Medical Device Retailer Aims to Substantially Expand the Knee Walker Market

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. - May 9, 2014 - PRLog -- “It’s incredible how few people have actually heard about knee walkers, until they’ve needed one” Says Brendan Hedley, owner of MyKneeScooter.com. “These convenient devices will soon become as common as crutches.”

Through MyKneeScooter.com Brendan’s goal is to expand the commonality and attainability of knee walkers throughout America and he has recently opened distribution channels nationwide. Brendan exclaims that “the effectiveness of knee walkers and seated scooters is too great to go un-noticed for much longer.”

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Knee walkers are designed for patients with injuries to the lower leg, ankle and foot. They are perfect for Charcot foot, bunions, ulcers, broken bones, torn ligaments, Achilles tendon problems, and arthritis, as well as numerous other conditions or injuries. A knee walker has a padded platform, on which, the patient places the knee of their injured foot while they push forward with their good foot. Many knee walkers are steerable, with bicycle style handlebars and bicycle style brakes, this gives easy maneuverability and added safety.

A seated scooter is very similar to a steerable knee walker, but rather than kneel the patient sits on the seated scooter while safely resting their injured foot on a foot-rest. Seated scooters are designed for injuries from the hip and lower, such as knee problems, hip problems as well as foot and ankle problems.

Users of knee walkers almost instantly fall in love. They say things like “It’s a weight lifted off of my shoulders,” or “I can finally breathe again.” The problem with crutches is that the patient’s level of mobility is limited to how far and they can “hobble”. With these limits, patients can become completely restricted to a small space. Also, after extended use, crutches tend to cause blisters on the patient’s underarm, and they require the patient to use strength to keep their injury elevated, which can cause problems if the patient bangs the ground accidentally.

MyKneeScooter.com is an authorized dealer for Roscoe Medical, Drive Medical, Medline, Karman Healthcare, Nova Medical and many others. They are continually expanding their product line and growing their customer base.

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