[QUAD-L] RE: driving your own power chair
My past and current occupational therapists work with the physical therapists on giving me back movement. My first occupational therapist after rehab helped me get splints, cuffs, and other helped me learn to use them with what I had. My current occupational therapist is helping me strengthen my muscles and get more functional movement by doing gravity eliminated exercise's along with helping me learn to use my partially working arm to eat and wash my face, etc. Unless they are all going above and beyond o.O Danny Espinoza 26/m/California Occupation before accident Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer What happened: Broke c2,c6,c7 with doner bone at c2 Traumatic brain injury from blood going to central cortex from spinal cord not vent dependendent anymore. :] My myspace address - http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx My spinal cord injury support website - http://spinalcordinjured.net/ http://spinalcordinjured.net/ From: wheelch...@aol.com [mailto:wheelch...@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 5:15 AM To: static...@roadrunner.com; momofmany0...@yahoo.com; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: driving your own power chair Hi Danny. You've mentioned this before and so have some others and I just wanted to be sure we are on the same level. A physical therapist, works with the nerves, muscles and strength of your body. An occupational therapist, works to achieve your life's goals. Also, I have known some OTs and PTs who have stepped out of their speciality to inspires others with their talents. Best Wishes In a message dated 4/18/2009 1:12:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, static...@roadrunner.com writes: at first I was unable to as well and had to use a sip and puff setup. Make sure he works hard with a good OT occupational therapist to get as much return as he can! The first 3 1/2 years are the most important because he will get the most return then! :) Good luck and you two stay strong! Danny Espinoza 26/m/California Occupation before accident Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer What happened: Broke c2,c6,c7 with doner bone at c2 Traumatic brain injury from blood going to central cortex from spinal cord not vent dependendent anymore. :] My myspace address - http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx My spinal cord injury support website - http://spinalcordinjured.net/ From: Cyndi Davis [mailto:momofmany0...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 12:48 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Fw: mobility - driving your own power chair --- On Fri, 4/17/09, Cyndi Davis momofmany0...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Cyndi Davis momofmany0...@yahoo.com Subject: mobility - driving your own power chair To: quad-list@eskimo.com Date: Friday, April 17, 2009, 7:30 PM Hi! How do you all drive your power chairs? My husband is a c5,6 quad, 1 yr. post. He has limited use of some shoulder muscles, but not enough control of his arm to work the joystick on his power chair. A friend suggested getting some kind of head control: sip puff, chin control or head control. When we had the OT do an evaluation, she said he should get enough use back to drive with his arm. She suggested a T shaped joystick. We just saw a U shaped piece on another quad's joystick (someone made his 29 yrs ago). He sets his wrist in the opening and goes where he wants to. The children and I drive my husband around for now (our 2yr. old boy loves driving his Dad's chair - but he runs into everything! so I don't allow him to. He only drives when my back is turned!). It would be nice for my husband to have some independance. Any suggestions? Thanks! momofmany0...@yahoo.com http://us.mc434.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=momofmany0...@yahoo.com _ Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown0003 the Radio Toolbar!
RE: [QUAD-L] driving your own power chair
Where did your husband do his rehab? A seating eval would have been done? _ From: wheelch...@aol.com [mailto:wheelch...@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 8:15 AM To: static...@roadrunner.com; momofmany0...@yahoo.com; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] driving your own power chair Hi Danny. You've mentioned this before and so have some others and I just wanted to be sure we are on the same level. A physical therapist, works with the nerves, muscles and strength of your body. An occupational therapist, works to achieve your life's goals. Also, I have known some OTs and PTs who have stepped out of their speciality to inspires others with their talents. Best Wishes In a message dated 4/18/2009 1:12:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, static...@roadrunner.com writes: at first I was unable to as well and had to use a sip and puff setup. Make sure he works hard with a good OT occupational therapist to get as much return as he can! The first 3 1/2 years are the most important because he will get the most return then! :) Good luck and you two stay strong! Danny Espinoza 26/m/California Occupation before accident Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer What happened: Broke c2,c6,c7 with doner bone at c2 Traumatic brain injury from blood going to central cortex from spinal cord not vent dependendent anymore. :] My myspace address - http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx My spinal cord injury support website - http://spinalcordinjured.net/ http://spinalcordinjured.net/ From: Cyndi Davis [mailto:momofmany0...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 12:48 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Fw: mobility - driving your own power chair --- On Fri, 4/17/09, Cyndi Davis momofmany0...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Cyndi Davis momofmany0...@yahoo.com Subject: mobility - driving your own power chair To: quad-list@eskimo.com Date: Friday, April 17, 2009, 7:30 PM Hi! How do you all drive your power chairs? My husband is a c5,6 quad, 1 yr. post. He has limited use of some shoulder muscles, but not enough control of his arm to work the joystick on his power chair. A friend suggested getting some kind of head control: sip puff, chin control or head control. When we had the OT do an evaluation, she said he should get enough use back to drive with his arm. She suggested a T shaped joystick. We just saw a U shaped piece on another quad's joystick (someone made his 29 yrs ago). He sets his wrist in the opening and goes where he wants to. The children and I drive my husband around for now (our 2yr. old boy loves driving his Dad's chair - but he runs into everything! so I don't allow him to. He only drives when my back is turned!). It would be nice for my husband to have some independance. Any suggestions? Thanks! momofmany0...@yahoo.com http://us.mc434.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=momofmany0...@yahoo.com _ Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown0003 the Radio Toolbar!
