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Montreal, Canada: knee-walker / knee-cruiser rental
Hello,
I'll be travelling to Canada in a week's time, but my sprained ankle will be in a cast or brace. Friends who just returned from Canada say they saw several people using a so-called "knee walker" or "knee cruiser", not just in cities, but in national parks too. I was wondering how I should go about renting one of these things. Any pointers to a business or hospital that sells or rents these in Montreal or elsewhere in Canada would be very welcome. I had a hard time Googling for this, as most results are from the USA, where every medical supply store seems to have them. Thanks in advance, Marc. ps: I've you've never seen one, see e.g. www.kneewalker.com |
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Montreal, Canada: knee-walker / knee-cruiser rental
me wrote:
Hello, I'll be travelling to Canada in a week's time, but my sprained ankle will be in a cast or brace. Friends who just returned from Canada say they saw several people using a so-called "knee walker" or "knee cruiser", not just in cities, but in national parks too. I was wondering how I should go about renting one of these things. Any pointers to a business or hospital that sells or rents these in Montreal or elsewhere in Canada would be very welcome. I had a hard time Googling for this, as most results are from the USA, where every medical supply store seems to have them. Thanks in advance, Marc. ps: I've you've never seen one, see e.g. www.kneewalker.com It's probably your web site selling them, so why not put it ion the FAQs. |
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Montreal, Canada: knee-walker / knee-cruiser rental
"Dave Smith" wrote in message
. com... It's probably your web site selling them, so why not put it ion the FAQs. If you're not answering to help people who have a question, why don't you just shut up? Btw, here are some of the brands/models I found online that are more or less what I'm looking for: - Medline Weil Knee Walker - Vergon Medical Kneal Knee Cruiser - Rolleraid Knee Walker - Roll-A-Bout All Terrain Knee Walker - Drive Medical NeeBop Steerable Knee Walker - Dartmouth Knee Walker - Essential Medical Supply Free Spirit Knee and Leg Walker - NOVA TKC-8 Knee Cruiser They're all over Amazon.com, but I can't seem to find any rentals in Montreal/Quebec. There is a company called Northwest something, which predictably only rents them out in the Northwest of Canada. If I rent one from a rental company in the USA, it will cost $100 to send it over and another $100 to send it back. Marc. |
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Montreal, Canada: knee-walker / knee-cruiser rental
"Marc":
Btw, here are some of the brands/models I found online that are more or less what I'm looking for: - Medline Weil Knee Walker - Vergon Medical Kneal Knee Cruiser - Rolleraid Knee Walker ... They're all over Amazon.com, but I can't seem to find any rentals in Montreal/Quebec. I figured the key to this would be to find out what the thing is called in French, and search on that. But I could not find a French name for it. I then did a search in French for places in Canada with walkers and wheelchairs for rent: marchette fauteuil-roulant louer OR location site:ca I figured that one of these places would have a knee walker and there would be an illustration to make it obvious what it was. But no! I didn't turn up anything. Perhaps it would be a good idea to contact one of the companies I found -- here are two of them -- http://www.medicus.ca/pdf/equipements_med.pdf http://www.amedco.ca/location-equipe...opediques.html and ask if they have the knee walker or know where in Montreal it can be rented. You should be able to communicate in English. If you use email, you can include some URLs showing the device. -- Mark Brader "They have computers, and they may have Toronto other weapons of mass destruction." -- Janet Reno, 1998 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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Montreal, Canada: knee-walker / knee-cruiser rental
"Mark Brader" wrote in message ... I figured the key to this would be to find out what the thing is called in French, and search on that. But I could not find a French name for it. I then did a search in French for places in Canada with walkers and wheelchairs for rent: marchette fauteuil-roulant louer OR location site:ca I figured that one of these places would have a knee walker and there would be an illustration to make it obvious what it was. But no! I didn't turn up anything. Perhaps it would be a good idea to contact one of the companies I found -- here are two of them -- http://www.medicus.ca/pdf/equipements_med.pdf http://www.amedco.ca/location-equipe...opediques.html and ask if they have the knee walker or know where in Montreal it can be rented. You should be able to communicate in English. If you use email, you can include some URLs showing the device. Thanks for replying. In the meantime, my doctor told me to forget about travelling :-( A walker is indeed called a "marchette" in french. I e-mailed a dozen medical supply and wheelchair vendors in the Montreal area last night; their sites are all bilingual, so I don't think that language is the problem, it's just that apparently these knee walkers are widespread in the USA, but only now becoming available in other countries. If anyone's looking to rent a knee walker in Canada, several rental companies from the USA will happily send you one, but the shipping costs will be around 100USD; and with rental charges around 150USD per month, it makes sense to buy instead of rent. Marc. |
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Montreal, Canada: knee-walker / knee-cruiser rental
"Marc":
Thanks for replying. In the meantime, my doctor told me to forget about travelling :-( Oh. Well, good luck with that! -- Mark Brader "Exercise 5-3: ... When should you Toronto have stopped adding features...?" -- Kernighan & Pike |
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