♪ Bob and Brad, the two most famous ♪
♪ Physical therapists on the internet. ♪
- Howdy folks! I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
- Together we are the most famous physical therapists
on the internet.
- In our opinion of course, Bob.
- It's a polite parade clap. (clapping)
What we're going to talk about today,
(laughs)
why this type of 4-wheeled walker may actually help you.
- Right, there's some unique things about this walker,
and we like it because of it,
and it's going to be very helpful, too.
- Well, one thing, you know, I think it's made well.
- It is, it is.
- So we're always looking for products
that have really good construction
because we don't want to sell, you know,
we don't want people to buy crap.
- Right, exactly, because we've worked with people
that have had... - Oh!
- Oh my goodness! - [Bob] By the way,
we're going to do a give away this week,
and we're giving away a mattress.
- Yeah, we're backing up here just a little bit,
but don't worry, we'll get back to the walker.
- Yep. So we're giving away a SleepOvation mattress,
a full mattress.
This is just a sample of one to show you what's inside.
It's actually got individual mattresses.
- [Brad] Right! 700 of them.
- [Bob] 700 of them.
- [Brad] or more!
- Or more, and it's got air channels in between.
And you think this may cause it to wear down quicker,
but it actually preserves it, Brad,
because it stops...
- Sheer force. - Sheer force.
- Right, so things don't break down as easily.
- Right, right. Go to BobandBrad.com,
go to the giveaway section and
you'll find out right away, you can sign up for us.
And you can also go to Facebook at Facebook.
- Yeah.
- Bob and Brad.
- It's pinned to the top of the page.
I'm going to get this out of away.
- There you go.
- Whoa, farther yet. Okay, Bob,
should we get back to the walker?
- Yes. Okay.
So this Walker is a little bit different in that...
Well, the first thing that I would say,
I want to point out, Brad, is the platform aspect to it.
- Yeah, the platform with a walker.
If it's a platform walker, there is a place
for your forearms, which can really be helpful,
particularly if you have arthritic
or some hand problem. - Hand problem,
or wrist problems.
- Yep. Exactly.
- I think it also helps you if you have a real tendency
to want to lean forward.
- Yeah. - I mean, if you're... yeah.
- So this gets you up. - It's going to take
some of the stress off your back.
- If you have spinal stenosis,
this may be a really comfortable way
to walk for your back as well.
- Yeah. I mean, I hope that she doesn't mind,
but I mentioned my mother-in-law who's quite bent over
and that's who we're going to try this with.
- Oh really?
That's good. - Because, yes.
She's just, no matter what she does,
if she doesn't have good support,
she's going to be bent over.
- Right. Mhmm.
- So, that's number one and there's multiple adjustments
on this. You can adjust this back and forth.
- Yep.
- So yeah. You can adjust this up and down.
- Exactly, Bob and you can rotate it so that your hands are,
you know, as custom fit for your wrist because it may be...
Most people are probably going to go
down a little bit like that. I know I would.
- A slight criticism is that it doesn't,
this thing doesn't rotate in.
- Right, yeah. - Which it does on
some of the walkers.
- Yeah. And that's a little helpful.
For most people, it's not going to be
a real issue. - A problem, right.
It's not an issue.
- And then the width is here, but this'll fit most people.
- These are nice padded.
- Yeah, they are. And they're going to wash easy.
- They're soft. - Yeah.
- They're going to be very durable in that respect.
- Now, the end as actually the break.
- Yeah. So this is nice. You could squeeze them
to apply the brakes or if you want to lock them,
you simply push them forward and there they lock.
- So anytime you're going to sit down in the chair,
obviously you're going to want to lock it first.
We don't want you to, you know,
having it roll away on you,
- Right.
- and safety comes for us every time.
- This is not the chair that you're going to sit in
for long periods of time. This is when you're walking.
You're fatigued. You need to
take a couple minute break or so.
Well, I think, you know, my mother again, a good example.
She likes to go to a store and she just can't,
you know, shop that long. - Right. Sure.
- She doesn't have a seat.
- Yeah. It's got a very nice backrest.
- Right.
- If you are a large person, really broad shoulders,
it's going to be hard for you to sit in there
comfortably for too long. - Right.
- But, you know...
- I don't know if they make larger sizes or not.
But again, this is a Oasis space.
- [Brad] Right.
- So, we'll have a link down below. I like to the bag.
- Yes. Yep. You can put some, you know,
personals in there, whatever it may be.
I know my mom likes to keep her Kleenex in hers.
She keeps some other things that she likes.
- They always got stuff in there.
You could actually throw your whole purse in there.
- Right. As a matter of fact, this does come off.
- Right. I see that.
- And there's a purse strap, if you...
Or a shoulder strap, I should say.
There's ventilation with it?
So that's a nice option as well.
- These wheels are large, makes it easier to use outdoors.
They're also pneumatic.
- [Brad] Right?
- [Bob] And the reason they're pneumatic is,
I know this from wheelchairs that pneumatic wheels
actually work better on outdoor surfaces.
