On Sun, 1 Feb 2015 16:39:49 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein
wrote:

In "(PeteCresswell)" writes:

Due to neurological issues, descending a staircase is becoming
increasingly problematic for Yours Truly.

Current strategy is going down sideways holding the railing, but a
collapsed knee could defeat that.

Don't know if this would work for your case, but... if
you put a railing on th eother side of the stairway, can
you reach both with your hands? If so, intall it and
then try walking _backwards_ down the stairway.

It looks silly but is often easier.

- try it first in a building near you that has
the railings on both sides. Small office building
or school, etc.

It might work.

But I feel obliged to tell about this, which has more than one
difference from what you said. My first year in college I was
*running* *up* tthe stairs, only wide enough for one person, narrower
than the average basement stairs, holding on to both railings, when I
missed a step and must have hung from both railings a bit, and I
dislocated one shoulder. I hadn't done that before. I told myself I
should learn to let go of one railing.