Tuesday 24 March 2015

Long time no post, my fellow Bloggers. Sorry for being MIA. It's been very busy at The Arthritis Society. We just had one huge event where we raised a TON of money for kids with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, and we have another event coming up this weekend. Busy bees over here.

Time for a life hack though! If you have trouble doing up your buttons on your shirt due to arthritis in your hands, do not fear! A neat little trick is to take a one of these clips and use the metal part to grab your buttons and pull them through the hole on your shirt.





Awesome! I found this on sci.rutgers.edu

Cheers,

Christine

Thursday 29 January 2015

DIY Sock Helper

We have a nifty little gadget here at The Arthritis Society- a helper to put your sock on! Cool! As an advocate for fuzzy socks, I highly endorse the idea of a sock helper, except the prices of some of these things are outrageous. Unless Kate Spade is making one, I can't afford to spend $35.00 on it!


I should mention to you guys right now, my favourite thing to say when I go shopping is "I could make  that"...and often times I do. I'd rather save my 30+ dollars and buy a new blouse instead (only because I can't sew- yet!). I found the idea for the sock helper from a water bottle on various Pinterest boards. So here is my version...


Start with your clean and empty water bottle. I used a big 1L size.



Cut the top and bottom off the bottle. I used a pushpin to make some holes and create a point of entry for the scissors (be careful!)


Cut a strip out in the middle so it makes a C shape (for Christine!) I would probably make mine a little bit bigger than this if I were to re-do my sock aid. Depends how wide your foot is. Then I taped around the sides with packing tape so I wouldn't cut myself on the plastic.


I also added some fun duct tape to mine to make it look a bit nicer!
I took a hole punch and made holes near the top of the bottle, close to edges. I tied a piece of twine on each hole.


Bunch your sock up on the end. I found it works best to scrunch it up closer to the bottom. 


Put your foot in the middle. You can see here that I should have made a little bit more space for my foot, but hey- it still works. 


Use the pieces of string to pull the water bottle up your foot. Pulling one in each hand works best.


Sock on foot! (Kind of) I used ankle socks, so you may have better luck with a higher sock. Just adjust the back and...


You're good to go!


All of this made for free! I will be saving my $35.00 thank you!

Cheers, 

Christine









So, what's a "life hack"?

Hi everyone! Long time reader of blogs, first time blogger here. A brief intro: my name is Christine and I'm a student working at The Arthritis Society Saskatchewan Division. I'm really interested in adpative living, and hope to be an occupational therapist (hopefully soon!).

I created this blog as a place to post all of my DIY arthritis "life hacks". What's a "life hack"? It's a tip or trick to make things easier. That being said, I am a fan of all things DIY and am quite a creative thinker. MOST of my ideas may seem genius *wink wink* but some could turn out to be flat out silly. Bare with me, and I hope you learn something.


Cheers,

Christine