What is a cow mat anyway? Is this something you get at a farm supply? This may be a warning sign to do something about this area. This is the second time I have fallen out there in the last week. I backed up over some potted plants and fell over backwards. That time a hanging basket broke my fall...

Cripes, it is challenging getting old, though it does beat the alternative...

Cathie

P.S. MrsD: I may have this all out of balance. Is 1672 mg of Calcium OK w/below? Thank you...

Calcium Citrate & D: 800 IU D, 1260 mg Calcium (4 gag size pills)
Vitamin: 400 IU D, 200 mg Calcium
Biotin: (has calcium in it) 73 mg Calcium (dr. said for fingernails-doesn't work)
SloMag: 212 mg Calcium, 128 mg Magnesium (2 pills)

We must stop this ,Bob crashing my old body in a car. But ribs really hurt,so do other body parts. Did you take a gentle breath not too deep,hurt well
of course it did you hit hard thing...Please get it cheched out,but don't let
them do your back in,on th x-ray table.... Sue

Hi Yorkiemom:

I too didn't know what a cow mat was - never heard of this before. I looked it up on Google and found out. Give it a try. Interesting. We learn more here by accident than some places by design!


Shirley H.

the mats sold in sports places...that you stand on to exercise? They come in 12 in squares that you can customize to size..with interlocking flanges. I paid about 15 dollars for a good one at Dunham's.

Also there are inexpensive interlocking mats at Sam's club..one side is gray, the other with bright colors. Meant for basement floors or places you stand alot.

We put the gray exercise mats in my kitchen up North last year, to take the
pressure off my left leg. It was very successful.

The ones I have are about 1/4 inch deep.

There are lots of indoor mats, of different densities...and what you may want/need might be less 'dense' [pardon any unintended pun?] than much that is out there.

Where used? Indoor is/has less issues other than cleaning [say in a kitchen] than outdoor ones. If it's a say carport or area around a door, you want to be sure that any frosts or extended cold periods or snow don't make the 'product' brittle. The barn/stall mats are essentially OUTSIDE tho in a sheltererd building. They come in lots of mind-boggling types, sizes and more important COSTS. It's the cost that's gonna get you [shipping aside?]

Here is one site that presents a slew of variables:
http://www.greatmats.com/rubber.html

Here is another choice... Under a search for 'floor safety mats'
http://www.commercialmatsandrubber.com/

For all of this, well, I truly REFUSE to say: Moo? Hugs and tender walkies or whatever...truly hope you don't need the dreaded Bed Pan! - j

Random ? but what a mat in the shower or tub? I have been thinking I should get that and I wonder for others too. I bet you even places like Walmart carry those mats on the websites. I wish I could just float in a bubble then there would be no worry.

Most of the 'mats' carried in box-retail stores probably aren't gonna be thick enough to actually protect US if we fall-down-and-go-BOOM? [Known to EMT's those rescue guys as FDAGB].....Some mats are made to be in water [live in it and not get well moldy/funky] and others aren't....Alternatives for us are either going around as if we are skateboarding [with head-gear, elbow and knee pads] or going around in 'bubble-wrap' Don't know about you, but either alternative has less than desirable consequences to their protections. I have not yet discovered anything other than heaps of grab bars for bathing safety...IF I find something Daniella, YOU will definitely be the first or second to know rite away.... I am looking.

Mrs D? Were the mats you have over concrete or on a wood surface? I think that would have a lot to do about 'resiliency' and or protection if one actually falls on one, don't you think?
I do know that the barn/stall mats are made to be tough and outside essentially. They are also build to wear well with 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of constant animal use...wear and tear..and they do hold up. The issue is cost/vs protection and how much protection a person needs in what location. IF I find a sale on these outdoor mats, I'm gonna get one at my nemesis point...just outside one door where I have to STEP up. I often find my feet failing at the UP or down critical IN MOTION aspect... Would be nice to have some padding there for sure. - j