Pimp My Assistive Device A look at potential add-ons for my walker

Awaiting Weight-bearing In October 2007, I was bemoaning that …

the surgeon opted for conservative management, decreeing that my much desired transition from walker to cane would not take place for at least another month. I have been - emphatically and repeatedly - instructed to continue to avoid using my right hip to bear any weight. While I am a tad dejected by the medical mandate, this turn of events has at least led me to extend my repertoire of walker-assisted activities. Because dance has always held a certain appeal, I explored the possibilities in this discipline, but the obvious choices - the tango, clogging, and the polka - proved unworkable because of the restriction against weight-bearing on my right leg. And, while it is hardly surprising to learn that something called “The Two-Step” includes movements beyond the capacity of the walking (on one leg) wounded, even the Bunny Hop, one finds, requires a different sort of hopping than the type I’ve been executing behind my walker for the past few weeks. Happily, I discovered that many passages in the Alvin Ailey style are walker-friendly, and intricate routines in this genre can be choreographed that do not demand weight-bearing by the right leg. An example from a quotidian daily workout is pictured above.

The Patient Compliance Commemorative Plaques The plaques feature “Triumph Of Patient Compliance:  A Choreographic Sequence Adapted For Adherence To Post-Hip Pinning Rehabilitative Instructions For Avoidance Of Weight-Bearing On Right Leg With Physician Prescribed Accompaniment By Assistive Walking Device,” which captures the courage, aesthetic integrity, and athletic elegance of DrHGuy’s dynamic adherence to treatment in a compelling charcoal on marble etching.