Standing out!
Want a great example of not just standing up but standing out?
If you were lucky enough to see Channel Seven’s Sunday program tonight you would have seen the amazing story of Tate who has Cerebral Palsy and his loving brother Nash whose love is a joy to behold. Tate after previous failed attempts, and nearly running out of steam this time completed a marathon! He wants to complete his next marathon without his walker, so we have offered a donation of a pair of coloured crutches for his next attempt. Truly Tate and Nash show you can do anything in life!
Check out http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/article/-/article/8273734/brothers-in-arms/
and the Cerebral Palsy Education Centre that Tate supports http://www.cpec.org.au/index.html
Keep on standing out boys!
Coloured crutches -Why just stand up when you can stand out? The Top 10 reasons to choose your colour!
So why should you use coloured crutches over standard crutches?
The Top 10 reasons you should go c o l o u r e d (with apologies to David Letterman)
2/ They save you energy (the design is more ergonomic than conventional crutches, and saves around 30% energy compared to underarm crutches in particular) Anyone who has used crutches knows how tiring they are to use!
3/ You can choose a colour that reflects your personality (there are designer sunglasses so why not designer crutches?)
4/ You will get much more attention and recognition than if you are “just another person using crutches” You really will stand out!
5/ You can choose a colour that matches your choice of outfits. It is VERY hard to colour co-ordinate clothes with grey or wooden coloured crutches!
6/ The tips are silent (no more clattering down the hall with your crutches and everyone knows you are coming) Very useful for any ninjas out there needing to be on crutches!
7/ You can name your own colour combination (see our post below on name your crutches) that no-one else has come up with before. Your name will live on any time anyone else comes up with your colour combo in the future they will see your name!
8/ They really cheer up someone who has an injury or disability (particularly kids) who are forced to use crutches. Colour has been shown to improve mood, coloured crutches brighten up lives (and hospitals!)
9/ The grips are totally non-slip. Our crutches also won’t cause chafing or potential nerve injury that can occur using underarm crutches.
10/ Previously not available anywhere else, they are only available currently through our website from a reliable manufacturer in business over 100 years. Be amongst the first to have fashion, stylish designer crutches in a range of colours, or design your own. You have the right to choose your colour, that makes you feel good when you go out into the world! When everyone else is just standing up, you can stand out!
Beat the price rise!
Buy coloured crutches now and beat the price rise! Our massive $40 off our entire range discount was due to end tonight, but we have extended the deadline by a few days, so you now have until midnight 4th October to purchase some of our fanstastic coloured crutches at much lower prices. Act now, because this discount won’t be repeated (it was a one-off as a thank you to all those who have supported this new product in Australia). Go HERE to choose your colours!
In other news our crutches are now at the Princess Margaret Hospital, and are on their way to the Sydney Children’s Hospital and the Women and Children’s hospital in SA. They are also at Independent Living Centres around the country! So our crutches are getting out into the world, brightening up the hospital wards with colour! If you know any hospitals/organisations that would like to know more about our crutches range please have them email us standoutcrutches@live.com.au We also have a special discount for hospitals and organisations, but this offer also must end soon, so you need to act soon!
Thanks again to everyone who is spreading the word about our coloured crutches, it is much appreciated. We get a real sense of satisfaction knowing we are helping make the world a brighter place!
Name your crutches!
“Choose your colour!” is on our logo for standout crutches, because we believe people should have the right to choose what colours they wear into the world, whether they have a disability or not. We have been very inspired by all the custom coloured crutches designs people have been choosing, particularly the children’s colours. We have some really great designers out there! The colours that people have chosen really show off their individual flair fashion sense and personality.
We really wanted to reward such individuality so we came up with the idea of “Naming Your Crutches”. If you order a set of custom crutches you have the opportunity to name the crutches ANY NAME YOU LIKE and we will reserve that colour for you. We will put your colour choice and the name you chose up on the website, along with a short few lines on what this colour scheme means to you. And if anyone wants to order your colour scheme in the future they will order it seeing the name you have chosen. Once a unique colour scheme is chosen, only YOU have the right to name it, no-one else!
So how does it work? Choose a colour scheme by going to the colour selector for adults HERE or children HERE. Then come back to our site and order a Design your Own Crutch through our shop online section (ONLY this month $40 off!) IF no-one else has chosen the same colour as you, you get the naming rights! We will email you if you are eligible to name the crutches, and then you can email us back the name you have chosen and why you chose the colours you did. Have fun creating wonderful colour combos!
Some of our custom crutches and some names the designers have chosen so far Hover over the images for the names that have been chosen.
I like the toys and the movies and these crutches reminded me of the robots in disguise maybe they transform into crutches!
I love the sea and dragons and purple is my favorite colour.
I feel hot when I wear these pink crutches out on the town
A child from WA chose this colour scheme which I loved (to be named soon)
Please note Names must not be offensive and we reserve the right to refuse a name at our discretion.
Coloured crutches sale!
When we started making coloured crutches available in Australia for the first time, we had no idea what the response would be. Well the response has been amazing! Our crutches are now on the way to children’s hospitals around Australia, and children and adults with longterm disabilities are attracting compliments everywhere they go using our crutches!
Due to the outstanding sales of our range we are VERY pleased to announce we have secured a ONE-OFF discount on our range of fashion crutches. Until the end of September 2009 we are discounting ALL our crutches by $40 per pair. You can now get your own fashionable range of coloured crutches at wholesale prices, from $99.95! But this discount MUST end on the 30th September when the prices will revert to the original prices. So if you know someone who has been injured or is disabled and wants to buy crutches to brighten up their life, encourage them to come along and choose the colour that best reflects them!
Check out our shop online section to look at our range.
And thank you to all the people who have purchased crutches and made this discount possible! Remember, why just stand up when you can stand out!
Standout Crutches are here!
Standout Crutches are here!! Why just stand up, when you can stand out?
pic from iStockPhotos.com
It is our pleasure to bring to you our coloured crutches, in both adult and children’s ranges. You can choose from a variety of colours and you can even design your own combination!
Why just stand up when you can stand out?
Standout crutches was started by Alwyn Blayse, a physiotherapist who works every day with people who have mobility challenges.
“A lot of people who have illness or disability need to use crutches and as if that’s not depressing enough they are faced with using boring, uncomfortable wooden or grey metal ones! I believe these coloured crutches will make a big difference in a lot of people’s lives by making their day (literally) brighter”.
We want to help empower you!
When you go out into the world, you should be able to wear clothes and accessories in colours that make you feel good. Now with Standout Crutches you can choose the colour of your crutches that best reflects your personality and what you are doing!
Why Choose Standout Crutches?
Choice. Comfort. Safety. Style.
- Choose from our designer and kid’s range of stylish coloured crutches. There are designer sunglasses, so why not designer crutches?
- Or you can design your own coloured crutches! Hundreds of possible combinations!
- Very comfortable and carefully ergonomically designed
- Energy conserving compared to other crutches
- Solid and stable, from a reliable European manufacturer in business for over 100 years
- Totally non-slip grips
