I have a “Hugo” walker and it is a huge help with a weak side which tends to unbalance me when I walk. I have been fortunate enough to have a physical therapist who has adjusted the walker so that I walk upright. And it’s kind of cool to be able to turn it around for a seat when the local conversation extends beyond my comfortable ability to stand. And so I have made peace with yet another seemingly unattractive aspect of aging. Bit by bit I am becoming practical, a virtue heretofore unknown to me. Or perhaps I am being beaten into submission by pain. Whatever……
I bought an UpWalker (Google it). You don't have to walk hunched over. You can adjust the UpWalker so you can walk nearly upright--that's what I did. It set it to let me bend just enough to take the bone-grinding pressure off my lumbar spine.
I have a “Hugo” walker and it is a huge help with a weak side which tends to unbalance me when I walk. I have been fortunate enough to have a physical therapist who has adjusted the walker so that I walk upright. And it’s kind of cool to be able to turn it around for a seat when the local conversation extends beyond my comfortable ability to stand. And so I have made peace with yet another seemingly unattractive aspect of aging. Bit by bit I am becoming practical, a virtue heretofore unknown to me. Or perhaps I am being beaten into submission by pain. Whatever……
I bought an UpWalker (Google it). You don't have to walk hunched over. You can adjust the UpWalker so you can walk nearly upright--that's what I did. It set it to let me bend just enough to take the bone-grinding pressure off my lumbar spine.