<![CDATA[Access Active Walker - Active Blog]]>Fri, 16 May 2025 21:01:18 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[7 Top tips for staying Active using your walker]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:27:37 GMThttp://www.active-walker.co.uk/active-blog/7-top-tips-for-staying-active-using-your-walker1.     Make arrangements to meet up for your walk with someone else or a group of similar ability as yourself. It is easier to get going when there is someone else there to help you stay motivated.
2.     Look out for walking events and groups in your area, check your health or community centre, local supermarket or online for organised walking groups – both those using walkers and those not.
3.     If you find there are no suitable walking groups or activities in your area, take the initiative and speak to your doctor, healthcare professional and friends about starting a walking group – perhaps one specifically for those using walkers (rollators).
4.     Arrange to meet friends or family in the park instead of at home or find open gardens to visit, they usually have wheel ramp access which works fine for 4-wheel walkers as well.
5.     Help others - ask friends or neighbours if they need anything from the shops, that way it is more difficult to say 'I'll go tomorrow'. You can add a bag (from optional accessories) to the front of the Active Walker for extra storage.
6.     Visit areas of natural beauty (and this includes cityscapes!). The Active Walker features a kerb climber which saves you lifting the rollator, instead you step on the kerb climber and gently pull back to step over kerbs and thresholds.
7.     Get to know your local area and find parks and walking routes that you feel safe and comfortable with. The local library usually have maps and notice boards with information about your area. It may be a good idea to take someone with you the first time you try out a new route with your walker.

Before starting a more active lifestyle and exercise it is important that you check with your doctor or healthcare professional, they will be able to help you decide at what level you should start and how to best progress.
]]><![CDATA[Active  Walker tests and certificates]]>Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:00:06 GMThttp://www.active-walker.co.uk/active-blog/active-walker-tests-and-certificates
Active walker is of course tested and approved according to the prevalent standards. The rollator is tested and approved according to the latest ISO standard: ISO 11199-2:2005. 

EU-declaration of conformity

The Active walker including its accessories, is confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States concerning the Medical Device Directive (93/42/EEC). 
Date of last declaration: 05.06.2008.

Active walker is also tested and approved according to several standards prevalent in the various countries where it is sold.

In addition, Access regularly perform various quality tests at its facilities, among them the durability and stability tests used for ISO standards, to ensure consistency in our high quality manufacturing and design.
]]><![CDATA[Smart Shoes with lasers set to make strides in mobility]]>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:12:31 GMThttp://www.active-walker.co.uk/active-blog/smart-shoes-with-lasers-set-to-make-strides-in-mobility
Last Week at the Footwear Health Tech Conference in Eindhoven, the Netherlands a very exciting product was introduced to the world. 

A new mobility aid named Path which helps people who have trouble walking – simply by being fitted to their shoes.

Lise Pape, an engineer at InnovationRCA at the Royal College of Art in London, was inspired to build the system by her father, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease more than 10 years ago. Like many people with Parkinson's, he falls occasionally and experiences freezing of gait, the temporary impression that his feet are glued to the ground.

For more information on this upcoming product, read the full article here. 
]]><![CDATA[Breeze Rollator Discontinued]]>Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:19:34 GMThttp://www.active-walker.co.uk/active-blog/breeze-rollator-discontinued
The Breeze Walker has now been discontinued. 

If you have purchased a breeze rollator from us in the past and have any queries do not hesitate to contact us. 

With the Breeze now discontinued why not look at our best selling rollator, the Active Walker! Which is now on sale for a limited time only. 

Grab yourself a bargain today!
]]><![CDATA[History of the Active Walker ]]>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:28:10 GMThttp://www.active-walker.co.uk/active-blog/history-of-the-active-walker
The inspiration for the Active Walker came in 2002 when market research suggested that the development of rollators (walkers) was one area of mobility that lack innovation. Access wanted to change this and decided to design a new rollator entirely.

Access did not want to create any old rollator, and such ergonomics, adjustability, comfort, manoeuvrability and safety were the key points that they wanted incorporated into the design. 

Today the Active Walker is being sold in over 20 countries throughout Europe, America, Canada and further afield. With this number set to rise in the future. Customer response has been excellent with users noticing the extra comfort and safety that the Active Walker provides. 
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