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Subject slids her feet more then taking a step, right knee being treated for arthoritis..
vstefans
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Jul 22, 2011
well it depends - often excercise will irmpove arthritis, I know my mom' shoulder's cleared up and quit "crinkling" (medical term = crepitus) so much when they got her to move them more. the shufffling could also be Parkinson's which will respond more to medication though I think they've shown therapy to re-develop mor normal patterns of movement in the trunk, etc. can help.
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PS age is just a number...my mom quit walking in her late 70s...other folks I know were still golfing at 93...if it would improve her quality of life, go for it!
195Austin
If she can not lift her feet due to weakness rehab probably would help-my husband would not life his feet high enough when home but when out in public he usually did lift-in our state medicare will only pay for rehab after a hospital stay of at least 3 days and the cost per day is 450 dollars-that was over 2 years ago-and the rehab would have to do the paperwork and medicare only porvides PT while a person is making progress-if it can be arranged it would be worth it to look into rehab but often a person forgets how to walk properly so it depends but I would give it a try as long and medicare picks up the tab.
CaraMia
Is she safe in her home with her foot shuffling? Might a walker provide support that would help her to walk with greater ease?
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