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Grab Your Seat Stick & Get Back To The Places You Enjoy!

Are there places you would like to go but can’t stand for long? Do you have a folding seat stick? If you don’t have one yet, then why not? There is a variety of seat sticks described further on. Why not have a read and see if a use for you springs to mind.

These sticks are not specifically designed with the disabled or older person in mind – they are suitable for anyone male or female of any age and because most of them fold and some of them have a carrying bag and lightweight they are particularly easy to take anywhere you may have in mind. Maybe you fancy a day strolling along the seafront or just walking around the shops. Perhaps a trip to a museum or are you going on holiday?

Lady or gentleman, tourist or sport spectator. Whether you’re actually at The Open watching the Golf or Epsom watching the Derby or walking around the South of England Show in June or even for the childrens or grand childrens sports day, one of these walking sticks with seats will suit you.

There are two types of seat foot available – firstly the ferrule, to cater for the hard ground such as pavements and hard summer grassy ground or possibly slippery smooth shop or museum floors and the other is a spike with a ground plate over the top which stops the spike sinking too far down into soft ground if the weather has been a bit wet as is often the case here in the uk.

Folding Seat Sticks are also something very popular at this time of the year.  There is a variety of these.  All seat sticks come with ferrules fitted as standard and can easily be replaced when worn

Grab Your Walking Stick and Lets Go

Here comes the summer, grab your walking stick(s) and lets go, a short walk in the park, a stroll along the seafront or a walk to the shops.

Many people think ‘I’m not using a stick it will make me look old’. Using a stick can give increased confidence.  It’s like having something to hold on to which consequently helps with balance.

It is of course very important to have the correct length stick. Too long and it won’t support you- it will feel like you are carrying it and may cause pain in the neck, shoulder and back. Too short and you will feel off balance or as if you are stooping – either way it can be unsafe.

A lot has changed since the days of only having a wooden stick with a round handle that you could hook over your arm. There are many shapes of handle available and the best shape is really up to the user to choose:

Crook Handle Walking Sticks

This is available in Chesnut, Beech and Ash wooden sticks or aluminium folding adjustable or non-folding adjustable sticks.  The curved handle can sometimes cause hand or wrist pain because when it is leaned upon, only the centre of the palm of the hand takes the pressure.  Also, again, because of the curve, when using the stick the wrist can either bends backward or tip down depending which side of the crook is being held.  However, a lot of people still prefer this shape.

Derby Handle Walking Sticks

This is horizontal with the handle pitched up at the front and a curl on the rear with a slight dome in the middle that spreads the weight evenly across your palm.  The wooden Derby is available in two thicknesses, gents and a slightly slimmer handle for ladies.

Anatomic Handle Walking Sticks

This may suit someone who has Arthritis as it is shaped and will support the whole of the palm, front to back, side to side. It is available on a wooden shaft, or an aluminium folding adjustable stick.

All About Pressure Ulcers

When caring for a bed or wheelchair confined person there are lots of things to bear in mind, such as making sure their diet is healthy and their hygiene is well kept, but something as simple as changing someone’s position can be easily overlooked. This can lead to severe pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, forming on sensitive parts of the body due to irritation and continuous pressure. Pressure ulcers are easier to prevent than treat and are much more common on bony parts of the body such as the heels, sacrum, elbows, hips, back, shoulders and bottom. In the most severe cases it can take less than an hour for a pressure ulcer to develop.

How do they develop?

The blood flow through skin is disrupted when a large amount of pressure is applied to an area of skin over a short period of time, but can also form when pressure is applied over a longer amount of time. If the skin has no supply of blood it becomes starved of oxygen and nutrients which eventually leads to pressure ulcers forming.

Who is affected?

Pressure ulcers affect people who find it hard to move such as people confined to a bed or chair. People with Type 2 Diabetes are also prone to pressure ulcers as this condition affects the blood flow through the body. Its estimated that approximately half a million people in the UK alone will develop a pressure ulcer in any given year, usually affecting people with an underlying medical condition such as diabetes or obesity or even people over the age of 70 due to the increased likeliness of them having a

Lille Products At Procter Health Care

We have been stocking Lille products for almost 10 years. Over the years the brand has come under many aliases, such as Tyco, Covidien, Ontex and Ganmill. Here at Procter Health Care, we feel that the Lille brand continues to provide us with quality products which customers want to buy again and again. We regularly receive positive feedback about our Lille products and our service, many of them saying they find the product very reliable and the service prompt.

Lille Healthcare has been manufacturing continence solutions for over 45 years. They have a large range of items in a variety of absorbencies including incontinence pads, pants, bed pads and incontinence wipes. Their products are designed so that the user can be discreet with their continence management, while living life to the full!

Quality and variety is very important to us at Procter’s. We have something for everybody and aim to meet individual needs. We have continence care combinations for any situation and we are always on the lookout for new products to expand our incontinence range. For example, light male urinary incontinence can be discreetly managed with the use of Male Shaped Pads. Unisex light to moderate urinary incontinence can be met with our straight or shaped pads, to be used with a tight fitting net or lycra pant. Alternatively, disposable all-in-one pant style incontinence products are ideal for heavy urinary incontinence or dual/faecal incontinence. All of these solutions can b