Any one have any tips on walking ? I can't get on with walking stick as I seem to trip even more than without.I don't want to use wheel chair or mobility scooter while I can still move about.
Steve
Morning! Hope everyone is well and not too water logged.
I may have posted this question before, but, my memory being the way it is, I really can't remember, so wanted to pick a few brains, so to speak.
Last year I had problems with my walking, my right knee wanted to give way and it felt weak. Eventually after a few months it seemed better and I was able to cast aside the stick. However since Xmas time, I have noticed that a small amount of walking results in my legs feeling soooo tired and as if I have a build of lactic acid....as jane Fonda used to say 'the burn' . The distances I am walking are getting smaller and smaller before this kicks in and even just walking up thirteen stairs in my house makes me feel like I am going to collapse in a heap.
I have had back surgery twice in the past, and been left with nerve damage from that, but this is a new thing, which has followed on from severe neuropathic pain in my right hand that started back in November. It has got easier, but it still is painful and numb and hypersensitive to heat and cold. So I am not sure whether it might just be back related or not.
Does anyone else suffer the same pain when walking?
Thanks for reading this
Sam x
Over the last three months or so, I have become more reliant on a walking stick whilst I am out.
I now take it everywhere, and have come to regret it if I don't.
I find that when I am walking around the house I am not too bad, probably because I am walking then sitting intermittently, apart from today, as I have woke up and my right leg refuses to work at all, and just gives way, feeling like a lump of lead.
However, when I am going out, I find that on the outset of my journey, I can walk quite well, but as I continue, it goes completely to pot, probably fatigue being the cause.
For those of you with walking issues, what type of pattern have you noticed?
Sam x
My Mum has MS and finds it difficult to use the hole in the wall. Her main problem is that she finds it hard to see the screen, though all the menus that come up can be a bit confusing for her if she's tired. Does anyone know if there are any banks that would issue her with a pass book instead like they had years ago?
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