The crutches are heavy and will be laborious to use; It's light. It floats with you. You will feel that the use is not practical enough. Therefore, it is advisable to choose a crutch that feels calm in your hand, such as solid wood or thick bamboo head.
Two: The length of crutches is very important.
Too long or too short will make the support point unnatural: too high will make the body tilt upward, which will easily lead to the elderly stepping on the soles of their feet; If it is low, you must bend forward and walk uncomfortably. The most suitable height of crutches should be that people stand at attention, their hands droop naturally, and the crutches reach the height of skin stripes on their wrists from the flat ground.
Three: the handle of the crutch should not be too slippery, and there must be a bottom pad at the bottom to prevent slipping.
Under normal circumstances, if the elderly are not in poor health, they can use one-legged crutches. However, if the elderly have poor balance, or have a history of stroke, arthritis, leg injury and poor support, it is best to choose multi-legged crutches to enhance their support for the body.
What are the types of crutches?
There are many kinds and materials of crutches, among which bamboo and wood are the most. People in China like to use bamboo sticks, which are light and flexible. Other crutches are rattan, rosewood, mahogany, boxwood, dragon wood, horns, teeth, bones and metal. It is said that walking sticks made of dark wood are the rarest. Dark wood is wood buried in the soil due to crustal changes, generally made of Chinese fir. The walking stick made of it is durable, but it is rare and hard to find.
Rattan is a kind of natural rattan, which is made of wild rattan. The most common rattan is white rattan, which is artificially bent into the shape of an umbrella handle when growing. Generally 1 can become a talent after two years. Belonging to common products.
Dark wood is a rare product, which is generally used for carving. A piece of dark wood about 10 cm is very rare, and it should be valuable to mold it into crutches. It is by no means something that ordinary people can have.
Red beech and brown purple bamboo crutches, red chestnut crutches are light, flexible, bright and durable, and dragons and phoenixes can be carved on them, which are generally accepted by many people in China as gifts for the elderly.
Boxwood is also valuable wood, and it is also good to be a crutch. But also easy to carve, and keep the true colors of logs.
Zanthoxylum bungeanum crutch: Zanthoxylum bungeanum is not valuable wood. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is planted in the north and south of the motherland, but Zanthoxylum bungeanum belongs to shrub family. It takes 5-8 years to grow up. A pepper can only use its trunk as a crutch. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is covered with prickly bumps. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica records that Zanthoxylum bungeanum has the medicinal value of promoting qi and blood circulation, fighting poison with poison and treating hemp with hemp. Handball made of Zanthoxylum bungeanum and crutch made of Zanthoxylum bungeanum have medical function and physical diagnosis and treatment value for numbness of hands and feet and poor qi and blood of the elderly. In some cities in the north, the best birthday gift for the elderly is a crutch with a pepper faucet, which is also a symbol of filial piety and happiness and well-being of generations under one roof. It belongs to the top grade of crutches for the elderly.