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can i walk or not
TheWhiteButterfly
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lol its not how the title says i know my own mobility lol.
anyway what do dla class as being able to walk, i cant walk without my crutches does that class me as unable to walk, was just thinking this and thought i wonder what the answer is to this, my phsios uses a word intermittent or not intermittent cant remember which one now.
sorry for the strange question
didnt want to put this is thanatos bit cos he looks to be overloaded there lol
anyway what do dla class as being able to walk, i cant walk without my crutches does that class me as unable to walk, was just thinking this and thought i wonder what the answer is to this, my phsios uses a word intermittent or not intermittent cant remember which one now.
sorry for the strange question
didnt want to put this is thanatos bit cos he looks to be overloaded there lol
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for DLA the test is how far, how long and in what manner you can walk (Using any aids, adaptions, medication etc that you have to assist you) on the flat, before the onset of severe discomfort.
Severe discomfort may be pain, brethlessness, dizzness etc. The distance measured also includes small stops.
You should measure how far (and how long) you can walk using your crutches before extreme discomfort starts (any further walking after this point is disregarded and should not be included in your measurement).
They consider what your walking is like most of the time. So if most of the time you can walk x number of yards before severe discomfort but some days it is better or worse you should use the figure for an average day.
There is also a criteria for if walking would be mediaclly dangerous, but there is no longer much room on the form for that bit.
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TheWhiteButterfly wrote: »lol its not how the title says i know my own mobility lol.
anyway what do dla class as being able to walk, i cant walk without my crutches does that class me as unable to walk, was just thinking this and thought i wonder what the answer is to this, my phsios uses a word intermittent or not intermittent cant remember which one now.
sorry for the strange question
didnt want to put this is thanatos bit cos he looks to be overloaded there lol
I am going to jump in here and make an important point about crutch usage...
When it comes to crutches there is a big difference of your style of using them. We consider there to be two styles:
Assisted walking and swinging through.
It you use you crutches to assist walking, we count it as an aid to walking and the distance you can walk with the crutches is taken into account.
If you swing through then the distance with the crutches is not counted (as you are not really walking)
Complicated huh! So here's a patented Thanatos Example(TM)::D
Man with amputated left leg and no use of a prosthetic - swings through on crutches and can "walk" 500 meteres. We wouldnt count this, as what he is doing is not walking, its swinging through. He would still qualify for HR mobility because taking those crutches away would render him totally unable to walk.
Man with arthritis uses crutches to assist his walking 120 yards and without them can walk just 50 yards- under distance rules he technically would not qualify as the crutches are a reasonable adjustment to aid his walking. (e.g. he is not totally dependent on them, but the help rather than act as a replacement for his legs)
Obviously in the second example, he might qualify under gait or manner or something, but I am trying to make a point here
Hope that explains the difference0 -
I am going to jump in here and make an important point about crutch usage...
When it comes to crutches there is a big difference of your style of using them. We consider there to be two styles:
Assisted walking and swinging through.
It you use you crutches to assist walking, we count it as an aid to walking and the distance you can walk with the crutches is taken into account.
If you swing through then the distance with the crutches is not counted (as you are not really walking)
Complicated huh! So here's a patented Thanatos Example(TM)::D
Man with amputated left leg and no use of a prosthetic - swings through on crutches and can "walk" 500 meteres. We wouldnt count this, as what he is doing is not walking, its swinging through. He would still qualify for HR mobility because taking those crutches away would render him totally unable to walk.
Man with arthritis uses crutches to assist his walking 120 yards and without them can walk just 50 yards- under distance rules he technically would not qualify as the crutches are a reasonable adjustment to aid his walking. (e.g. he is not totally dependent on them, but the help rather than act as a replacement for his legs)
Obviously in the second example, he might qualify under gait or manner or something, but I am trying to make a point here
Hope that explains the difference
thanks thanatos totally understand what you mean, when i first lost the use of my legs after the wheelchair bit i swung, jesus my hands were wrecked through the pressure ended up having to cusion them with socks lol, i have now taught myself to walk with them so left leg forward then right or vice versa, i use my hips to guide me to walk might sound a bit wierd but i can do it but do have a few problems with falling or my hips not taking anymore, since my last fall 2 weeks ago i walk a bit funny now almost going to the side, have got an x ray this week so should know whats up with my hips, anyway to your last bit guy can walk 120 yards with crutches 50 without, in my case no crutches no walking, i cant stand or walk without the crutches, think thats why physios say i cannot walk at all, so confused at whether im classed at walking lol? was at doctors today and dr did a few tests one he did was me stood up with crutches he was behind me and told me to close my eyes, so i did and i fell backwards was a very strange feeling i was not in control and paniced, he did catch me tho by the way lol, was gonna post in your big thread but might aswell ask here now, i have been diagnosed conversion disorder but my dr this morning doesnt agree with this diagnosis he thinks they have missed something and wants more tests doing i have to go hospital this week for more bloods to be taken and then after god knows what, but what do i do regarding dla i have said conversion disorder cos thats what i was diagnosed they are 15 weeks into doing my claim not getting letters from such and such people so still waiting to be awarded/not awarded, so do i phone them again and say it may not be conversion disorder? cos i really dont want to mess dla around, i spose if i think about it as far as i know and other people i have conversion disorder until i know different, just dont know what to do, poor dla they must think about me and curse lol0
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