السبت، 27 مايو 2017

Enjoying The Outdoors With An All Terrain Walker

By Raymond Cole


Taking our elderly parents or grandparents on family trips can be a huge responsibility. Keeping them safe while expanding their horizons and allowing them to enjoy time with their people is the goal all families seek to accomplish. This ideal is more easily achieved with an all terrain walker.

As we age, it becomes even more vital that we continue the basic activity of walking. When we become less active, the ability to engage in normal daily routines is impaired, and this can result in one actually giving up on things they once enjoyed. The fear factor can prevent the patient from pursuing physical therapy, especially if the injury was sustained during their normal routine.

For older patients, healing can take longer and be more difficult to achieve. If they injured themselves while on a walk, getting them out walking again can be nearly impossible. However, without that basic activity, they risk experiencing a continued decline in their overall health and well being.

Depression can cause a patient to avoid physical activity, even without the presence of an injury. Having the support of friends and family is key to encouraging the individual to push themselves in a positive direction. Once a patient has established a daily habit of physical activity, they are more likely to continue being active and pursuing activities on their own that promote a sense of well being.

With these modern walkers, patients may be more likely to follow the advice of their physical therapist. With the ability to travel in various environments, the areas available for walking are expanded to beaches and nature preserves. In fact, even a daily stroll through the back yard is more likely to occur when the patient is provided with the best equipment available.

When the lower back is supported, taking pressure off knees and ankles, it is easier for an injured or elderly individual to be mobile. Once improvement is noted, however, the patient may want to ditch the support for short trips. It is vital to the healing process that they be able to walk at a normal stride as soon as possible, so their prior level of activity can be resumed.

Motorized chairs are vital to maintaining independence for many people. Unfortunately, for patients who fail to pursue physical activity, or obese individuals who opt for a chair rather than walking themselves, they can inhibit one from regaining any true level of fitness. If the patient can walk, they are encouraged to do so, even if they require the assistance of walkers.

Fitness walkers are ideal for anyone who wishes to improve their ability to move and live independently after an injury or surgical procedure. They fold down small enough to be carried in a trunk or back seat. This allows the individual to travel on their own, allowing them to do their own shopping, or even get back and forth to work while they are healing.




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