WonderHip hip protection
Protecting yourself from hip fractures is perhaps not exactly what you are thinking about. Still, some of us will be exposed to just this; hip fractures.
Can anything be done to prevent such a breach?
It is typical that a fracture occurs in the event of an accident, and it is also typical that you have not thought so much about it. Or?
Many people stay in good physical shape, get healthy diets and take care of themselves. Yet, as we grow older, we will lose some of our muscle- and bone mass. Yes, after those 40 years, bone mass, especially in women, is dwindling due to, among other things, reduced oestrogen levels in the body. And thus it opens up so that the bones do not withstand as much as before.
An active lifestyle leads to stronger muscles, better health, a positive approach to life and a reduced risk of illness and accidents. And, in fact, you can maintain the bone mass fairly well by loading - yes, precisely the leg.
WonderHip is an effective and soft hip protector that prevents hip fractures.
WonderHip gives you freedom to enjoy life.
Welcome to WonderHip
WonderHip gives you freedom
Think of the hip protector as a safety belt [in your car] or other obvious safety equipment. If there should be an accident, you have taken your precautions and considerably reduced the risk of fracture. The fall might hurt - a lot - but the chances are that you won't break a thing and will keep on, just as before.
Many who worry about a fall, or are at risk of falling, unconsciously reduce their daily activities.
A passive style of living leads to poorer health and increased risk of falling.
Some people find it a barrier to overcome just to start wearing a hip protector, but as with other safety equipment, the benefit of wearing WonderHip can be great. Many of those who get a fractured hip, are convalescent for the rest of their lives.
The benefit of using WonderHip is maintained good health.
WonderHip gives you freedom and self confidence.
WonderHip - a better way of living
Life and happiness, good health and good friends. Someone to love.
How precious isn't all this to us, and what would we not do to always be there?
The best you can do to yourself is keep your health and energy.
Being active strengthens and invigorates and gives you an abundance of the life-giving energy.
When you feel safe and secure, you dare more - you can more, and life is just good. Safety gives self confidence and lets you explore your capacities.
WonderHip is a safety product, and because it is comfortable to wear, near invisible and highly efficient, you trust your own strength.
And you get more. And you have more, and then you can give more.
Take WonderHip into your life and experience more!
WonderHip - hip protector?
"WonderHip is an effective and soft hip protector that can prevent hip fractures”.
“Every year several thousand persons suffer hip fracture. WonderHip is an effective and comfortable hip protector that prevents hip fractures in a fall incident. WonderHip absorbs the shock at impact and reduces the risk of fracture.
WonderHip wears comfortably and fits snugly to your hip whether you sit, walk, or lie. A good hip protector should absorb and distribute the malignant energy from severe shocks, feel comfortable and, if possible, don't show much.
WonderHip is the one hip protector in the market that fulfils all of these requirements. I have myself tested WonderHip. It is very comfortable to wear - as opposed to protectors with hard shell pads - it sits right in place were it should and gives a good and reassuring feeling of safety."
Dr. Thor-Øistein Endsjø
Dr. Med. / Medical adviser on the development of WonderHip
Who should use hip protectors?
People with increased risk of falling!
A number of factors are found in people who have increased risk of falling, and thereby contracting a hip fracture.
RISKS
* Previous hip fracture
* Osteoporosis
* Dysfunctional walking
* Physical weakness
* Poor balance
* Poor eyesight
* Fear of falling
People with osteoporosis (brittle bones).
Many of those suffering from hip fractures also suffer from osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is more prevalent in women.
After menopause, the body stops producing oestrogen, a hormone slowing breakdown of bone tissue.
Elderly people and nursing patients
Impaired health caused by old age, illness, and medication often leads to poor balance, reduced bodily strength and -ability. In its turn, this leads to high risk of falling and eventually hip fractures.
One in two elderly patients in hospitals and nursing homes falls every year.
Some advice to prevent accidents at home:
- Use good-fitting shoes
- Remove loose rags on slippery floors
- Avoid multi levelled and uneven floors
- Don't stand on stools to reach higher
- Remove all loose electrical leads and other trip-traps
- Employ some sort of non-slip agent under your rugs
Stay active !
Wearing hip protectors will reduce the risk of a hip fracture if you should fall. WonderHip is so comfortable to wear that you hardly remember you took it on, and it will be there and take the punch off a fall - if it comes.
There is no part of WonderHip that will break or have to be replaced. The briefs will need washing though - now and again, just like your ordinary underwear, and perhaps together with them.
Common belief has it that fall accidents happen on icy and slippery surfaces in winter, but the fact is that most accidents happen in or around the safe environs of the home.
Why choose WonderHip?
Most hip fractures are caused by falling.
The fracture is normally found in the hip bone or just below. WonderHip hip protector absorbs the impact of the fall, and reduces the risk of a hip bone fracture.
WonderHip is an effective and soft hip protector.
SOFT
Compared with other hip protectors that have hard plastic shells for cushions, WonderHip is equipped with soft, resilient and comfortable cushions, and can be worn all day and night.
INVISIBLE
WonderHip forms softly with the body’s curvature and is near invisible under ordinary clothes.
Pull the light and comfortable WonderHip over your ordinary underwear, or use it instead of underwear, and the cushions automatically slip into the right position. And you are protected.
In a fall accident, the cushions will absorb and distribute the shock away from the hip bone area.
WonderHip briefs are soft and comfortable
Effective shock absorbing pads
A few technicalities……..
Here you can find some relevant measures to help you find your proper size.
Wash the briefs at 60 °C, tumble dry at max 80 °C, or drip-dry.
PADS: Handwash only. No harsh detergents. Wipe dry.
Colours and sizes
The WonderHip briefs come in several sizes and two colours.
Inside the lining you'll find the pertinent washing instructions, and size is marked in a size-specific colour.
The textile in the briefs is a matrix of cotton, Lycra and polyamid. Black colours should be washed separately.
How to put on your WonderHip
On the inner lining of the briefs, there is a colour code. It tells what size the brief is and how it should be maintained, or washed.
On both sides - still on the inside - there is a pocket opening upwards. The pads fit snugly into these pockets, just bend it to squeeze it in.
It is imperative that the pads be placed in their respective pockets before the product is used.
The pads have a curved shape to optimise body contact, and the side facing the body is the hollow one (where the logo is imprinted)
The material of the pads gets a bit softer when subjected to body temperature. In this way, they become even more comfortable to wear.
Put the pads into the pockets with the hollow side closest to the body. Then take the briefs on, just like ordinary underwear.
And because of the softening of the pads as the WonderHip is on, you may as well sleep with it. (some of us need to visit the WC during the night, or just have a glass of water, and quite a few accidents occur when stumbling along tired and in poor light).
Some facts about hip fractures
Fall is the number 1 cause of hip fractures.
A hip fracture should be put under surgery within 24 hours.
The incidence of hip fractures is increasing exponentially in people over 60 years of age.
One in three people over the age of 65 falls each year.
2/3 of them are women.
1/3 suffer from osteoporosis.
Hip fractures are painful and can lead to hospitalization.
Residents of nursing homes who do not wear hip protectors have a higher tendency to experience fractures than those who wear protectors.
Slippery sidewalks or floors are not the main causes of hip fractures.
Most accidents with hip fractures occur in or around the home.
The most common fractures occur near the hip joint ball, but otherwise also all the way down to the femur. All fractures must be operated on.