There are people who weigh 300 pounds or more that are having a problem trying to find a safe step stool to use for their therapy or rehab exercises. The step stools used for bariatric exercises must have a minimum load rating of 500 pounds. There are step stools that say they are bariatric step stools like some of the wooden step stools, but if you examine the step stool you cannot find the load rating on it. Now, think this over, does it make you feel safe to do your bariatric workout or your physical therapy on a step stool that cannot deliver the safety it promised?

Overweight people taking physical therapy have a special need when using a step stool. The step stool has to be rated at 500 pounds for bariatric needs. There are many step stools that are being used as bariatric step stools such as wooden steps, but if you inspect the step stool closely you will NOT find any kind of load rating on them. It doesn’t make sense to go to the trouble of going to your physical therapy class to improve your health only to get injured from an inferior step stool that couldn’t hold your weight when exercising.