Hi River,
I like you have long legs. My manual is one foot plate and my legs
fall to the sides a little bit. We adjusted the chair so they don't fall that
bad. Invacare makes a cushion that has indents in the cushion that is
supposed to help that.
Worth asking about. I used a Velcro strap for awhile, but quit using
it. could be laziness or just not caring. Be careful with that motor
chair and gaining weight. You'd be surprised on how much exercise you get
by pushing yourself around.
Stacy
"People who hate you do not win unless you hate them. Then you destroy
yourself"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 3:37
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Question for Quad
Women
Brian,
That's my problem, I am "blessed" with
LOOOOOOOOng legs and in order to
fit this chair they had to position the
seat back in a bucket style.
Foot rests are as low as they can go,
can't get a taller chair because
of my van (no topper on it). If the
seat is dumped then my neck and
shoulders go out as I slouch
forward. My thighs were touching the
cushion when the seat was
dumped, BUT knees still splayed. I think it
has to do with the
position my feet are in as well as nothing pushing
my thighs or hips in on
the side of the chair. I jus tmight go the
velcro route as W
suggests. The foot plate is one piece in the power
chair and my
manual has two and I position my feet in the flexed
position on the foot
rest. Arghhhhhh, walkies don't seem to get the
importance of
this.
River
On Dec 2, 2004, at 1:30 PM, Brian Stocker
wrote:
> If your knees are splayed in that fashion, as are mine, you
should
> consider, again, if your chair is REALLY fitted
properly, the entire
> length of your thigh should be taking
pressure. do your legs move in
> and out freely? If so, you
may need to lower your foot rest or raise
> your seat pan so that your
thighs are snug against your cushion. I am
> having this problem,
because the wc was not fitted properly and the
> adjustment is maxed
out.
>
> Brian
>
> River Wolfe wrote:
>> Hi
everyone,
>> I'm really enjoying my power chair but I have a
problem. My seating
>> position is less than "lady-like"
ie: my knees are as far apart as
>> possible in the sitting
position. The chair fits me well, but there
>> aren't any side
guards like in my manual chair. I think these guards
>> help
keep my legs together. I feel really uncomfortable sitting like
>> this, any suggestions?
>> My brother uses a bungee cord
to keep his knees together when playing
>> quad-rugby, I really
don't want to resort to that ;-)
>> Thanks,
>>
River
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