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Always 100% US Made & Manufactured

secondstepinc — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:14:15 +0000

Buy America

The Gait Harness System II – Buy America

Second Step supports local manufacturing to provide you the best product quality control. The GHSII has always been 100% USA made and manufactured. Contact us at 877.299.STEP.

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

Please visit www.secondstepinc.com to find out more about the results oriented, clinically proven Gait Harness System® (GHS) and NEW Gait Harness System® II (GHSII). Many severely injured individuals who are using the GHS, and who were unable to walk in the 5, 10 and 20 plus years post their injuries, are now beginning to stand and walk again for the first time. The GHS helps individuals regain healthy functioning after challenges due to spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke, cerebellar degeneration, orthopedic, neurological, lower extremity amputation, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and other ambulation, gait and balance rehabilitation issues. The GHS is used world-wide in a broad spectrum of out-patient, in-patient, and home enriched environments.

Surviving a SCI and LE Amputation: walking again

secondstepinc — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:57:35 +0000

Walking again after SCI and LE amputation

John exemplifies therapeutic complexity and ease of use of the Gait Harness System when using both a prosthetic and orthotic. Watch his story at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuwM7fZPerI&feature=player_embedded.

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

Taking a Stand to Walk Again

secondstepinc — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:43:58 +0000

Brain Injury Survivors Show the Way

Walking is a complex, not an automated, motor task. Review the research at http://www.secondstepinc.com/clinicians_casestudiesresearch.htm, and read the stories of brain injury survivors who are doing what needs doing http://www.secondstepinc.com/homeuser_successstories.htm .

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

Surviving a SCI: Abby's Story

secondstepinc — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:36:46 +0000

Abby suffered a C6 complete SCI, and had not walked in 10 years

She is able to walk again in the Gait Harness System, with carbon fiber KAFOs. Without the GHS, walking again would require at least two persons assisting her. Watch Abby’s video story of recovery at Click here

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

Brenda helps James Walk Again; who needs your help?

secondstepinc — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:11:20 +0000

James has a need to walk again, Brenda got organized

As James said to Brenda, “with this walker, I can control my own therapy, and get back to life.” To read full news article, click

http://www.press-herald.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4436:friendship-leads-to-new-outlook-on-life&catid=34:local-news&Itemid=69 .

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

Surviving a TBI: Robert's Story

secondstepinc — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:11:29 +0000

Every day, Robert walks again in the Gait Harness System II

Robert began using the Gait Harness System II 2 years ago, after not walking for 13 years. He has now graduated out of the System, and uses only a cane for walking assistance. Watch Robert’s story of recovery at http://www.secondstepinc.com/homeuser_successstories.htm .

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

New Article on the Gait Harness System published by Stroke-Network.com

secondstepinc — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:36:59 +0000

Gait Harness System Provides Hope for Stroke Survivors

Stroke-Network.com, The Center for Stroke Recovery, has published the articleGait Harness System Provides Alternative for Mobility Rehabilitation - Hope for Survivors , writing:

“For stroke survivors facing an extreme loss of mobility after the first initial month or two of rehabilitation, the Gait Harness System might be the ideal solution for recovery.”

For full article, see http://www.stroke-network.com/articles/gait-harness-system-provides-alternative-for-mobility-rehabilitation

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

Happy New Year Wishes!

secondstepinc — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:59:10 +0000

Warmest Wishes for a Wonderful New Year!

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

It's the FINAL 3 DAYS of our Gait Harness System II sale!

secondstepinc — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 03:18:11 +0000

It’s the FINAL 3 days of our GHSII Sale!

We are open this weekend to process your orders. Contact us at 877.299.STEP. For more details, see http://www.secondstepinc.com/index_hol2012.htm

Steffani Dubats JD, Executive Director of Sales, Second Step, Inc.

Second Step highlighted in MDA magazine

secondstepinc — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:28:32 +0000

Second Step has been highlighted in Quest’s Product Peeks Fall 2012, MDA’s Research & Health online magazine. Quest writes “Second Step’s Gait Harness System and new Gait Harness System II provide rehabilitative standing and walking support. Visit Second Step to see the sturdy rolling frame and full-weight-supporting harness system in action.” For more details, see http://quest.mda.org/article/product-peeks-fall-2012

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

ONLY 20 more days to save 20% off your Gait Harness System II purchase!

secondstepinc — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:48:36 +0000

20% Winter Holiday Sale ENDS DECEMBER 31

Contact us TODAY for Year’s Best Pricing on the GHSII. For more details, see http://www.secondstepinc.com/index_hol2012.htm .

Remember, purchasing the GHSII in 2012 may qualify you for an ADA business tax incentive or IRS medical expense deduction. For more details, see http://www.secondstepinc.com/PDF/TaxIncent2012.pdf

Steffani Dubats JD, Executive Director of Sales, Second Step, Inc.

