Re: Help for falling - aids

[Mary Jones <ollym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joy,
There are special protectors available in Australia.  I actually saw a PWP
yesterday in the Clinic with hip protectors.  I will get more information
for you at work tomorrow if I can.  They are medical type supply -- not
sports protectors.  They spread the impact on the body when the person falls
so that whilst bruising happens fractures are less likely,
Mary
Melbourne

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob & Joy Graham <bjgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: Help for falling - aids


> Dear List members,
>
> Many of our friends with PWP are falling - Bob included.  He has just
taken
> a bad fall onto the concrete floor of the garage and has a very sore hip!
>
> Since we can't stop these falls (always backwards, often after
> retropulsion, but sometimes due to feet sticking and not turning properly)
> I am thinking about some way to "soften the blow".
>
> Does anyone have any experience with sports equipment for example, or
> products which could be made into a protective suit to protect the hip and
> tail bone from impact.
>
> Over to your collective wisdom.
>
>  And thanks
>
>  JOY Graham
>