Using a Leg Caddy

One of the best things I did was to hire my leg caddy. It is brilliant!

I found using crutches really hard. It was wobbly, tough on my hands and on my good leg which has already taken a battering because it has been doing most of the work for over a year.

The leg caddy is a lifesaver. It looks a little like a knee scooter. It has an adjustable padded shelf on which you rest your knee and it can be changed to suit left or right leg. The handlebars have brakes, which is great when you are trying to get onto it, and you can include a basket in your hire which allows you to fetch and carry things round.

If your partner drives (mine doesn't) you could even take it round the shops! I have however gone up the road to the corner shop on it with the kids scooting beside me and we had lots of fun.

There are companies in the UK which sell and hire them, but your local physio dept may not have heard of them yet. Mine will have by the time I have finished with them!