Looking for a 2012 year end medical expense tax deduction or incentive?

secondstepinc — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:09:47 +0000

Gait Harness System II purchase in 2012 may qualify you for a year end IRS tax deduction or ADA tax incentive for your business/clinic.

If you are looking for a 2012 year end IRS medical expense deduction or an ADA tax incentive for your clinic or business, now may be a good time to acquire the Gait Harness System II. For more details, click here: http://www.secondstepinc.com/PDF/TaxIncent2012.pdf .

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

Do you, or someone you know, deserve a chance to Walk Again this year?

secondstepinc — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:33:58 +0000

Get more details on our limited time, Winter Holiday Sale on our most popular model, the GHSII:

http://www.secondstepinc.com/index_hol2012.htm

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

Happy Thanksgiving!

secondstepinc — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:21:54 +0000

From all of us at Second Step, wishing you a Safe & Happy Thanksgiving!

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

Celebrating 2012 Highlights: New Feet and Faces

secondstepinc — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:58:51 +0000

Feet & Faces, Walking New Places

Do you, or someone you know, deserve a chance to try and walk again? These people believed they did, and are celebrating better health in 2012. See full stories here http://www.secondstepinc.com/index_hol2012.htm .

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

2012 Year's Best WINTER HOLIDAY SALE on the Gait Harness System II starts today!

secondstepinc — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:01:09 +0000

2012 Year End Holiday Sale on the GHSII is available for a limited time

What better gift to give, than the gift of

WALKING AGAIN

For a limited time only, we are offering Year’s Best Winter Holiday Sale pricing on our most popular 2012 GHS model, the NEW GHSII

For more details, see http://www.secondstepinc.com/index_hol2012.htm

or contact us at 877.299.STEP or steffani@secondstepinc.com

Steffani Dubats JD, Executive Sales Director, Second Step, Inc.

Step by step

secondstepinc — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:51:01 +0000

Many care centers, hospitals, rehab facilities, clinics and home users across the country use the Gait Harness System as their preferred approach for training the non-ambulatory to walk.

Thousands of victims of traumatic brain injuries, strokes, and spinal cord damage are routinely thrust into wheelchairs, then sent on their way with the message they will never walk again. We know otherwise. Read full article in Eugene Magazine at http://www.secondstepinc.com/PDF/EugeneMagazineSpring2011SecondStepArticle.pdf.

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

Limited time Holiday Sale on the GHSII begins November 1

secondstepinc — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:05:05 +0000

Our Once a Year HOLIDAY SALE on the NEW Gait Harness System II begins November 1. We are taking pre-orders now.

Ask us for details: 877.299.STEP or steffani@secondstepinc.com

Steffani Dubats, JD, Executive Director of Sales, Second Step, Inc.

Real People, Real Success Stories: Focus on Donald

secondstepinc — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:18:48 +0000

Donald – A Great Story: Veteran walking again after TBI, stroke, and fall related-fractures

Donald is US veteran who served our country in active duty several years during the Korean War. Military stressors included TBI, PSTD, and shell fragment wounds following blast exposure. Donald has experienced heart attack, stroke, and multiple repeated rib, arm, hand and leg fractures resulting from falls. After 6 months of being bed-bound, watch his video story of recovery at http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uLG_FqYA4jA

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

NEW Press Release from TodayinPT.com

secondstepinc — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:14:49 +0000

Second Step has been highlighted in the Fall issue of Today in PT Product Market Place e-magazine, your online source for Physical Therapy CE, jobs, and news. Read the full press release at http://www.todayinpt.com/productmarketplace/

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

What your walk says about your mental function

secondstepinc — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:54:38 +0000

Walking is a complex task that requires more than just moving the leg muscles. The link between cognitive function and
walking isn’t a new finding-researchers have been investigating it for the past 10 years or so. What is exciting about the research is that it is being taken to the next level. Researchers from Harvard Medical School showed that specific aspects of gait were related to specific aspects of cognitive decline.

Read full article at http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/a-sluggish-unsteady-walk-might-signal-memory-problems-201207235047

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

Equipment: Making do when the authorities fail to deliver

SWAN UK (Syndromes Without A Name) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:24:30 +0000

Like many of our SWANs, Lawrence has hypotonia. As a baby, this wasn’t too much of a problem. He relaxed in his baby rocker just like any other little one would, he cozied up in his car seat happily, snuggled close in the sling for walks and played contently at home under his jungle gym. But as he has grown, and his development hasn’t progressed at the same rate, we have needed to find ever creative ways to give him safe and comfortable places to eat, play and travel.

Typically, a 15 month old would be sitting, crawling, standing and walking, but Lawrence is still just learning to sit. Almost a year ago, we were assured by the team at the children’s hospital that once his community referrals were in place for physio and occupational therapy, they would help us with specialist equipment: a seat to help him sit upright for playing and eating that would keep his spine straight, and then a standing frame to encourage him to weight bear and play upright. Sadly, as is often the case, this help has not been forthcoming.

