An Insight Into The Different Types Of Walking Frames?

WALKING FRAMES

If you are debilitated by a disease or injury that has attenuated your overall motion then walking frames is something that is a must-have for you. They came in a lot of varieties, each customized well for outdoors or indoors.

They are usually of two types i.e. with wheels and without wheels. Besides other features like size and maximum force bearing capacity are also customized as per use.

Here we will discuss different types of medical equipment online or such frames, which will help you choose one for yourself as per your preferences.

Indoor frames

‘Essential Aids’ mobility shop offers a wide variety of best quality, cost-friendly walking frames from which you can choose from

Aluminium frames

Why do we use aluminium? Well, the answer is simple. It fits your preference cost wise while at the same time having high tensile strength and it resists the corrosion too.

Standard aluminium frames from the medical online store come with four legs and have an upright frame

Steel frames

once a common sight in walking frames, now steel frames are a thing of the past, because of their heaviness and on top of that their susceptibility to rust too. That’s why Aluminium frames took over.

But if your weight is let’s say above 170 pounds you may probably desire a steel one, because strength-wise it wins over Aluminium.

Besides steel rollators are a good option for outdoor use and we will cover this later.

Standard walking frames

These frames more commonly go by the name of the ‘pulpit frame’. They are most suitable for using indoors.

They too are made of aluminium as expected. It comes with a horizontal brace which increases the tensile strength of the frame. It uses the pin and clip mechanism to adjust the height of the frame. It comes with a plastic or high-density foam grips that are customised in such a way so as to maintain a balanced moment of inertia of frame and this ultimately adds more to comfort. These grips require little power to operate and this makes them extremely useful for patients with bone and joint disorders of fingers.

Narrow Walking frames

Before buying a frame for indoor use, you have to carefully analyse the dimensions of your doors and the living space. A-frame should easily get through the doors. It should also be of convent use in narrow and small living spaces. If your living area and small and so are the doors, a Narrow walking frame is probably the best for you. The name gives up all, this frame is specially designed to make it through narrow gaps.

This has a down factor to it too. You trade the feature of stability of a frame with this feature.

Reciprocal walkers

This type is a smart type of walker. It allows you to move forwards and at the same time having nothing to worry about the support and balance for the user. This feat is achieved because of its unique design. This has 3 unique parts that work in unison to achieve this type of movement. This is very different from the conventional standard frame. If you can recall, the standard frame requires you to move it as a whole in order to initiate and execute the movements.

More importantly, what makes this frame unique is its static mode. So basically, it can be converted to the standard frame whenever such mode is needed. This ensures that the user switches between different modes as per his preference

Folding walking frames

This is a subtype of a reciprocal walking frame from a medical online store. So basically, it refers to the ability of a reciprocal walking frame to fold down. Remember it has 3 parts? you can detach them and then the whole assembly collapses to a small portable unit. This facilitates its ease in transportation from one place to another.

Wheeled walking frames

 This refers to the frames with wheels fixed on the front legs. They deviate from the classic swivel caster style as they are not free but are fixed and rotate only linearly. This means you will have to lift it a but first if you have to change the direction.