PUTTING YOUR SOCKS ON
Dressing is an activity of daily living (ADL). ADLs are basic, self-care tasks that are essential for independent living, and dressing is a fundamental part of those tasks.
Here's why dressing is considered an ADL:
Essential for Independence: Dressing allows individuals to choose and wear appropriate clothing for various situations, weather conditions, and social contexts.
Self-Care Task: Dressing is a personal care activity that involves putting on and taking off clothes, which is a necessary part of daily hygiene and well-being.
Categorized as a Basic ADL: Dressing is commonly included in the list of basic ADLs, along with activities like bathing, toileting, eating, and mobility.
Putting your socks on is part of dressing and is a daily challenge even for the healthy.
You have to be flexible, with good to excellent range of motion to bring your knees up; and for you to have good hip and back and abdominals to lean/flexion forward while with your fingers gripping placing a sock over your feet and pulling up.
PUTTING YOUR SOCKS ON WITH POOR MOBILITY IS A CHALLENGE
If you have arthritis and or limited mobility; putting your socks on becomes a challenge.
You either have to wait for help; which for some is a loss of independence or you don't wear socks at all.
It is challenging and painful to bend forward. Putting your socks on with poor mobility is a struggle and exhausting.
INTRODUCING SOCK AID TO HELP YOU PUT YOUR SOCKS ON!
There are many conditions that make putting on socks a challenge. Sock Aid - also known as Sock Assist - can help almost every person with different conditions across the lifespan.
Whether you are overweight, Pre or Post Op Hip replacement, a pregnant person, or stiff from arthritis or just inflexible, Sock Aid is an assistive device to help you put your socks on.
Regain your independence. Stop struggling. Stop holding your breath. Start wearing socks again with a sock assist device.
Sock Aid is available for $19.99 Canadian and shipping is free anywhere in Canada.
SOCK AID / SOCK ASSIST IS EASY TO USE
Four easy steps.
1. On your lap, load sock onto the sock aid or sock assist
2. Hold onto the tether and drop the sock aid/assist onto the floor
3. Slide your foot into the opening
4. Pull the tether and slide the sock over your foot
Sock Aid / Sock Assist is an assistive device to help you put your socks on. Regain your independence. Stop struggling. Start wearing socks again.
Sock Aid is available for $19.99 Canadian and shipping is free anywhere in Canada.
SOCK AID / SOCK ASSIST VIDEO
This video is for educational use only. - Available on YouTube. Learn how to use sock aid.
Please check with your healthcare provider to evaluate if sock assist device is right for you.
Learn More About Dressing Assist a 2:1 assistive device to help you take your socks off , put on clothes and helps slip on shoes - an extendable shoehorn.
SOCK AID FOR HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY RECOVERY
Check with your surgeon and surgical program if sock aid or sock assist, or reacher is on your Pre-Op Hip Replacement Surgery Preparation Check List and whether it is right for you.
Here is an example of a checklist:
Joint Replacement Surgery Preparation Checklist
Check with your healthcare provider to evaluate if this assistive device is right for you.
Sock Aid is available for $19.99 Canadian and Shipping is free anywhere in Canada.
