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Mobility/Living Aids
Often, it’s the small inconveniences of everyday life that make persistent stiffness, pain, diminished strength, limited mobility and poor eyesight truly frustrating. Conditions such as arthritis, bursitis and tendonitis can make simple tasks – buttoning and unbuttoning clothing, removing jar lids – a challenge. Diabetics and edema sufferers often struggle with footwear and compression hosiery, making it difficult to obtain relief. For others, even the motions associated with eating cause pain and aggravation. Fortunately, there are many products and practices that help simplify daily tasks – making life a lot more livable.
Smart products for everyday life
Innovative manufacturers offer a variety of solutions for everyday challenges – helping those with chronic pain, reduced mobility, and poor eyesight to regain their both confidence and independence. With simple solutions like hook-and-loop button replacements and adaptive shirts, pants and skirts, dressing becomes a pleasure, not a chore.
Products like adaptive writing instruments and adaptive kitchen utensils a help to alleviate the challenges of limited – or uncomfortable – manual dexterity tasks.
Stocking aids, can simplify the task of putting on tight therapeutic support hose, and orthopedic footwear helps to ensure foot comfort, while eliminating the need to fumble with dexterity-intensive laces or buckles.
Do your home work
Depending on your condition, there are a number of ways to adjust your environment to minimize the impact of your symptoms. Consider these examples:
- For people with joint pain and diminished mobility – consider clothing with hook-and-loop closures on the front to eliminate the need for bending, stretching and extensive manual dexterity. Outfit your kitchen with adaptive utensils, and put the pleasure back into mealtime.
- For those with diabetes and edema – take the challenge out of compression stockings with handle-equipped sock aids. Opt for orthopedic footwear that allows ample room for air circulation, while providing chafe-free comfort
- For those with poor eyesight – seek large-print versions of publications, and use magnifiers to read small print on prescriptions, instructions and elsewhere. Make sure lights are bright, and keep floors clear of obstructions
- For those with diminished strength – make sure to use handrails, and to keep door hardware well lubricated for easy-opening. Keep jar openers handy in the kitchen. Be sure to use railings and anti-slip mats in the bathroom and shower to prevent falls.
Don’t let small inconveniences add up to major frustration. Even when pain, stiffness and other limitations require extra time and attention – they shouldn’t take the pleasure out of day-to-day life.
More information on better mobility
To learn more about taking the frustration out of daily life, visit the National Institute of Health’s Assistive Device area at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/assistivedevices.html.
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