ComfiHips and McKnights Long Term Care News

ComfiHips® is on a mission to educate our seniors, our friends, and our loved ones about injury prevention when someone falls. It is so important that we protect ourselves as we get older because our body does not heal as quickly...

McKnight's Long Term Care News has posted an article about one of the co-inventor's, Iris Onrot, and her mission to help protect seniors! ComfiHips® has been around for a couple of years now and there has not been one return or complaint. Why? Well try it on yourself! You wont feel that you are wearing them and ComfiHips® is nearly invisible to the naked eye.

Visit us at www.comfihips.com for more information on how you can help protect yourself, a loved one, a friend from a hip injury.

ComfiHips Testimonials

“I love wearing ComfiHips®!  I tell everybody about them when I go to Rehab.  I show them to my doctors and the nurses come running to see them! They are so comfortable to wear.”

 

Rabbi Morton Malavsky

Tree of Life Synagogue

Hollywood, Florida

The Hip Protector

ComfiHips® and its around the clock hip protection is becoming more and more popular!

ComfiHips® is comfortable, affordable, has high impact absorption, and has been proven in bio-mechanical testing.

So why not chose a hip protector with all of these qualities??

Visit us at www.comfhips.com for more information.
 

ComfiHips - Saving Lives One Hip at a Time

Why should you chose ComfiHips®?
What if I told you that our feedback has been: "I forget that I am wearing them"?
What if I told you that people say: "I feel more secure when I wear them"?

ComfiHips® has been revolutionizing hip fracture prevention. This product is not only comfortable to wear, but designed to provide ultimate protection from falls.

Please contact us if you are at risk of falling at www.comfihips.com or 1-877-857-1110.

 

Hip Protectors Do Work!

Saving lives by reducing hip fractures is what ComfiHips® is doing. Up to 25% of people who fall and fracture their hip, die within the first year and our main goal is to reduce that number. Many Long Term Care facilities across the United States and Canada are purchasing ComfiHips® because they believe that this is the best way to help stop fall related injuries.

Visit us at www.comfihips.com for more information on how to better protect yourself.

The Most Comfortable Hip Protector: ComfiHips

What if you could combine unbelievable impact absorption with comfort? ComfiHips® received feedback that not only does it not restrict people's mobility, people say it feels like their wearing their regular undergarments!

When someone wears a hip protector, you do not want them to feel like they are wearing something bulky or uncomfortable to wear. You should have your freedom to move where ever you want, whenever you want! ComfiHips® is protecting people all over Canada and the United States and its time that you protect your loved ones and friends.

Visit us at www.comfihips.com for ordering and any other questions you might have.
 

ComfiHips: The Most Effective Hip Protector

How do you properly choose a hip protector? Here are a couple of factors that seperates ComfiHips® from other hip protectors:

      1. Statistics: ComfiHips® pads absorb up to 87.2% of impact from a lateral fall. Our pads were able to reduce hip fractures to less than 1/4 of 1% of 818 falls! 
      2. Comfortability: People often say, "I forget that I am wearing ComfiHips®!" That is because our pads weigh less than a small bag of potato chips and our undergarments are made out of 95% high quality cotton.
      3. Affordability: We provide two undergarments in every ComfiHips® package, making it cost effective versus other hip protectors. We also offer an undergarment set for half of the cost that includes 2 high quality cotton undergarments.
      4. Education: In every ComfiHips® set, we provide a Fall Prevention Pamphlet to educate people on home safety so hopefully, they do not fall.

 

For more information, visit us at www.comfihips.com or call us at 1-877-857-1110.

 

Independence with ComfiHips

This coming Thursday is July 4th and why not celebrate it with the hip protector that gives you the independence you deserve: ComfiHips®! Our hip protector is so light weight that people often tell us, "I forget that I am wearing ComfiHips®!"

ComfiHips® has a unique, stream line design for its pads that makes them almost invisible underneath your clothes. This means that you will be protected and no one will notice, giving you the independence you deserve! We want our customers to feel comfortable, protected and have the ease of mind that no one knows they are wearing it!

If you have any more questions visit us at www.comfihips.com.

