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Margaret: I have heard some top Movement disorder specialists talk about the benefits of shopping carts. They feel that the height of the carts encourage upright posture and improve gait, as well as provide strong & sturdy support when needed. I think Guardian makes a walker that comes close to replicating the shopping cart - very sturdy and with four bit wheels and a seat if needed. Carole >---------- >From: Margaret Tuchman[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Sunday, October 13, 1996 1:09PM >To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN >Subject: Re: recognising "off" and "on" > >On Sat, 12 Oct 1996 17:21:01 -0400 >Martha Rohrer wrote: > >> Usually it has happened in the supermarket. When we arrive there, >>he is zipping around with no problem walking or with balance. >>About the time we arrive at the point in the store about as far from the >>car as one can get, he begins to get heavy feet. So far, this has given him > >>enough time to leave and return to the car. Moments later, however, he can >>barely move. He always totes his quad cane with him wherever he goes, and >>usually it barely touches the ground. It is a security blanket. He has left >>it behind at the bananas, or at the coffee aisle, or where he was mulling >>over which brand of cereal provided the most beneficial fiber, only to miss >>it aisles later at the dairy section when his feet suddenly turned to lead. >>The result has been that I get my exercise racing up and down the length of >>the store looking for the missing appendage. > >I wonder if there is anything special about supermarkets?? The lighting, >perhaps?? While I do not have a cane (good idea!), the carts furnished by >the supermarkets are my saviors. I start out by pushing it with ease, and >usually end up leaning on it more & more -- and many times I have even >considered climbing into it to be pushed around by someone, if only I could >maneuver my body into the cart ;<) > > >Margaret Tuchman(54yrs,dx1980) >[log in to unmask] >******************************************************************* >