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"Rubbery" Legs?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Jun 1, 2023 | Replies (107)

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@dbeshears1

You people never cease to amaze me. Who would have thought we should google proper ways to use walkers and canes? You just get one handed to you or buy them and it’s just assumed you know. My back and arms hurt enough using my walker, and I saw how hunchbacked I looked in a store window one day, that I’ve started standing straighter with my walker for posture but am afraid I’m going to trip on something since my eyes aren’t focused on the ground when I do that. I’m thankful when I don’t use either tool because then I’m not hurting my arms, but for shopping or distance I need one. I know that tonight I will be googling and you-tubing proper cane and walker use. It’s for my own long term good. Thanks to you both!

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Hi Debbie. I’m interested in your comment on your aching arms. I have neuropathy in both hands and feet and I am unable to walk without the walker. My daughter keeps telling me that I am leaning on my walker too much and this is causing the ache in my arms. It truly is disabling because when I am using the walker to shop with I just want to sit down on it or go home! I think it is referred pain from the neuropathy in my hands and that my daughter is wrong! My physiotherapist raised the arms up a little and that seems to have helped. Maybe this could work for you. Please keep in touch if anything changes for the better with your arms.