Hip Protectors

Medical devices that protect people from fall related hip fractures and injuries have been on the market for many years. Hard shell hip protectors have very low user compliance because of their bulkiness and people do not feel comfortable wearing them. Soft shell hip protectors are more comfortable but have very low impact absorption because they are simply a piece of foam.

The newest technology in hip protectors is here: ComfiHips®! Our pads were designed in conjuction with the University of Florida Department of BioMechanics. They were designed with three goals in mind: high impact absorption, very high user compliance, and affordability. When wearing ComfiHips®, you will feel comfortable and have an ease of mind that you are protected from a possible fall related injury.

In fact, since ComfiHips® has been on the market, we have not had one return or complaint! Why??? Because our main feedback from our customers has been: I feel more secure when I wear ComfiHips® and I forget that I am wearing ComfiHips® because they are so light weight!

If you have any more questions about ComfiHips®, or how to protect your loved one, please visit us at www.comfihips.com.

Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a decrease in bone mineral density that makes you very susceptible to fractures and falling. There are various severities of this disease and people who have it, need to take every precautionary measure to protect themselves.

Lifestyle changes must be made to avoid a possible fracture if you have osteoporosis. Diet, exercise, strengthening your balance and using a hip protector to protect you against injuries when you fall are great ways of intervention. ComfiHips® is here to protect you. Our pads not only absorb up to 87.2% of impact from a lateral fall, they actually absorb more impact the harder someone falls!

If you have any more questions about how to protect yourself, please visit us at www.comfihips.com for more information and how to contact us.

Fall Prevention in the Home with ComfiHips

As we go through our daily activities during life, there are lots of things that can cause a fall in the home:

Slippery floors, wires, books or magazines on the floor, scatter rugs, tables, chairs, etc.

These fall hazards may seem normal to have in the house but when someone is not paying attention, a dangerous fall can occur. ComfiHips® is there to protect you from that fall with our high impact absorption and comfortability, you cannot go wrong.

Visit us at www.comfihips.com for more information on how to protect your loved ones.

Light Up The House

Many people use lights that are on a switch. If we have to get up in the middle of the night for any reason, sometimes it is very difficult to find that light switch. Place night lights around the house so you are never unsure of where you are walking.

One common way people fall is because of getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, yet there are no lights on. Place night lights around the house, they produce enough light to see the floor when the main house lights are off. ComfiHips® is also there to protect you, day and night. In case you do fall, our hip protector will absorb most of the impact so hopefully you avoid a severe injury and even a hip fracture.

Father's Day

This past Sunday was Father's Day, a day that family comes together to celebrate the man of the house. Let's make sure that our fathers do not fall this coming year by giving them tips on balance, education, and staying active.

Balance - Look at your father when he walks, does he have trouble? Try observing how he stands or turns the corner. If he does not look like he is doing this properly, then contact a physical therapist or an occupational therapist to help strengthen his balance so he can walk better.

Education - A fall related injury is the #1 reason why people visit the emergency room in the United States according to the CDC. ComfiHips® is reducing the probability of hip fractures and severe injuries to those who wear them.

Staying Active - As we age, we become more sedentary in our lifestyles. Try getting your father out of the house and do an activity that everyone can enjoy. Putt putt golf, bowling, or going to a park are all great ideas on how to keep our fathers moving.

If you have any questions or for more information visit us at www.comfihips.com.

Facts about Falling for Everybody:

Many of us may fall at some point in our lives. As we age, the injury that comes from falling can be quite severe. Here are some interesting facts about falls according to the CDC:

 

*More than 1/3 of adults over 65 fall every year.

*Falling is the primary cause of accidental death of people over 65.

*90% of hip fractures occur due to a fall.

*Quality of life is dramatically reduced if you survive a hip fracture.

 

Protect yourself from a fall related injury with the newest technology in hip protectors: ComfiHips®. It is lightweight, high impact absorbing, and affordable.

 

Visit us at www.comfihips.com for more information.

Famous last words: “I won’t fall.”

Statistics are in for just the state of Florida. In 2008 alone, the reported number of falls in each age group is dramatically more than any other related injury. This information can be found on the Department of Health website for Florida.

