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Kathleen - people in your town must look where they're going when they shop - my neighbours don't - eek.... > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:24:41 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Falling....help please > To: [log in to unmask] > > I have never understood the wide use of the standard-issue cane, which > seems to me an invitation to walk bent and "old." Walking sticks rock > > Regarding walkers: my favorite rolling walker is a supermarket cart. The > perfect walking aid...and I do enjoy cruisin' down the cereal aisle to the > beat of the oldies they play at the Shop Rite! > > Grocery shopping was my mother's main form of exercise in her last years. > We would choose parking places by their proximity to a cart, not to the > store. > > Kathleen > > > > On 24 October 2012 02:17, 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