5 tips for walking with the Van Raam City walking aid
The City walking aid from Van Raam is suitable for people who have difficulty walking or standing for a long time. Read in this article 5 tips for walking with the City walking aid.
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The City walking aid from Van Raam is suitable for people who have difficulty walking or standing for a long time. Read in this article 5 tips for walking with the City walking aid.
For people who have difficulty walking or standing for long periods of time, a City walking bike can be a relieving and helpful means of transportation because your body weight is carried by the saddle and thus joints are relieved. We often still see a rollator on the street, read here what the advantages of a walking bike are instead of a walker.
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Luzia - Haso’s Velo & Rehatechnik
Luzia from Rüschlikon near Zurich has had the City walking aid for one and a half years and is very enthusiastic about it. Through training, she has largely got rid of her back and knee pain. Read her story in this customer experience and watch a video where you can see the City Walking Wheel in motion.
Barbara Beltle
Barbara has an innate hip malformation and therefore needed Van Raam’s City walking aid. Now she is able to walk long distances together with her husband again. Read here more about her experiences.
Gabriel van de Luitgaarden
Due to a rare muscle disease and permanent nerve damage in his legs, Gabriel now walks with a City walking bike. Read his experience here.
Nerina MackenzieParr
Due to knee and hip arthritis, walking was very painful. Nerina bought the City walking bike and it has totally transformed how she gets around! Read Nerina’s story here.
Chantal Neuteboom
Since getting her Van Raam walking bike City, Chantal can do anything again. She has her freedom and energy back. Read her experience with the City here.
Elín Arna Heimisdóttir
Elín Arna Heimisdóttir: “I can’t stand still for a long time, nor walk around with pain. The City walking bike is a really good helping aid and gives me freedom and support to walk around both inside and outside.”
Marian van der Weide
My name is Marian van der Weide and I live together with my wife, dog and cat in my nice house with nice city garden in the old town of Middelburg (the Netherlands). I have a walking aid City since a few months. I have this walking aid, because I walk a bit wobbly because of a muscle disease.
Ton van de Nieuwenhuijzen
Ton van de Nieuwenhuijzen from Delft, the Netherlands, has metastasized kidney cancer. Because the tumors are also in his legs, it is quite difficult for him to walk. With the City walking aid Ton has increased his range of action and he can walk independently again.
Jackie Zimmerman
Via Healthcentral, a well-known American website about health, we came across an article about our City walking aid. In this article, Jackie Zimmerman, experience expert, compares our walking aid with the threewheeler Alinker walking aid. Jackie says that these walking aids are an excellent option for people with (a starting form of) Multiple Sclerosis. With the walking aid you can easily walk more and further. Read in this customer experience the experiences of Jackie about the walking aid City.