The burdon we load on parents' backs: from Dr. med. Nana Mosler
Carrying a baby causes an asymmetrical burden to the spine. Unfortunately, this may lead to painful tensions of the back. Many parents consult their doctor with these complaints, and often enough, no solutions found. It is only natural that parents carry their babies, and of course they want to give them a safe and warm feeling comparable to what the baby had before birth in it's mother's womb. Therefore they hesitate to give up carrying their babies.
A father of four children found the solution to the problem. He designed a simple children's seat which can be fastened with a belt. This is a quiet Tipp for your private practice which you can communicate to support parents. The seat has been patented. The distribution of weight on the parent's spine is optimal and symmetrical, avoiding the one-sided burden. The burden to the spine is dramatically reduced. Bracing leading to long-term damage via real posture faults is avoided by fastening the seat with the belt. The seat can be used for children ages 6 to 36 months. It has several additional advantages such as ease of taking children everywhere. Using a baby buggy has disadvantages such as heavy load and unfriendly behaviourof the public towards parents. Mothers also have two more important arguments for using the seat: it is safe and the baby is always close to the body of ist mother or father. The child cannot suddenly be taken away from the baby buggy or other transport vehicles. The child is in good air, whereas at the low level of the buggy air may be poor. With the Easy-Rider® / Hip-RiderTM, the baby is king riding on top of all events which it can follow and observe. The baby is partner of it's parents life, it is close to them without interfering. These are good arguments which you, as a pediatrician, can communicate to the parents. - The Easy-Rider® / Hip-RiderTM seat provides 100% relief for parent's arms, back and shoulders. The arm of the parents does no longer carry the baby, it only holds it..
- Easy-Rider® / Hip-RiderTM is made of 100% cotton, consequently, it does not cause allergies, and it is washable at 30°C.
- The children's seat is worth its money and easy to use. Following baby time, the inner part of the seat can be used as voluminous bag for sports and other leisure activities.
- The children's seat can also be used as hand bag because it has a pocket for dummies, bottles, keys, purse, cards, etc. which are kept close to the body and not easily reached by thieves.
Author: Dr.med. Nana Mosler, Leipzig, Germany Experience with the Easy-Rider®: Katja Piossek, Physiotherapeutin
During the many years of experience in physiotherapy, we are more and more confronted with young mothers who suffer from problems with their spine. They are complaining to have back aches, strained shoulders, neck-aches, displaced vertebra of the chest an d the vertebra of the hip, caused by the one sided carrying of the child. To test, we supplied the Easy-Rider® / Hip-RiderTM to those women. Right away they were most enthusiastic about the easy handling an joined the test with pleasure. We did have an astonishing success with this therapy and are in the position to talk about a long term up keep of this. In addition we carried out some static examinations with mothers: - Carrying the child on the hip:
It caused weight shifting on to the opposite leg, due to the lifting of the stained hip, and consequently was leading to a skoliotic incorrect bearing of the entire spine, with rotation in different intensity, depending on the weight (age) of the child. After a longer period of carrying, the problem came more intense - Carrying the child with the Easy-Rider® / Hip-RiderTM
It did not come to the lifting of the strained hip and therefore did not cause a skoliotic incorrect bearing of the spine. After a longer period of carrying, these problems only occurred in a very moderate form.
In consequence to these tests and experiences out of physiotherapeutical view, we can recommend the Easy-Rider® / Hip-RiderTM. Katja Piossek
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