Dealing with the authorities to get the assistance and equipment he needs is a political exercise that requires the tenacity and ferocity of a bulldog (which is a whole other post…).

When I realized it might be forever before we get a seat or a standing frame, and that Lawrence was spending way too much time just lying on the floor while I dealt with his sister, managed household chores or prepared meals, we had to take matters into our own hands and got busy on the Internet looking for equipment we could buy in the mainstream that would help him to play upright.

It has been a bit hit and miss but we have had some great success with some of the items we have bought. We have tried endless chairs, activity centres, high chairs, and next on the list are bath and car seats. It is an expensive and time-consuming mission researching and buying equipment and is very much trial and error.

Perhaps the best thing we have bought for Lawrence has been his Activity Centre. I wish we had bought one sooner. We had been told how important it is for Lawrence to practice standing, in his Piedro boots, every day, to develop strength in his leg muscles and stability in his joints, but were really struggling to get Lawrence to stand, supported, over the sofa. He just wanted to turn around and look at my face instead. And as he got bigger and heavier, I started to find it a real physical strain to hold him upright for any length of time.

In his activity centre he can stand and play, turning himself around, watching me do household chores, and entertain himself watching his big sister run around like a loon. I was worried that his physio might not approve, but she has given it the seal of approval. At some point in the future he may get a standing frame, but for now his activity centre is providing him with much needed standing time and upright play time to encourage his visual and hand-eye development.

I have heard many parents of hypotonic children say what a godsend the Bumbo seat is. And I have to agree. Lawrence was able to sit in one from about 10 months old and, with the tray in place, it’s a wonderful place for him to play while learning to sit. He likes to watch Mr Tumble from the comfort of his Bumbo, and I can sit by him as we try to learn some of the signs. Now he’s getting a bit chubby, we’re on the hunt for a bigger version… <watch this space>

High chairs have been the biggest challenge. We happened to have an old Bloom Fresco highchair which was absolutely brilliant for first weaning, as he didn’t have to be able to sit up to use it, and its egg shaped seat meant we could easily wedge him in there surrounded by tea towels. As he has got bigger and stronger, we’ve hunted for high chairs and booster seats that enable him to sit a bit more upright. Thanks to some other SWAN mums, I found out about the First Years Booster Seat which is brilliant for that wobbly-just-about-sitting stage that Lawrence is at now. Since we bought this seat, he is even picking up finger food and putting it to his mouth, something he has NEVER done before!

The next challenge is finding him a car seat. I had, naively, assumed we might get help with this, but we have been left to our own devices to find him something safe. I intend to keep him rear-facing as it’s safer for small bodies, especially those with poor muscle tone. In the next few weeks we will be taking a long trip to the In Car Safety Centre in Milton Keynes to choose him a seat. Of course, they are wildly more expensive than conventional toddler seats, but I am fast learning that a good deal of our not-so-disposable income will go into the “Lawrence Fund”, to equip him with everything he needs to keep him safe, happy and encourage his development in any way we can.

Thank goodness we are facing these challenges in an Internet age. With little to no support from the authorities in either providing or helping us to identify appropriate equipment for our boy, I am eternally grateful that I can just switch on the Mac to research and chat to other parents facing the same challenges.

DIY Super Dad untuk Super Kid....

afiaiman — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:42:49 +0000

DIY #1- Standing frame Projek ini bermula pada bulan Disember tahun lalu… Mengapa standing fra

Monkey Frames in the Round

lotaspots — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:05:14 +0000

Here is a new design for the spring!

Round nursery standing frames with monkeys!!!

Choose either pink or blue

You can find them at candicenkatiesart on etsy.

New Possibilities to Walk Again

secondstepinc — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:00:02 +0000

There may be a new glimmer of hope for the elderly and specials needs individuals who are in the midst of life changing crises. Offering a possibility to walk again can be priceless. How important is quality of life to all of us, especially baby boomers who are facing retirement and long term care considerations in the future?

If an individual is in the process of spending down to qualify for Medicaid, and walking again will add to that individual’s best quality of life, why not use part of the Medicaid financial spend down to acquire an equipment piece which may help them walk again? Consider walking again as a positive step forward, honoring personal dignity and independence. Read my own story to learn more. The article appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of The Headliner, the newsletter of the Brain Injury Association of Oregon. BIAOR-5-2011_SecondStepArticle

David Dubats, Founder, Second Step, Inc.

Please visit www.secondstepinc.com to find out more about the results oriented, clinically proven Gait Harness System® (GHS) and NEW Gait Harness System® II (GHSII). Many severely injured individuals who are using the GHS, and who were unable to walk in the 5, 10 and 20 plus years post their injuries, are now beginning to stand and walk again for the first time. The GHS helps individuals regain healthy functioning after challenges due to spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke, cerebellar degeneration, orthopedic, neurological, lower extremity amputation, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and other ambulation, gait and balance rehabilitation issues. The GHS is used world-wide in a broad spectrum of out-patient, in-patient, and home enriched environments.