Here are the numbers for falls that resulted in an emergency department visit: for ages 65 – 74 (31,268 falls), 75 – 84 (41,924 falls), 85+ (34,682 falls).

The next closest reported injury is Moving Traffic -any occupant in the car. Here are these numbers: for ages 65 – 74 (5,834 injuries), 75 – 84 (3,367 injuries), 85+ (949 injuries).

So by these numbers you are at least10 times more likely to fall down and go to the emergency room than being injured in a car accident!

ComfiHips® is here to protect you!

At a major long term care facility that has 387 beds, the year they began wearing  ComfiHips®, their hip fractures were reduced to less than ¼ of 1% on 818 falls! Amazing statistics!

Protect yourself, protect your friends, protect everybody you know with the pad you trust: ComfiHips®!

FADONA Gets Comfi!

On April 23 and 24, ComfiHips® was featured as the only hip protector at the Florida Director of Nurses Association Conference. The two co-inventors, Iris and Martin Onrot, were doing the ComfiHip® bounce left and right to everybody at the conference!

 

 

For two days, we were educating people on fall prevention and statistics that show when people wear ComfiHips®, their chances of experiencing a hip fracture or severe injury from a fall are dramatically reduced. For more information visit us at www.comfihips.com





Get Up and Go Test

Rein Tideiksaar designed a mobility test for people to determine if they are at risk of falling (www.seekwellness.com). It was reported that people who need to use their hands to rise from a standard sitting position have DOUBLE the chance of falling than someone who is of similar age. He recommends this test:

1.    Get up (without the use of armrests)

2.    Stand still momentarily.

3.    Walk forward 10 feet.

4.    Turn around and walk back to the chair.

5.    Sit back down.

If there are any issues with these tasks, then you are at risk of falling. Protect yourself with ComfiHips®.

We do not want people to fall; but if they do, we are here to protect their hips. ComfiHips® is revolutionizing hip protection with its high impact absorption and affordability; around the clock hip protection…comfortably! Visit us at www.comfihips.com for more information.

Why Wear A Hip Protector? Why ComfiHips®?

Falls occur for many reasons. Some risk factors include, but are not limited to: poor vision, cognitive impairment, gait/balance issues, muscular weakness, degenerative joint disease of hips/knees. So many people are at risk of falling and they do not even realize it. 

How can you help protect your loved ones when they fall and reduce the changes of a hipfracture?

Use the newest technology in hip protectors: ComfiHips®!

By using ComfiHips®, people feel comfortable because the pad weighs less than 25 potato chips, and they are highly protected because it absorbs up to 87.2% on a lateral impact! For more information visit us at www.comfihips.com

Don't Fall, but IF YOU DO... ComfiHips® is here to Protect YOU!

It is estimated that 1 out of 3 Americans over the age of 65 will fall at least once per year. On his web site, Dr. Weil suggests 5 small steps to help prevent falling:

1.    Install safety devices.

2.    Eliminate scatter rugs and floor clutter.

3.    Recover or replace slippery floor surfaces.

4.    Always have a phone nearby in case you do fall.

5.    If you have a companion animal train it to stay away when you walk.

We don’t want you falling either, that is why each set of ComfiHips® includes 2 undergarments and 2 pads. This way when one undergarment becomes unclean, you have another one to easily slip your pads into. You are always being protected when the first undergarment is being laundered.  We also sell sets of just undergarments so you have extras for the rest of the week. Our sets also include a pamphlet on “Tips for Fall Prevention.”

Protect yourself, Be yourself, Live your life with ComfiHips®!

Award Winning CEO and Co-Inventor: Iris Onrot

Yesterday, Iris Onrot received an award as "Today's Honoree" with www.wordpress.com. She was labeled as the "Hippest" entrepreneur you will ever know. She is helping to save lives with the newest technology in hip protectors called ComfiHips®. Click on the link below:


http://todayshonoree.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/the-hip-entrepreneur-iris-grant-onrot-is-todays-honoree/


If you need any more information about fall prevention or ComfiHips®, please visit us at www.comfihips.com or call our toll free number 1-877-857-1110. We look forward to helping you and your loved ones!