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Finding the ideal adjustment setting on a mobility device can sometimes be tricky. When it comes to rolling walkers, certain customers may have limited choices because most rollators have a specific fixed seat height – standard or junior, and allow you to only adjust the handle height. For users like you, who may prefer a customizable setting for the seat height, our Pharmacist Recommended choice is the Drive Adjustable Height Rollator.

This rollator allows you to adjust the seat height in 1 inch increments from 18” to 22” to perfectly fit your body. This range of adjustment spans the seat height of junior or petite rolling walkers to the standard ones. This unique feature can really be the difference between a comfortable and uncomfortable experience, depending on your height and preferences.

The different types of brakes on the various walkers and rollators on the market can be very confusing, but we’re here to help! Read on for a close-up look at some of the different braking systems available, and maybe you’ll find something that will help you choose your next rollator.

• Loop-lock brakes are the hard plastic hand loops found under the handlebars of many rollators. Users squeeze both loops to stop the rollator temporarily, and lock it in place by pushing the loops down. These brakes respond fast and provide great security, but they can be tiring if you have weak hands.
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• Push-down brakes are brakes that engage when you lean on the handlebars of a rollator. These brakes are great for heavier users or users with weak hands. They do not have any locking mechanism,
  
  
  
  

Do you think you’re too old for a tongue piercing? Or maybe you think such things have no useful purpose? Think again! A project under development at Northwestern University would introduce a new mobility aid onto the market—one which uses a pierced tongue to control a wheelchair, hands-free!

Users of the Tongue Drive system would wear a headset which can track the movement of a magnetic stud in their tongue. Moving the stud forward in their mouth would drive the wheelchair forward, moving it to the left would drive the wheelchair left, and so on. This system could even be expanded in such a way that might turn the user’s teeth into a sort of remote control, where touching a certain tooth with their tongue might turn on the television or answer a ringing phone.

Such an advance in the technology of mobility would phenomenally increase the quality of life for those bound in a wheelchair or even a transport chair. Movement over time would become