Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD and CRPS) Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type I) and Causalgia (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type II)(RSD and CRPS)


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Old 04-03-2014, 05:33 PM #31
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I don't think that sort of knee walker would work for me either. Even though I kind of use my 4 wheeled walker that way when standing still (to keep the weight off my bad leg)...I don't actually put WEIGHT on it like you would with the knee scooter thing. When standing still...it just gives me a little bit of relief from the weight bearing when I need to be standing still for a while...I put all the weight on my other leg during those times...not on my knee.

I am pretty speedy with my walker...mostly because I don't worry about falling when I have it...so I zoom right along unless I am having a bad flare. When I walk without the walker or with just a cane...I have to go slower and take very deliberate steps. With the walker...it's pretty much get out of my way or I will run you over...lol! Not when I first started with it...I was slower than the oldest granny at the mall...but I've worked my way up to a pretty normal pace (except when in a bad flare...then I'm at turtle speed again).

I tend to "hug" the furniture and walls when I walk at home without the walker too Bram...the only reason I am remotely grateful for our tiny kitchen is that I can work in there pretty easily because everything is literally within arm's reach.

I got my walker on amazon.com and I got a pink one...the one thing that sets mine apart from most of the ones I see older people using...lol!
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I don't think that sort of knee walker would work for me either. Even though I kind of use my 4 wheeled walker that way when standing still (to keep the weight off my bad leg)...I don't actually put WEIGHT on it like you would with the knee scooter thing. When standing still...it just gives me a little bit of relief from the weight bearing when I need to be standing still for a while...I put all the weight on my other leg during those times...not on my knee.

I am pretty speedy with my walker...mostly because I don't worry about falling when I have it...so I zoom right along unless I am having a bad flare. When I walk without the walker or with just a cane...I have to go slower and take very deliberate steps. With the walker...it's pretty much get out of my way or I will run you over...lol! Not when I first started with it...I was slower than the oldest granny at the mall...but I've worked my way up to a pretty normal pace (except when in a bad flare...then I'm at turtle speed again).

I tend to "hug" the furniture and walls when I walk at home without the walker too Bram...the only reason I am remotely grateful for our tiny kitchen is that I can work in there pretty easily because everything is literally within arm's reach.

I got my walker on amazon.com and I got a pink one...the one thing that sets mine apart from most of the ones I see older people using...lol!

The furniture hugging is what I do at home too but I know it as furniture surfing I think my pt used that word lol. I would describe it as clinging on for dear life myself! In my home there is always something sturdy to latch on to except for to the right of the back door which is why I rarely use it!
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