How to do stairs with a railing
  





  Basic Guide For Rolling Walkers  




  The most common types of Rolling Walkers are: Standard, 2 Wheeled, and 4 Wheeled Walkers
  1. Rolling Walker Adjustment
  2. Standard Walkers
  3. 2 Wheeled Walkers
  4. 4 Wheeled Walkers
  







 

See Our Full Line of Walking Aids Here.

  



  Here are the brands that we carry
Acorn Stairlifts, Action Products, Aetrex, Amigo, Apex-Carex, Bort Medical, Clarke Healthcare, Colours, Dana Douglas, Drive, Duro-Med Industries, Eagle Health, EasyStand, EZ-Access, First Quality, FLA Orthopedics, Gaymar, Golden Technologies, Harmar, Health Craft, Inogen, Invacare, Jobst, Keen Mobility, Liko, Medela, Medline, Merry Walker, MK Battery, Moen, Nova Ortho-Med, Obus Forme, Permobil, Pride Mobility, ResMed, Respironics, Seca, SeQual, Shoprider, Standers, Sunrise Medical, TempurPedic, The Roho Group, Volker, Walk Easy 		 

 
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