PUTTING YOUR SOCKS ON
Putting your socks on 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.
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 / SOCK ASSIST VIDEO
This video is for educational use only. - Available on YouTube
Please check with your healthcare provider to evaluate if this assistive 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
Always check with your healthcare provider to evaluate if this assistive device is right for you.
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