Peglegs UK, home of the iWALKFree in Britain

Long John Silver

Jerry — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:54:20 +0000

I see that Sky is showing what looks like a stunning new production in HD of Treasure Island, with the first episode on New Year’s Day at 7pm and repeated at 5pm on the 2nd on Sky 2. Long John Silver is played by Eddie Izzard but seems to be missing the traditional pegleg in the trailer I have seen. I wonder if he’d have liked the use of an iWALKFree? We do have a small supply of inflatable parrots to give away.

Ski and Board

Jerry — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:28:37 +0000

Very chuffed with the nice write-up in this month’s Ski and Board magazine.

Johnny Hopalong

Jerry — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:29:07 +0000

I found this today when I was searching for something. I like Achilles Blog as a site and was delighted to read someone singing the iWALKFree’s praises so enthusiastically.

He really summarises the ways in which the device gives your life back by freeing up your hands from the need to use old-fashioned crutches. He also makes a big thing of the increased confidence and mobility, especially on stairs.

Kind comments from Brenda

Jerry — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:43:32 +0000

Brenda has just returned her iWALKFree at the end of her rental, and made these kind comments on how it enabled her to get on with her life despite her injury:

“It was great, especially for my sons wedding it meant I could get up and ( sort of) dance. Everyone I met was facinated by it although they thought at first I had lost the bottom of my leg after the shock they were amazed and impressed. Thank you for your invention it certainly helped me.”

How Halle Berry is selling the idea of hands-free crutches

Jerry — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:48:10 +0000

Our friends at www.goodbyecrutches.com in the US posted this today and it’s a point that hadn’t occurred to me. We are seeing her struggling when she need not if she went for an iWALKFree or another hands-free crutch alternative. Read their thoughts at http://blog.goodbyecrutches.com/GoodbyeCrutches-blog/bid/77113/How-Halle-Berry-Sells-Knee-Walkers

Use a toddler to learn how to walk on an iWALKFree

Jerry — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:05:48 +0000

This is a great post from our friends at Goodbye Crutches in the USA. It suggests that we have a lot to learn from the way that toddlers learn to walk when we are using an iWALKFree for the first time.

Another brilliant invention

Jerry — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:27:44 +0000

While at the boat show I actually succumbed and parted with real money, for another ingenious contraption, the MoorFast, which enables you to thread a mooring line through a ring or a cleat 2 metres away from the boat. It’s such a clever but simple concept, like the iWALKFree that it’s amazing nobody has invented it before.

Innovative things at the Boat Show

Jerry — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:40:19 +0000

I went to the Southampton Boat Show on Friday, to lust after gorgeous boats that I can’t afford, but one of the most interesting bits of the day was wandering around the small stands in the gadgets areas. Here are a few of the brilliant ideas I saw:

Eurotherapy sat me down and treated my aching foot with their vibrating thing. It seemed to make the plantar fasciitis a bit better but as Ken told me, it needs regular use to be effective. Not cheap, but worth it if it solves an unpleasant problem. May well suit some of the people who have used an iWALKFree in the past or are still doing so.

Next up was the Steersman which works a little like a windvane steering system but using tension in one of the lines (“sheet”) connected to the foresail. The reason I mentioned this is that it shows the same kind of ingenuity of design brought to market very professionally by an inventor in the same way as the iWALKFree does. I wish them the best of luck with it. Very cheerful music on the video on their main page!

Finally, another brilliant brainwave, the Boatbox. It’s a car roof box that doubles as a dinghy. Why on Earth has nobody thought of it before?

New video – Steve trimming the plants

Jerry — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:29:56 +0000

There are a lot of things one can do on an iWALKFree that you can’t on crutches. Here is Steve doing some hack and slash in the garden. He is quite a guy; he fell off an ice climb in Norway to get his injury!

This is the climb he fell off!

Dave Parker

Jerry — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:43:56 +0000

Dave is a highly experienced orthopaedic practitioner who has looked after patients using the iWALKFree. Now he has ruptured his Achilles tendon and is benefiting from the freedom it brings in person. This is him after just a few minutes.