Secure® Hip Protectors with Removable Tailbone and Hip Pads

Description

Hip Protectors with Removable Tailbone and Hip Pads

Features of the Secure® Hip Protectors with removable tailbone and hip pads

• Waterproof high impact foam pad
• Memory foam pads contour to body
• All Secure® brand hip protectors feature a removable tailbone pad
• Can be worn as underwear or outside clothing
• Ultra-soft and breathable fabric – 94% Cotton / 6% Spandex
• Latex-free
• Six Month Warranty
• Independent Bio-mechanical testing proves superior to other brands in preventing hip and tailbone injury

Hip Fractures Among Older Adults
One of the most serious fall injuries is a broken hip. It is hard to recover from a hip fracture and afterward many people are not able to live on their own. As the U.S. population gets older, the number of hip fractures is likely to go up.

• Each year at least 250,000 older people—those 65 and older—are hospitalized for hip fractures.
• More than 95% of hip fractures are caused by falling, usually by falling sideways.
  • Women experience three-quarters of all hip fractures.
  • Women fall more often than men.
• Women more often have osteoporosis, a disease that weakens bones and makes them more likely to break.
• The chances of breaking your hip go up as you get older.

Facts About Hip Protectors
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INDEPENDENT LABORATORY TEST RESULTS

Our Secure brand hip protectors have been tested to determine if they reduce the force below the fracture point in the event of a fall. The pads were tested by Collision and Injury Dynamics, Inc. headquartered in El Segundo, CA. Visit www.ci-dynamics.com.

The hip fracture threshold of an elderly person is 3100N (+/- 1200N). The average force of the left and right Secure hip pads was 1366N and 1531 N respectively. The tailbone pad was 1841N. All pads reduced the force associated with a fall below the threshold fracture point.