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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