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You have a walking stick that splits into rubber feet? This is a walking stick that is tall enough for you to stand upright and grasp the stick at say breast height? I've never seen that, it sounds really great. Do you know where it came from? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:05 PM, A Phillips <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > walking sticks wobble, though I've got one that splits into 4 little rubber feet, which is steady, though a tendency to stab myself in the toe with it. As it stands by itself, it sometimes doubles as a clothes-airer.My knee-scooter is also worth every penny I paid for it (£150 2nd-hand), despite slight tendency to overturn if front basket loaded and having to shoo kids off it. >> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:33:42 -0500 >> From: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: Falling....help please >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> Anecdotal ... A man I adore was prescribed a walker. He hated it and had been quite a cross country skier. He decided to adapt his own ski poles as his choice to move through the world . It worked for him most of his life. He found a very comfortable walking aid that suited his strengths. I'm thinking about this great conversation about center of gravity.the average walker requires people to shift forward and either roll or hump. Ustep is better and we own two gratefully. >> >> Just noodling here. Is there a better design than a frame? I sure don't have any ideas, but I do believe you have to ask questions to find answers. Love you guys! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Oct 24, 2012, at 1:17 AM, Meg Duggan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> There was actually a bit of movement on the idea of walking sticks vs walkers. Found to be so much better, posturally, dare I say for center of gravity for pwp? The idea was that a waking stick kept arms high , vision up and forward etc. it's so hard to keep abreast of these ideas , but the waking stick thing had real efficacy as I recall. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Oct 23, 2012, at 5:29 AM, mschild <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>>> It's actually a humorous and instructive way to describe it. >>>> Yes, one that stuck in my mind at least even after so many years. We were told that during my physiotherapy training whilst decomposing the walk movements and it is true. >>>> Learning to fall properly is a good idea but unfortunately one would have to keep up with it all one´s life so it becomes a reflex and an automatism. Automatic movements remain a long time in PD but most of the time, people did judo or other such sports in their youth or young adulthood and this falling reflex has gone by the time they have PD. >>>> And you don´t always fall where you have enough space, like in a dojo. >>>> John for a long time felt comfortable with 2 canes, the outdoor hiking type which help keep a normal movement. People always walks better on their own rather then ´helped´ by someone who tends to push-restrain rather then really help.Then he had to have a walker indoors and the Ustep was the best choice. >>>> >>>> maryse >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >>>> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn