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How do you do this safely when you cannot bear weight on an injured foot? Thanks for this video!

Great thanks so much.

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Thank you!!

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The walker I use is the same as this one being demonstrated here. Sometimes I need to navigate some tight turns. To help in this I use the hand breaks. If Im turning right, I apply the right hand brake lever to lock the right hand wheels, the same using the left hand brake to make a tight left turn. The brake lock feature demonstrated also is invaluable. I don't often use the seat to sit down, but if I did the feature on this walker would do the business. This model while not collapsing completely does fold sufficiantly to fit easily into the trunk of a small Asian or European automobile.

Was walking down a hallway today when suddenly my balance went wonky. I didn't fall, but kinda reeled. This kinda stuff is scary to a 73-year-old. We start to realize our time on a rollator may be coming!

They have rollators now with pneumatic tires that let's you go on grass and gravel.

In 2023, in July and August, I had taken two major falls that needed hospitalization followed by a two-to-three-week stay in a rehab center. While undergoing physical therapy, I was told by the therapist to make sure I locked the wheels of my rollator before I sat down in it, and before standing up. It sounds simple, but it took me a while before doing so came naturally. I always had the wheels locked and my hands firm on the handles while turning around to face the rollator. I also followed the warning printed on its frame to never sit on the seat when it was moving. I have recently been able to walk freely without using it, but in the six years I was using it, I never had an accident. It helps to be careful, and treat the device with respect. BTW, I still don't like it when my rollator is called a walker!

It’s nice if you don’t have neuropathy, but your toes always tripped down because I don’t know where they are. Are you gonna cover it that way I don’t think you will.😊

Thank you!❤

Great info. I will share points with my Dad(86) who knows that the internet has information on it, and that is a place I go to show him videos(YT) on. His favorite is the 'Spam song', loves the stuff.

I have one that didn't come with instructions. Until now I had no idea the handles locked like that.

Why is rollator able to move with brakes on?

I sure needed this info! Thank you, so much !

Great video, and I hope that you continue to educate us, as you excel at what you do. "Thank You" for your service to your community, close, and far. Greatly appreciated, and I will share with friends as well.

Thank you, I got my walker used and never knew that the wheels locked by pushing down the handles, Thank you

Thank you so much for this video. I was thinking about getting an upright for my posture, but wasn’t sure if it was right for me. Your explanation of how it works and its disadvantages let me see that it wasn’t what I needed. I just need to get a new rollator and have it adjusted PROPERLY to improve my posture! Thank you again for this video.

"Thank You" for your excellent safety videos relating to walkers/rollator, as well as all the tips relating to interior/exterior use, as well as loading/unloading in a vehicle. >>>Greatly appreciated, and I will pass-on your videos to my friends as well. So appreciated!

To avoid the thing rolling away, one could use slightly resistive wheels (2 rear : if you flip, the front wheel will be airborne and stop assisting), capturing the energy into a battery. I reckon the charge to be low but once you have the resistive wheel working, which was the purpose, if you won't be using the energy you will have only the alternative to burn that energy through a resistor, so might as well be a battery. That battery can now feed a circuit that lets you adjust, from lever on the handle, the resistivity in the wheel or other parameter of the system you now have... I reckon I have never used those, I might be completely off... My interests comes from a need for such device. Thanks

Use "farther" when talking about distance, and "further" for everything else.

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I need to see an actual handicapped 75 year old weak person demonstrate this.

I’m alot younger than most of the folks getting this walker, I got it from the DME evaluator to help me walk better so I’m not in pain from my ankle. I was a little embarrassed because it’s a little weird being 25 needing a walker for pain.

How DOES IT FOLD INTO????

I just saw something called "Anti-tip Wheels" that regular wheelchairs have, but are sold as accessories for some Transport Chairs. Would that make tipping over when you sit less probable?

I have gone thru months of physical and occupational therapy. I have 2 similar walkers to the 1 you are using. Each of them has 1 broken brake. While I was in rehab, the therapists laughed at me in the way I used my walkers. 1st off, my legs would barely support me, I had use my arms. The first few times, they stood behind me, but I tend to pull the walker or wheelchair towards me and lift myself up so that I'm pretty much connected. They approved me lol.

ThankYou. I love my walker. It gives me freedom.

What about getting the walker in the car after you sit down. ? And I’m using a Uber driver

Thanks for sharing. I was wondering what those things were to adjust the big wheels. I figured they were for some accessory we didn't have.

Good information about using a Rollator. I've used one since 2019 when I had a hip replacement. Butting the Rollator up against a wall is one way to keep you from a face-plant. Knowing the limits of what you can expect from walking with a rollator tends to be a real PITA> And that will depend on the manufacturer of the Rollator. I have tried two different providers over the past 4 years. I chose to go with a non-US provider because I felt that the design and construction was better than what was touted by a Yankee provider. Having said that YMMMV. Be realistic about what you want and expect.

What about multiple steps? I have 5 steps to the porch, I have a rollator, thankfully it’s light so I end up carrying it up those 5 steps (after I’ve pulled the strap so it’s “folded”). A single step is nice, but that’s not what I have.

Doing it twice helps.

how do you silence that noisy when walking it? i asked doctor. she say 'get a PT' an d my insurance do not cover it

omg please cut to the chase.

Lets see this done by elderly (75÷yrs) short (5'4" or less) person who has lost much of their upper body strength, do this.

Lets see a short (under 5'4") elderly (75+ years) strength challenged😊

Thank you for the excellent advice😊

At 67, I have severe osteoarthritis in my spine, hips, and knees. Because of my kidneys I can no longer take any NSAID pain relievers-not even topical. So it's just Tylenol and I have been mostly hobbling with a cane, which is getting harder to do. I have a standard 2-wheel folding walker, but it's not all that useful outdoors and my yard is hilly in spots. So today I just got a good, heavy-duty rollator. First thing I watched was the assembly video for my new best friend, second thing was this one which offered excellent advice. I definitely want to gain back that muscle tone to the lower body. This is going to help me stay safe while start getting out and about again.

Using a walker for someone who is not hurt is different for someone in extreme pain.

What’s the advantage to putting tennis balls on your walker?

Just got out of open heart can't tell you how important it is to master this technique. If you don't have the right pillow get one cuz it's for getting in and out of chairs beds it's for sneezing coughing getting out of the car etc that pillow is the best tool I may have ever owned😂

As others have asked, we need a video on using a rollator on stairs.

The darn things are just too low. They really need redesigning with modern technolgy to provide braking. Eg instant break if it senses that the user's leg is too far back from the walker. My mum in law has terrible arthritis in her hands yet so many walkers have handbrakes. An engineer needs to team with a physio and spend time with frail, elderly people to study the problem

Each one those techniques I don't do. There is an easier way. Go to the back of the car do what u do, but put the wheels in last, I find that much easier

I have arthrose Will please me this Goodyear for me or no

Thanks I will walk with my one leg

How about for air travel onboard?