Outdoor all-terrain rollator

[FurForksSake]

I’ve got a bad back and two knackered hips and walk often with a stick but I find it tiring. We are going to Scotland in October and I’d like to do some short flat walks outside including a walk on a sandy well compacted beach.

I think a rollator with a seat would be helpful. I can sit and rest when I need to and have the support I need

ive seen a couple on Amazon with nice big pneumatic tyres, but I’d love a recommendation or be told what to avoid.

im 5ft2 and weight 8st7 so weight limits aren’t an issue.

Hopeful bump.

Not sure about a rollator on sand but with my knackered back and legs that don't walk in the right direction (so my hips have had it) I was told crutches were more supportive than one stick but to use two crutches as one makes you more uneven. Has OT seen you to make recommendations?

i also bought an ice pack off amazon that comes with a pouch that can be tied around your back - I found that a help to walk a bit further.

I use one but itz difficult going on the beach. Lots available online . Got this one for £109 from care uk? I think. Its very easy self assembling just clicks together. Quite compact when folded too x

Placemarking. Thinking of buying one. Can I ask, could it help in standing if in front of you?

@Herbertyim currently using private healthcare to attempt to get a third surgery on my hip. Consultant told me I should be on crutches but I compromised with a stick. I’ve seen physio who were dreadful (nhs, I work for the nhs, we are all struggling terribly and physio seems to be very overstretched). I hadn’t even considered attempting to get an OT appointment. I don’t know if it my insurance covers it or I’ll need to go on an interminable nhs list.

@shellyleppard does the bag come off? It looks very neat. Do you get much juddering, I’ve heard that it can be hard on the arms.

@FurForksSake the bag is removable, it's a very very smooth ride. Spent a week in Edinburgh with it, very comfortable. The arms are height adjustable so it's very comfortable. Fitted in the luggage compartment on the train too which is a bonus. Hope the photo is showing up now. Happy travels x

It may be worth listening to the consultant! My consultant and the physios all say to use two crutches as they stabilise you better than one crutch or a stick or using a walking pole. My OT appointment was quicker than physio delays or the long waits for MRI and CT scans but that isn't saying much.

There are extra large ferrules you can buy to put on the bottom of NHS crutches that make them more stable. Also insoles in shoes can help.

I have had hip surgery that wasn't great and currently have morphine pain patches and hip steroid injections - just some possible options if the wait is too much to cope with.

I had the injection in August, I got two days relief from it. I’ve torn the hip labrum for a third time. My other hip is now OA, impingement and a probable tear. But the right is the bad one. I’m on long term sick due to the pain, I can’t sit in a chair for long, or walk or stand for long either. I have to sit with my legs supported and even that leaves me in pain.

GP is being a pain with pain relief, i am on naproxen and co-codamol, it was naproxen, gabepentjn and oramorph. To get the slow release morphine I’d like she’s making me do two weeks on cocodamol with no morphine before going up the ladder. 30/500 cocodamol is not even taking the edge off. I’ve been good and not taken the oramorph to really make sure it doesn’t help like she said. I just want someone to work out a pain relief schedule and potentially surgery (appointment is tomorrow and I’ll be begging him to help me) to get my life back. I’m 42 and between this and the degenerative disc disease and sciatica life is very limited. I’ll lose my job before I get help at this rate. And I’m also aware that he might say there is no further surgery until a hip replacement that given my age they want to put off as long as they can.

Much sympathy for the failed surgery, hips are a bugger.

Hips are - I get offered injections as I am told I may end up worse off after a THR because the joint will still be inclined to come out. When I mentioned pain the consultant wrote to the Gp about increasing the morphine dose in the 7 day pain patch I wear and topping it up with zapain - just a thought as that may make the GP more willing to prescribe. I worry about addiction but the medics and physio say it doesn't matter

I have an extreme suspension rollator from care and co. It was pricey at £250 in the sale about 2 years ago. I love it.
I tried a walking stick it left me in agony after just a few steps and I couldn’t keep my balance.
I had an Ot assessment,
She told me I needed a rollator with very good suspension for using on pavements. Some rollators are only suitable for supermarkets or smooth pavements. She gave me several online company names and local shops and told me to buy one.
The one I have has changed how I can walk about. Get tired I sit down. Get lots of pain. Sit down. Keeps my balance and because I am supported my back isn’t screaming in pain at me.
Did I say I love mine.? ❤️Best thing ever. I can walk more because I can rest when I need to. It also has a bag in the middle to put my handbag in etc.
It also has removed my fear of falling because I have the rollator. After a few very painful falls this was a massive plus.

https://www.mobilitysmart.co.uk/uniscan-freeway-rollator?mtm_campaign=Shopping-Direct-Shipment&mtm_kwd=&mtm_source=google&mtm_medium=cpc&mtm_content=727954156736&mtm_cid=22089600377&mtm_group=173320718855&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22089600377&gclid=CjwKCAjwlaTGBhANEiwAoRgXBQpV79T3V7VxYkDFb5cbDrwr-qQ1tA-aopqEhln4PzZY8rIv1wKrVBoCORQQAvD_BwE

I use this one, and have done for the last 20 years. It has pressure brakes instead of handlebar ones as it's much more suited to my particular condition.

It wouldn't be much good on a beach though, so you would definitely need one with pneumatic tyres, although I presume they can puncture. Enjoy your holiday!