Economy Knee Walker

An Economy Knee Walker (also referred to as a knee scooter or roll-a-bout) is a great crutch alternative and is a device designed to assist injured people with walking. The Economy Knee Walker is a way to gain mobility during the healing and rehabilitation process of an injured foot or ankle.

Safety

The Economy Knee Walker is a safer way to remain active while nursing a foot or ankle injury back to health. Crutches can cause users to slip and fall, creating the potential for further injury. With the Economy Knee Walker, there is no reason to fear falling. The roll-a-bout like device is designed similar to a scooter toy that a child would ride. Instead of a foot board, the Economy Knee Walker has a raised knee pad that the injured user can rest their leg on during while they use the knee walker. Once rested on the knee pad, users can balance themselves easily by placing their hands on the crutch alternatives handle bars. With the unaffected foot, users can push off the ground in a forward direction (as if using a skateboard). Not only is this method of mobility safer, but it is also a much quicker and more effective way to travel.

Painless

Crutches require the injured person to place all of their weight on to the crutches and carry their own weight. With the Economy Knee Walker, balancing body weight is effortless and does not cause the user extra pain or discomfort. Using crutches over an extended period of time can cause underarm sores and chaffing. The constant rubbing of the crutch on sensitive skin is painful and frustrating. Crutches also cause neck, back and shoulder pain. These discomforts can make someone suffering from a foot or ankle injury discouraged and feel like they are without a way to move freely during the healing process of their injury. The Economy Knee Walker is designed to provide pain free mobility to anyone in need of a way to travel. Unlike crutches, a knee scooter does not add to the suffering of the user, but rather eases the pain of the injury.

Benefits

Along with a safe and painless way to gain mobility, a roll-a-bout also provides much more. A knee scooter is designed to help elevate the injured foot or ankle. This elevation can increase circulation to the injury and promote healing. By elevating the injury, those who are injured feel less pain as the injury never touches the ground, which can cause jarring and shock to the injury. Using a crutch alternative allows those who are injured to use all of their muscles to maneuver around. By using all of the muscles, users can prevent atrophy. Sufferers of foot and ankle injuries can benefit from the use of an Economy Knee Walker.