Solutions

Here you will find an archive of many previous REMAP solutions. These may be pieces of bespoke equipment or adaptations that have been made by REMAP volunteers. To find out more about an item, please click view details.

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Weights for a Walking Frame

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Handles for JLL treadmill

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I was asked to attach some handles to a treadmill for a seven-year-old as the original handles were too high for him to reach. View Details

One-handed Rollator brake – one brake, two wheels

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The client could only use one hand to brake his four-wheel Rollator. This meant that sometimes, the Rollator would swing wildly and had resulted in occasional falls. The solution made the Rollator much more stable when the right-hand brake was... View Details

4-wheel walker HEIGHT EXTENSION

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Extending the handles of a 4-wheel walker using 3D printed parts and carbon fibre tube. View Details

Walker quick release clips

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A simple solution to allow a walker / rollator to be taken apart easily by a gentleman with arthritis, so it can fit in his car. View Details

Single handed walking frame

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Single handed walking frames used to be available commercially but production was stopped many years ago. The panel was requested to convert standard frames to single handed versions by various NHS therapists. Since we started making them in 2004 we... View Details

4-wheeled Walker adaptation

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Our client was elderly and frail and had had a stroke which affected her right-hand grip on her 4-wheel walker. She also had hurt her ankle on a protruding brake fixing on the lower tubing of the walker. Her Occupational... View Details

Rollator handle modifications

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Our client was in the rehabilitation ward of a local hospital, and the standard palm rest on the rollator she was walking with was uncomfortable, and a twisted wrist/arm meant the angle of holding it was uncomfortable too.  Remap were... View Details

Emergency Brake for Baby Stroller

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Our client was a young mother-to-be who suffered from dramatic and unpredictable seizures. She was concerned that if she were to experience one of these seizures when she was out with her baby in the stroller, then she would not... View Details

4-wheeled Walker adaptation

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Our client’s Occupational Therapist had asked for a four-wheeled walker leased from Medequip to be adapted to enable our client to have the mobility to safely walk to the local shops. Following a stroke in 2008, our client has suffered... View Details

Head Support

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The Suffolk East group was asked by an occupational therapist to provide some head support for use when walking. Neck collars and chin supports are available by they tend to be very uncomfortable. A support was not required when sitting... View Details

Wheelchair stick holders

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Kirah is a volunteer for the Harrogate and Ripon Group of Remap helping with publicity and fundraising.  A powered wheelchair user herself, Kirah had been carrying her bulky tripod-base walking sticks strapped to the rear of her wheelchair for some... View Details

Rollator carrier for electric chair

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The challenge was to construct a bracket to hold a three wheeled Rollator onto a electric chair so the client could access smaller shops that his chair would not fit into. View Details

Four Wheeled Walker Brakes

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Our client needs to use a 4 wheeled walker to walk outside, but she also has bad arthritis in her hands and is unable to muster the strength to apply the brakes. Consequently, she was effectively house bound. View Details

Temporary duvet support

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  The client needs to sleep on her back until the post-op swelling of her hip and thigh recedes. She also needs to be able to move her feet and legs in order to lessen the risk of deep vein... View Details

Drag brakes for rollator

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The wheels of the client’s existing rollator slip on a steep hill with a camber, meaning she sometimes has to cling to a signpost and wait for a passer-by to help her.  She did not have the strength to apply... View Details

Walker stability

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As the 9 year old user of the Lecky walker has grown, the walker has become unsafe and liable to topple over due to the narrow track between the large wheels when he plays energetically. The manufacturer was unable to... View Details

Boggy board for electric wheel chair

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Client with Limb Girdle muscular dystrophy could only walk short distance before pain in legs required a fitting to her wheel chair so that when her child who is being tested for the same condition got tired, the child could... View Details

adjustable cuffs for crutches

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A comfortable fit is an important part of using (elbow) crutches. The existing cuffs, which only come in one "universal" size consist of a flexible metallic material (probably aluminium) coated with plastic and have plenty of scope for enlargement -essential... View Details

crutch for shortened forearm

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Paradoxically crutches are used  on the contralateral side to relieve the pressure, hence our client got little benefit from using an elbow crutch on her right side whereas a  weight bearing walking aid  on her left side would be helpful.... View Details

Door opener for self closing doors

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Self closing doors are essential in many places such as care homes to limit the risk with fire but commercial door openers are prohibitively expensive. View Details

Rollator arm gutter support

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Our client had suffered a stroke, leaving her with a poor gait, and her right arm with a degree of pain, discomfort and reduced dexterity.  A standard issue arm gutter zimmer frame was unsuitable for her.  Four wheeled arm gutter rollators... View Details

Wooden Elbow Crutch

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The client is young and active and had childhood polio. He uses commercially available aluminium elbow crutches but they fail at the length adjusters after about three months.  He asked if remap could provide something sturdier and longer lasting. View Details

Outdoor Childs steps and Ramp

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The client has CP and limited vision. She desperately want to walk but need equipment to help her and boost her confidence.  There is a particular need to help her get used to climbing steps in preparation for her attending... View Details