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posted 10/21/2009, comments (0)

Mobility Aids and MS: Scooters

You need a wheelchair, but do you have the strength or desire to push and maneuver a manual chair. What are the options? There are scooters and power chairs. Today I will talk about power operated vehicles (POV), also called scooters or carts.Wheelchairs have been with us for a long time. Although there were experiments in England in 1916,... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/14/2009, comments (2)

Mobility Aids and MS: Manual Wheelchairs

Nothing says disability like a wheelchair, and the wheelchair is one of the greatest fears of MSers. But MSers are not alone in this fear. Last year a Disaboom survey asked: "Would you rather be disabled or dead?" 52% of the respondents said they would rather die. There are more than 54 million Americans -- many of them MSers -- who might... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/06/2009, comments (2)

Mobility Aids and MS: Wheelchairs

In this series of articles about mobility aids, I have already covered walking aids. Now it is time to delve into the scary stuff — wheelchairs. The question of wheelchairs is with you from the beginning. When diagnosed with MS, one of the first questions that comes to mind is, "Will I be in a wheelchair?" Chances are your doctor did not... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/30/2009, comments (5)

Mobility Aids and MS: The Future of Walking Aids

Many types of walking aids do a good job of helping those of us who need it. Research has been responsible for many new advances to the long-lived foot braces, canes, crutches and walkers. Corporations and individual inventors continue to develop new and improved walking aids. The Twenty-first Century brought with it promises of an exciting... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/22/2009, comments (4)

Mobility Aids and MS: Walkers

According to the National MS Society, about 2/3 of people with MS have walking difficulties, and many of those use walkers at least some of the time. In the previous article on mobility aids, I talked about foot braces and crutches and introduced walkers. Today, I am talking more about walkers. Walkers are like canes in that there is more to them... Read more Chevron

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