curly shoe laces/ arthritis

skipsmum

DS has arthritis in his hands and cant tie shoe laces. Ive been looking at springy/curly laces and at laces with a sort of toggle tag thing on them.
Anyone got any experience of either? Thanks

www.curlyshoelaceshop.com/#/kids-curly-laces/4544409626

or

/www.amazon.com/Street-Smart-Lock-Laces-WHITE/dp/B000SOOLTE/ref=pd_sim_hpc_4

clemmatis

I couldn't make your links work, but I have a similar problem and I get shoes with velcro fastenings, or the toggle type, yes, they are better. I also found trainers with laces that look ordinary but are elasticated, I leave them fastened, loosely, and the trainers will slip on.

munchings-n-crunchings

I would recommend Greeper laces.

They are tied at the top, and open with a toggle. You lace them down the shoe in the opposite direction to normal, and fix at the toe end of shoe.
I'm actually wearing them in my trainers right now:D

You just pull the toggle to loosen, and them pull the fixed bow to tighten.
Easy.

Good for children with poor coordination as an alternative to velcro shoes / trainers.

http://www.greeper.com

regards

Munchie

only_mee

Working links to help others

http://www.amazon.com/Street-Smart-Lock-Laces-WHITE/dp/B000SOOLTE/ref=pd_sim_hpc_4
http://www.curlyshoelaceshop.com/#/kids-curly-laces/4544409626

sheeps68

I've used triathlon laces.Just as an example http://www.elaces.co.uk/products.html Lock laces on my trainers for a while. Bit of a nuisance to get threaded initially but great afterwards. Though my issue is more breathing and bending than arthritis issues.

sunnyone

I had them and I got caught up in escalaters (sp) a few times and once it pulled me down and I was very badly scraped by the steps.

Savvy_Sue

We had both sorts (curly and toggle) when the boys were younger. If I remember right, they wore out faster than 'normal' laces. I think the toggle ones went tighter, the curly ones were always prone to working loose. Just something to be aware of.

Js_Other_Half

http://www.cerebra.org.uk/Resources/Cerebra/Parent%20Support/Bulletins/10_Autumn.pdf

Page 14 and 15 has in depth reviews of various special laces.

skipsmum

Js_Other_Half wrote: »

http://www.cerebra.org.uk/Resources/Cerebra/Parent%20Support/Bulletins/10_Autumn.pdf

Page 14 and 15 has in depth reviews of various special laces.

Thanks for this, lots of interesting reading not just about laces!

Only-mee thankyou for sorting out my links.

We are going to buy a set of greeper laces and a set of lace aces and see which works for us...I'll let you know!

linni

I've been looking for curly laces for ages. I didn't think they did them any more, so i'm very pleased to see this post. Thanks..

coffeeandfags

Another one who has been looking for curly laces Thanks for this thread O.p.

I originally got some from my occupational therapist, but i didnt think they made them any more!