Walking difficulties

slim-jim

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My wife now walks very slowly with a walking stick in her right hand and me holding her left hand.the problem is that she is wanting to veer to the right and I am continually pulling her back.she never veers to the left.we actually make light of it and I tell her if i let her go she would walk in a circle and come back to me. I wonder if anyone else has the same problem.
 

marionq

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When my husband used one stick and held on to me I ended up with a bad back. A friend suggested he should try using two sticks and I just walked beside him in case he needed help. This was a huge improvement and he became quite adept.
 

slim-jim

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When my husband used one stick and held on to me I ended up with a bad back. A friend suggested he should try using two sticks and I just walked beside him in case he needed help. This was a huge improvement and he became quite adept.
Thanks for that suggestion but my wife cannot pick her feet up and I am sure she would stumble forward if i was not holding her as happened several times
 

Grannie G

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Like @marionq I ended up with back trouble after supporting my husband when we walked. When he started to use a stick I usually ended up holding it because he didn`t understand how to use ut.

Be careful of your back @slim-jim. We often don`t realise how much weight it is taking until the damage is done.
 
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slim-jim

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Like @canary I ended up with back trouble after supporting my husband when we walked. When he started to use a stick I usually ended up holding it because he didn`t understand how to use ut.

Be careful of your back @slim-jim. We often don`t realise how much weight it is taking until the damage is done.
Thanks for the advice
 

Bunpoots

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My aunt used to veer to the right. She was aware of doing it but couldn’t correct it. My dad found it much easier to walk with a wheeled Walker. I’m sure it would’ve solved my aunt's problem too but she was a proud woman and didn’t even like using a stick!

I have a bad knee which started while supporting my dad but still bothers me on and off 2 years after he died. I didn’t realise it was happening until too late and it took some very expensive chiropractic treatment to put it right again.
 

Catastrophe

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My dad uses a wheeled walker as his balance is really bad. Without the walker he drags his feet, with the walker he doesn't and walks almost normally. I can keep him steady by just holding one side and steering a bit. Meaning I don't have to support him. It took a while to get him to use it as he did not want people to see him using it. He has got over that now.
 

Grannie G

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I left it too late for a walking frame for my husband.

By the time we got one he was unable to learn how to use it. Instead of taking a few steps and moving the frame forward, he just moved the frame and didn`t understand he needed to move his feet forward too.
 

Claire G

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My dad uses a wheeled walker as his balance is really bad. Without the walker he drags his feet, with the walker he doesn't and walks almost normally. I can keep him steady by just holding one side and steering a bit. Meaning I don't have to support him. It took a while to get him to use it as he did not want people to see him using it. He has got over that now.
Hi
 

Claire G

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Hi there

I have bought a walker for my Dad as he can walk a bit but then falls. It has a seat and brakes but my other half said it would be a danger because he will try and sit on it and forget to use the brakes ....have you had this issue please
 

Moggymad

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Yes this was a problem for my mum but she only used her rollator to go out with & during those times she wasn't alone. I had to keep telling her to put the brakes on. She didn't like sitting on it. Maybe indoors it won't roll so easily if used on carpet?
 

Claire G

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Yes this was a problem for my mum but she only used her rollator to go out with & during those times she wasn't alone. I had to keep telling her to put the brakes on. She didn't like sitting on it. Maybe indoors it won't roll so easily if used on carpet?
Thank you - Maybe I will stick with the zimmer for now, or until he gets more mobility back :)
 

Countryboy

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Hi slim-jim thanks for the this thread
I found it very interesting because for past six months or so I have been doing exactly the same thing I also veer off to the right and bump into door frames and furniture my right is bruised all time, I actually noticed it when my medication was changed I was taking 225mg Irbesartan every day for blood pressure but after the removal of right kidney the Irbesartan was effecting my left kidney so they stopped it and I was given DOXAZOSIN 2mg then increased to 4mg that’s when I actually noticed myself getting head light, headaches and unbalanced so I reduced my DOXAZOSIN to 3mg myself I did inform my GP but didn’t talk to much about my veering off to the right to when walking to my GP, :rolleyes: I expect its probably something to do with my FTD brain activity however it has stopped my going for a walk now because I don’t want to veer off in from of a car / lorry and if I was in the street or super market I would be bumping into people but just another medical issue I need to get to grips with:D;)

reading replies its good to see its not unusual though
 

Moggymad

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Thank you - Maybe I will stick with the zimmer for now, or until he gets more mobility back :)
If I remember correctly I think the seat lid can be removed & would prevent your dad using it as a seat & just use it as a mobility aid. It really helped my mum keep her balance as she too, reading the other posts on here, used to veer off to one side. I also helped steer it!
 

Claire G

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If I remember correctly I think the seat lid can be removed & would prevent your dad using it as a seat & just use it as a mobility aid. It really helped my mum keep her balance as she too, reading the other posts on here, used to veer off to one side. I also helped steer it!
Thanks Moggymad I will give a dust at the weekend and decide
 

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