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Post by castmenow on Mar 29, 2020 19:09:09 GMT
I have noticed that my thoughts are drifting to bracing and casting during the current period of anxiety over coronavirus. I have noticed before that during stressful periods such as work related problems I become more focused on this. However, when I find myself in good mood and actively occupied, the desire to wear my braces fades. In fact, the point in time when bracing came to a real head with my wife and I finally bought mine was when problems at work were so bad I ended up being prescribed anti-depressants. The thing is, with lockdown and the banning of non essential travel, wearing braces is limited to inside the house, I can not wear them on local walks and can not drive to distant locations for public walks.
Is any body else feeling the same.
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Post by cd on Mar 31, 2020 15:47:51 GMT
Hi CastMeNow,
I agree. I am leaving my job at the end of April but not coronavirus related. I am working from home, just trying to look busy. I have the Paris Street 500 piece jigsaw that everybody seems to have. I think with the limited outdoor social activities we can attend there's more time we can think about bracing and casting. I don't mind the isolation as much as others.
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Post by rowland on Mar 31, 2020 17:26:43 GMT
Hi castmenow,
I definitely used to make and wear a brace when I was stressed. The triggering in infancy of my desire to wear a brace or even just to possess one was itself stressful. The desire recurred at crucial times such as death of a parent, changing jobs, moving house. Since I have worn one for a medical reason I think I have coped better with stress because my fundamental need to wear a brace has been met. Nevertheless the lockdown has given me an opportunity to follow up my interest with enthusiasm. Thanks to all who post on this forum.
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Post by rowland on Mar 31, 2020 17:33:43 GMT
P.S. Looking back I could have considered the need to wear a brace to be an affliction. The way it began was surely a psychological trauma. Does anyone have similar experience?
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Post by rmar on Mar 31, 2020 18:19:54 GMT
I too have found the need and stronger desire to be braced now. Since I am stuck at home and do not go outside that much I am finding that I'm spending almost every day crippled and braced. I have never been able to identify why I feel the way I do about braces so I just decided to enjoy something that gives me joy.
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Post by busboy on Apr 2, 2020 10:52:52 GMT
In my opinion, it is only natural that we look to familiar things or those which give us pleasure in times of stress. Therefore it follows that those of us on this forum think about wearing our braces more often. As much of my usual activity has been stopped or at least severely restricted I find I am wearing my kafo more often. Every cloud has a silver lining as they say.
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Post by rowland on May 5, 2020 13:25:33 GMT
I too have found the need and stronger desire to be braced now. Since I am stuck at home and do not go outside that much I am finding that I'm spending almost every day crippled and braced. I have never been able to identify why I feel the way I do about braces so I just decided to enjoy something that gives me joy. I've got time to browse, not a surprise, with lockdown. I noticed the word "joy". This is my word for the happiness t hat wearing a brace gives me. Notice I say "a brace". I value the fact that wearing one brace only, on my right leg, enables me to lead an active life. Do you use a wheelchair? Do you have crutches? I miss using crutches. I used them when my AFO was no longer sufficient and enjoyed the speed of the swing-through gait. Before lockdown I used crutches when I went to the gym three mornings a week, to get from car to gym then around in the gym and for standing talking. I want to find ways of using them under lockdown. We drive to the beach most mornings but once there I use walking-poles. Anyhow, Happy Bracing, Rowland And thanks for the comments re ischial rings. I've more to say on that another time.
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Post by rowland on May 5, 2020 16:35:47 GMT
Not long before lockdown I went to the funeral of a fellow gym member. As our row got full, some other gym members came and sat in the row behind. Hardly anyone at the gym has seen me in a brace as I use crutches at the gym. A member who was sitting just behind me leant forward and asked about the leg-brace. I just said I usually wore it. Questioner satisfied, which brings another little incident to mind: When I first went to the chiropodist she asked me whether I had had polio. I said no but if I had said yes she would have believed it as I am of the right age.
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Post by deejay on May 5, 2020 23:48:04 GMT
Yes, definitely agree that I am spending more time braced since lockdown. I have a few fairly big projects on but there is more time available overall. Also, it is currently much less likely that anyone will drop in so its easier to leave my kafo easily accessible.
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Post by dickie1brace on Aug 14, 2020 15:51:23 GMT
Just come across this post after a long absence from the forum.
Yes, I agree too. My desire to wear my brace is much stronger when I am stressed / worried / unhappy. I had not really thought it through before but probably lock-down has had an effect even though I'm retired and the financial impact of Covid-19 has not really hit me. There is no doubt that a 'strong desire' to wear my brace occurs more often with the present virus restrictions.
The hot weather in the UK has been a bit frustrating recently as my wife won't let me wear my brace without long trousers and will not allow me out of the house in it!
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Post by ij0511 on Aug 17, 2020 12:38:13 GMT
I have worn braces since I caught polio at the tender age of 3 The orthotic clinics seem not to prescribe them these days, and I can vouch I rarely see any fellow brace wearers when I go to clinic. This does make me feel somewhat isolated as I enjoyed swapping tales and experiences I remember many years ago having ischael ring top braces I cant recall much other than they hurt and dug into your leg wen you sat down but I seem to remembre they were good at supporting Anyone on here any memories of them? I asked my othotist about getting a pair but it was conveniently dismissed
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Post by rowland on Aug 17, 2020 17:01:47 GMT
Yesterday I replied to new member Kenny83 because I had the good fortune to have a choice between a thermoplastic brace or a metal and leather one. I am sorry to hear that you (ijo511) have not had this choice. The metal and leather caliper that I wear at the moment was made by Crispin Orthotics. Checking in my old diaries I am surprised to find I have only worn a KAFO for six years. It seems a lot longer, probably because i am so used to wearing it. Before that, I wore an AFO for six years following radio therapy for cancer. At present I am wearing a KAFO that has had an ischial ring added to it. If coronavirus had not intervened, this caliper would have been just a trial run before the orthotist designed a new brace for me. As you say, the ischial ring provides extra support. In my case this was because I was unstable at the waist and still am if I don't have it on. Without the ischial ring I flip backwards at my waist, not enough to fall over, but enough for it to be a nuisance. I have more to say about the loneliness of wearing a caliper! I hope you will continue this conversation either in posts or in messages. Cheers to you, ij0511, and to all who read this post.
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Post by kenny83 on Aug 21, 2020 9:42:54 GMT
I can also agree that my thoughts on bracing has had popped up more and more over this wired period. I have had these thoughts and desire to wear braces generally before the lock down etc (stressed and not stressed) but i have always tied it down to my years of experience's wearing braces daily.
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Post by Francesco Perrier on Oct 28, 2020 21:16:58 GMT
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