Dealing with short-term mobility issues can be very taxing. Those
who have lived with disabilities have accepted the challenges they face
and have found ways to overcome them as much as possible. But when the
mobility problem occurs suddenly and is expected to last for a few weeks
or months, the individual is caught between 2 worlds - there is no need
to get used to the disability but at the same time movement and
mobility is limited.
Common Causes of Mobility Problems
The most common causes of short-term
mobility problems are broken bones and torn or damaged muscles and
ligaments. These are often caused by falls or accidents. With proper care, these will normally heal and the patient is able to return to normal life. In the interim, however, mobility can be severely affected. For example, a broken leg can leave a person unable to walk, drive or get to the office. But that does not mean that the person cannot sit at a desk and work. Finding a short-term
transportation solution for this not only allows the patient to
continue to work, staying occupied, but can help to speed the recovery
as well.
Overdoing Things Can Be Dangerous
A major problem with injuries that affect short-term mobility is that besides the limitations to movement, the patient feels fine. In such cases,
it is easy to unintentionally overdo things and either exacerbate the
injury or slow down the natural healing process. A person with a spine
injury may feel okay at home but experience pain when trying to drive or
even to be a passenger in a car. This pain is obviously not good, but
the frustration of being stuck at home and feeling okay while there can
cause people to do what they should not just to get out of the house, if
nothing else. Even a necessary trip for treatment can make the
condition worse if the transportation is not done correctly.
Friends And Family Can Help But……
Family
and friends are there to help people get through their mobility
problems. From helping out around the house to ferrying them to where
the patient needs to go, they do it willingly. But they are not
professionals with experience in transporting the injured. Their help,
with the best of intentions, can at times result in the problem worsening. Unless the doctor has said that traveling in a normal car is okay, it is better to avoid it.
The Travel Solution
Investing
large sums of money into buying a specially equipped vehicle that the
patient can drive or be driven in does not make sense if it will only be
required for a limited period of time. With public transport and taxis
not suitable, non-emergency medical transportation offers the best and
most cost effective solution. Professional companies have a range of
vehicles designed and equipped to cater to people with all kinds of
mobility limitations. The drivers are also specially trained to assist
the mobility impaired. At what is usually a reasonable cost these
services can be used to take the mobility impaired where they want or
need to go in comfort and safety. The ability to continue with as much
of normal life as possible until the recovery is complete makes the
suffering less and often speeds the healing.
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