- [Brad] They're smoother. - [Bob] They're smoother,
right. - Yep.
So the disadvantage, you got to pump them up.
Well, you honestly do that. That's fine.
You may have to pull them up here and there,
but not very often at all. And look at the size of it.
Now this is, I didn't measure this,
but I think we got about an eight inch wheel here.
But look at the front tire.
This is the largest wheel I've ever seen
on a 4-wheel lock. - on a 4-wheel lock, yeah.
- The advantage of the larger tires
and the pneumatic aspect of it is that
outside, it's going to outperform.
- Yes.
- It's going to be smoother,
especially if you need to go over bumps.
And I think even over, to get over a curb with this
is going to be much easier - A whole lot easier.
- To get up and over, so.
- Well, Brad, I learned a lesson a long time ago,
I was working on rehab at a rehab place,
and I wanted to see what it was like to have a wheelchair.
So, I took a wheelchair all the way home.
- Yeah.
- And I had to take it on the sidewalk.
Oh my! - You sat in it?
- Yeah I rolled, - Oh you pushed?
- all the way home. Yes. - Oh, you did?
- And oh my gosh, it was difficult,
because it had hard tires.
- Oh yeah.
- I mean, it was...
(imitates rattling)
you know. It just rattled my cage.
- Well, I'm sure everyone was happy to hear about that.
(laughs)
- Yeah, well, they were, you know.
It's interesting how people look at you too.
- Oh yeah.
- They look at me like, they were sad for me.
- but can we get back to the...
- Yeah, okay.
- So, the other things that are adjustable up and down here,
I thought there was another adjustment though.
The brakes are adjustable here. That's one of those things.
And here, cause the cables will stretch
on any four wheeled walker. That's just the way it is.
We have a video on how to adjust those if you're,
you know, after a year or so. It'll stretch possibly,
and you can make a minor adjustment.
This folds up nicely.
- Yes it does.
- Right here, there's a cloth.
Now when you pull up it unlocks it and allows you
to get up to here and then you simply bring it together
and that's very nice to get things out of the way.
- Well, Brad, why don't we simulate
what it's like to put it in a car?
- Very good.
So, what you do is actually go to the back seat.
- Yep.
- So, you're driving, you get out,
you go to the back seat and then you open the door.
- Right.
- And then what would you do to it, Brad?
- Well, there's these little things right here
that's really helpful if you, they're little foot pedals,
but that's not really a pedal.
What you do is you push on that,
- Right.
- and it allows you to get up like that.
- So now you can roll and put the front wheels
into the backseat and then once they're in...
- Here, slide that thing over one sec.
We'll just simulate with the stool.
So you're going to get to the inside of the car,
put those wheels in and then very simply lift up
and roll it into the car the rest of the way.
That way you're not trying to do this.
(Brad groans)
- Right, and then for taking it out,
it would be the same thing.
- Right?
- Grab.
- And then you roll it.
- And get that part down.
- Set it down. And you can use these brakes too.
I should've had them locked like that
and then get it down and then bring it up.
- Well, I'll try it in a couple of weeks
with my mother-in-law.
- Okay. Very good. - See how well she gets it
in and out of her car. - Fair enough.
- I do think you're going to want to probably
move your seat forward as far as it goes.
- The front seat. Yep. - Yep.
- If you've got one of those SUVs that the backend,
or a minivan, the backend opens up,
it's actually a little easier,
cause you've got a larger area
to get it into. - Right.
Then you could probably lift it.
- Yep. Now, the neat thing, I like this,
because it opens up and then you simply push down.
You won't hear this, but it clicks in
and there's a positive locking system.
So when it's in, it's in.
- It's in, it's safe. - It's very positive and safe.
- We should've looked up how much this weighs.
He's going to give it...
- I'll give it about 20...
- 20.
- 18 pounds. I don't know.
- It's not real heavy. - We'll have to look it up.
And we can put it in the description below.
- Sure.
- And we can also put it on the screen maybe.
- Yep. Absolutely. And there's also a place,
I think what they have is a place for a cane, Bob.
- Right?
- Or some kind of stick . You got that there
and, you know, a little...
- Oh sure, a little loop there.
- We put that there, - And then this will go around
- Little Velcro hootenanny there. Yeah. Look at that.
- The company can call us and
let us know what do you, it is.
- Well, you know, they gave this little thing here.
We don't know. That wasn't in the instructions.
So, I don't know. - Yeah.
It doesn't look like a cup holder.
- No, it's too small for a cup holder,
- Yeah.
- But you know, it's one of those nice things
that you really don't know what it's for.
- Well, if anybody knows what it's for,
put it in the comments.
- Right. And if you don't like it, just don't put it on.
- That's right.
All right. There it is. - Very good.
- Very nice walker. We highly recommend it.
I think we're going to giveaway
one of these in a couple weeks.
- Oh really?
- Yeah. - Oh, most excellent.
- All right. Thanks.
- Very good. Be careful.
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