How Handicap Shower Seats Help

August 29, 2009 at 6:09 pm (mobility) (, , , )

Handicap shower seats might not be the first things you think of when you contemplate the bathroom, but if you are a person with disabilities, then their priority shoots up in the grand scheme of things. Let’s look at how they help and what is so special about them.

The first thing you will notice about any handicap bathroom layout is that there is plenty of space, or at least there should be. That’s because a wheelchair users needs to get in and out without constantly bumping into things or indeed having access blocked by an ill-designed furniture layout. Handicap bathrooms need that wide space for access by wheelchairs and that includes the shower.

Handicap showers are, by necessity extra large enclosures to allow wheelchair access for those that need it and to be able to easily transfer from a wheelchair to a shower seat if that is possible.

Handicap shower seats are specially designed to be stronger and more robust than regular shower seats. They need to be as users may not find it so easy to transfer from a wheelchair and will often land with a bump. If the user is heavy, and don’t forget many people with disabilities do tend to become overweight through the inability to exercise as able bodies people can, then when they land on the shower seat an ill-designed one could fall to pieces. That’s the last thing a person with disabilities wants to happen, so a good quality handicap shower seat is strong and able to stand up to the extra pressure.

Added to that, they are of course generally made from stainless steel to prevent corrosion and will have non slip feet to prevent then sliding around when you really don’t want them to!

So now you have a better insight into a little thought of item of bathroom accessories and what it is for.

Terry Didcott
My Health Today

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Does NutriSystem Work?

July 29, 2009 at 6:11 pm (weight loss) (, , , )

Does NutriSystem work?. If you’ve ever wondered about diet food delivery systems such as NutriSystem and the like and wanted to know if they really work, let’s look and see what there is to see.

For starters, you have to understand something about what is involved with diet food delivery plans. They essentially send you a complete package of ready meals that are low calorie and made up of low GI (glycemic index) cabohydrates, which together will help you to lose weight as long as you replace your usual meals with them and don’t eat anything else.

Ok, so there’s the first hurdle for a lot of people. They go on a diet and then they cheat. Don’t say “Who me?” and look all innocent! Plenty of people eat a good diet but them cheat in between meals with the most outrageous things, like cream cakes, chocolate candy bars and the like. So if you’re going to do something like pay for one of the NutriSystem plans, you must not cheat. Even when no one is looking.

So if you can do that, and combine the diet with some daily exercise, which only has to be light such as walking, swimming or playing some easy sports (not pool or darts!) then you can almost guarantee that NutriSystem will work for you.

But most people won’t follow that to the letter and they will cheat. They will do it when they think no one is looking and then complain that the diet plan didn’t work for them and they have no idea why!

So the long and the short of it is, in answer to the original question, “Does NutriSystem work?” yes it will work if you stick to it, but not it will not work if you cheat!

Terry Didcott
My Health Today

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