Re: Help for falling - aids

[Bob & Joy Graham <bjgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Mary,
 Thanks for this info, I look forward to getting this.  I didn't think I
had to reinvent the wheel!

 Joy

>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
>>