Walking aids crutch wholesale

Since the dawn of evolution, walking sticks have aided bi-pedal man. It has served well as an assist to climbing, an aid to balancing, a reaching tool, and a weapon, as an artistic expression and as weight-bearing device facilitating ambulated persons when debilitated.

Walking aids became more sophisticated developed with specialized functions for specific needs such as hooked shaped top to herd sheep or a T shaped top to nestle in the pit of the underarm for a rudimentary crutch. The form was driven by the need to function and was shaped for individual needs.

The crutch wholesale spurred by a sea of casualties disallowed the luxury of hand whittled, custom designed walking devices. Crutch mills were born in the abundant hardwood forests to meet the demand.

A major design change from the T-shaped crutch took place as the "bow" underarm walker was developed. "Splits" are the early manufactured crutches. The early models were very basic and did not have padding or tips of any kind.

The underarm bow crutch was very useful as this sustained leg amputations because it is possible to tuck the upper arm between the bows tightly and walk without a hand on the handle.

The tips of the early manufacture crutches and canes were non-existent or made of metal because the terrain at the time was mostly soft and rugged. It is until the turn of the century when hard, smooth manmade surfaces became dominant that rubber tips became common.

World wars provided the need for more advances in crutch tip technology. The forearm style crutch was a boon to the users. It became dominant to the long-term user market. The massed produces crutches have many similar attributes in common. They are made of aluminum tubing with adjustment holes above and below the handgrip one size fitting all.