| IWalkFree® I walk free Hands Free Crutch, handsfree Weight Capacity: 300 lbs
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An alternative to traditional crutches is the iWALKFree ,:
- Arms and hands are free through the use of the revolutionary IWALKfree thereby allowing you to carry out your daily activities without the inconvenience of using the regular crutches
- The opportunity to take an active part in their lives and their rehabilitation
IWALKFree supports the knee and upper leg using a universal, ambidextrous fastening system that allows for almost any adjustment for user height and leg size
It takes little time to get used to, very easy to use and also comfortable
With iWALKFree users enjoy an incredible level of mobility and freedom. Canes, wheelchairs, forearm, underarm or platform crutches are typically used to manage injuries, trauma and circulation problems of the lower leg, ankle or foot while these devices allow users some mobility, they all engage the arms & hands, further handicapping the user.
Playing with the kids, getting up and down stairs, exercising, using the phone, going shopping… Now, with iWALKFree, you don't have to miss out on any of your daily activities.
Medical Benefits
iWALKFree… The Hands-Free Crutch continues to be the subject of positive medical assessments and clinical study, particularly under the auspice of the Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada.
The medical benefits of IWALKFree to users include:
- improved mobility
- improved motor function
- improved personal esteem through management of daily affairs
- improved prospects for coping and well-being
- potential for reduction in muscle atrophy & muscle strength
- potential for decrease in loss of bone density
- potential for shortened rehabilitation time
- improved ability to exercise
- improved personal safety
If you have had a bad fall, broken bones or surgery , you know about the slow recovery period during which you can only move around with the aid of crutches which eventually limit your activities, your solution to your problem is the IWALKFree.
iWALKFree is a revolutionary crutch designed by Lance Mathew who after sustaining a bad fall in November of 1997 would have had to postpone his holiday trip and forget about the long walk he had dreamt of all year. Not Lance Mathew he quickly went to work and constructed the first iWALKFree from wood, it proved so practical that he had no problem proceeding with his planned holiday where he eventually indulged in long walks using his new invention now known as the iWALKFree.
The doctors and orthopaedic technologists at Toronto's Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, one of the leading orthopaedic research facilities in North America, were so impressed that they understood an immediate trial of the device should ensue, and recommended patent protection. With manufacturing advice from a colleague, Matthews embarked on a new phase of development.
Early prototype work of the IWALKFree was refined with the assistance of a variety of professional advisors, all of whom shared in a determination to offer crutch and cane users a dramatic improvement in their personal mobility.
In July 30th of 1999 the Canadian minister of health wrote to Mathew and he
indicated that iWALKFree was a class 1 design medical device with a very innovative design … and will provide an important treatment option for victims of land mines and others for which [sic] a hands free crutch is appropriate."
iWALKFree has received a Medical Device Establishment Licence (769) from Health Canada's Therapeutic Products Programme.
High performance, hands-free durable crutch substitute used by motivated non-weight bearing patients
Lightweight, comfortable and inexpensive, can replace standard crutches allowing for an early return to daily activities
Used to treat cases of foot or ankle fracture, achilles tendon rupture, lower extremity trauma or amputation and diabetic foot ulcer
Adjustable height from 4-6' +, fits left or right leg
Features comfortable foam pad and the IWALKFree is easy to assemble without tools
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