Visual, auditory and tactile feedback is something that is well known to help patients with Parkinson's improve gait and function.
Watch the Before and After of using painter's tape as a visual cue and then the use of NexStride attached to a walker!
I love that it is a portable version of the painter’s tape and it can be attached to a cane or Urban Poles to decrease freezing!
“Is it covered by Medicare?”
The Parkinsons Wellness Foundation will cover most of the cost and it is 100% covered by the VA ….. but not Medicare.
What’s the problem?
Despite over 100 peer-reviewed articles showing that visual and auditory cues work to reduce falls by 40%, as well as improve duration and frequency of freezing, Medicare won’t agree to cover Nexstride until they can show studies using that specific product at home.
But the Parkinson's foundations aren't interested in funding a study with Nexstride because it’s already a well known fact that visual and auditory cueing improve gait in Parkinsons!!
Nexstride is a portable solution for this need to have continuous target lines to follow to remind clients to take those big steps. It also has a metronome making rhythmical taps so they aren’t always looking down!
I encourage people to take advantage of her generous return policy. She just wants people to try it so she has set it up to be as hassle free as possible.
It’s 30 day money back guarantee, no questions asked, including the shipping. And you can use my 50$ off discount code EVOLVINGHOMES !
If you decide it’s not for you, just pack it up and use the included return label to ship it back! You just can’t know if something will help unless you give it a try!
