RMS Deluxe 5-Piece Hip Knee Replacement Kit - Ideal for Recovering from Hip Replacement, Knee or Back Surgery, Mobility Tool for Moving and Dressing (32 Inch Reacher)

I had a full hip replacement and it was recommended that I order this kit.WOW! This gave me some degree of independence (my limit was what I could do--not a limit due to these items) and I quickly became thankful I had these items.The sponge on a stick was helpful since I could not reach my legs to clean them in the first few days of my surgery. Simple? Yes! Worked great and gave me some independence as well.I did not wear shoes much (work from home) but when I needed the extended shoe horn, it works every time. I'm still using it and will likely continue for a while more (surgery was 6 weeks ago). I'm impressed with its sturdiness.The grabber is just fun! When I could not bend, I could pick up items so again I didn't need to ask someone to do it. I used it a lot as I was dressing and undressing.The clothing stick was amazing. I was not thinking I would use it, but quickly realized it helped me dress, undress, and then pick up the clothes off the floor. I used it heavily for the first 5 to 6 weeks after surgery (I am in week 7 now). I would guess if your back was sore, this would be something that would be useful!I tried to use the sock tool but continued to fail. I believe that is because I wear compression socks that are REALLY tight. The tool worked great, but getting the sock pulled up was hard (but it is always hard to put on the compression socks). I researched how to use it a lot and it appears that most people were using the tool for non-compression socks--so for the vast majority of people this probably works well and would be very useful even after you are back to normal!This package of tools was a life saver in my recovery. I would ask for help so much during those early days of recovery. These tools allowed me to do a good deal of things "all by myself [said in a 3-year-old voice!]". I was surprised how much I could do thanks to these tools!

It was a difficult decision to have to even need these items; but they have come in very handy for my husband's rehabilitation

Nice to have it all in one package. The grabber and others work fine.

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I immediately gave away the sponge-on-a-stick, and the opposing pickup device is fairly fragile and very limited in use, but the double-ended stick, the sock device, and the long shoe horn are all useful. The item that is most indispensable is the stick device, because without it, I would have to lean over too far and risk dislocating the titanium hip that just replaced my old arthritic one. Without the sock device I would have to rely on others to put on my socks for me, including the support hose that I am required to wear for weeks after the surgery. I could probably manage without the long shoe horn by just using one of the protrusions on the double-ended stick, but the shoe horn works better for putting on shoes (I'm only wearing loafers and house shoes for awhile as I recuperate). The double ended stick is the most used item in the kit. I have it with me much of the time for dressing, undressing, picking up and moving items, etc. With my range of motion being limited, the stick extends my reach and allows me to function much more independently. The stick is also relatively small and light, has no moving parts, and has very helpful and well-conceived protrusions at both ends to hook, lift, push, pull, and guide. Getting dressed and undressed by myself is when I most often use the stick, but it's useful in many other daily activities -- more than I care to list, and any list would continue to grow. As healing has taken place, I use the items in this kit less, but there are still many times every day I need the three primary devices.I won't say that the price of the kit is a huge bargain, but it is very reasonable to have the full package delivered to my door by Amazon the day after I got home from the hospital. I would advise hip replacement patients to purchase the kit a week before surgery and practice using the devices in advance. Learning the ways to use the devices while physically impaired after surgery is not ideal, even though I did so without too many problems.