Re: [QUAD-L] PTs OTs Drs, Oh My! (driving your own power chair)
Hiya Todd and All, Yes, you are correct and make the strongest point, under the direction of a doctor. The TEAM Concept is also just as important. Both OT, RT and PT attend the basic training school and then separate and go on to their finishing schools to become their specialities. I've also never met a dummy either and the women tend to be fertile (just kidding) Best Wishes In a message dated 4/19/2009 2:54:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, sant...@cox.net writes: Good Day W ! I just wanted to stress here that no matter the difference between the jobs of PTs and OTs and the functions they perform, everything they do are typically under the direction of a doctor and all 3 of them (plus YOU) should ultimately be acting as a TEAM. Sometimes a doc's orders are as simple as strength and function training as appropriate. It's up to you, the OT and PT to work out what appropriate really means. Other times a doc's orders are very specific based on provblems a patient or PT/OT discusses with him/her... i.e., Stretch R arm and shoulder, increase ROM to assist patient's independence in dental and facial hygeine. And then it's still a team effort. Most of us know this... but for those who don't, this is what you should expect... or even insist upon. Best wishes, --Tod wheelch...@aol.com wrote: Hi Danny. You've mentioned this before and so have some others and I just wanted to be sure we are on the same level. A physical therapist, works with the nerves, muscles and strength of your body. An occupational therapist, works to achieve your life's goals. Also, I have known some OTs and PTs who have stepped out of their speciality to inspires others with their talents. Best Wishes **Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown0003)
[QUAD-L] Paid Surveys
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[QUAD-L] W?
ok, w, who r u'brother' y do u need to b asked? Eric W Rudd c5sc...@gmail.com - Original Message - From: wheelch...@aol.com To: sant...@cox.net ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] PTs OTs Drs, Oh My! (driving your own power chair) Hiya Todd and All, Yes, you are correct and make the strongest point, under the direction of a doctor. The TEAM Concept is also just as important. Both OT, RT and PT attend the basic training school and then separate and go on to their finishing schools to become their specialities. I've also never met a dummy either and the women tend to be fertile (just kidding) Best Wishes In a message dated 4/19/2009 2:54:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, sant...@cox.net writes: Good Day W ! I just wanted to stress here that no matter the difference between the jobs of PTs and OTs and the functions they perform, everything they do are typically under the direction of a doctor and all 3 of them (plus YOU) should ultimately be acting as a TEAM. Sometimes a doc's orders are as simple as strength and function training as appropriate. It's up to you, the OT and PT to work out what appropriate really means. Other times a doc's orders are very specific based on provblems a patient or PT/OT discusses with him/her... i.e., Stretch R arm and shoulder, increase ROM to assist patient's independence in dental and facial hygeine. And then it's still a team effort. Most of us know this... but for those who don't, this is what you should expect... or even insist upon. Best wishes, --Tod wheelch...@aol.com wrote: Hi Danny. You've mentioned this before and so have some others and I just wanted to be sure we are on the same level. A physical therapist, works with the nerves, muscles and strength of your body. An occupational therapist, works to achieve your life's goals. Also, I have known some OTs and PTs who have stepped out of their speciality to inspires others with their talents. Best Wishes -- Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar!
[QUAD-L] Fw: Paul Guest, User's Guide to Physical Debilitation
This is powerful... April 19, 2009 Today's poem is from My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge, published by Ecco / Harper Collins. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. Read more about this book. Support our Resources Text POETS to 20222 to donate $5 through your cellphone bill. One of our text donors will receive a free copy of our new Poem in Your Pocket anthology. Also on Poets.org Other Paul Guest Poems • On the Persistence of the Letter as a Form Related Prose • Poems about the Body • Poems of Passion and Sex To remove yourself from this list, please deselect the Poem-A-Day feature in your personal profile on Poets.org. Academy of American Poets 584 Broadway Suite 604 New York, NY 10012 212-274-0343 acad...@poets.org User's Guide to Physical Debilitation by Paul Guest Should the painful condition of irreversible paralysis last longer than forever or at least until your death by bowling ball or illegal lawn dart or the culture of death, which really has it out for whoever has seen better days but still enjoys bruising marathons of bird watching, you, or your beleaguered caregiver stirring dark witch's brews of resentment inside what had been her happy life, should turn to page seven where you can learn, assuming higher cognitive functions were not pureed by your selfish misfortune, how to leave the house for the first time in two years. An important first step, with apologies for the thoughtlessly thoughtless metaphor. When not an outright impossibility or form of neurological science fiction, sexual congress will either be with tourists in the kingdom of your tragedy, performing an act of sadistic charity; with the curious, for whom you will be beguilingly blank canvas; or with someone blindly feeling their way through an extended power outage caused by summer storms you once thought romantic. Page twelve instructs you how best to be inspiring to Magnus next door as he throws old Volkswagens into orbit above Alberta. And to Betty in her dark charm confiding a misery, whatever it is, that to her seems equivalent to yours. The curl of her hair that her finger knows better and beyond what you will, even in the hypothesis of heaven when you sleep. This guide is intended to prepare you for falling down and declaring détente with gravity, else you reach the inevitable end of scaring small children by your presence alone. Someone once said of crushing helplessness: it is a good idea to avoid that. We agree with that wisdom but gleaming motorcycles are hard to turn down or safely stop at speeds which melt aluminum. Of special note are sections regarding faith healing, self-loathing, abstract hobbies like theoretical spelunking and extreme atrophy, and what to say to loved ones who won't stop shrieking at Christmas dinner. New to this edition is an index of important terms such as catheter, pain, blackout, pathological deltoid obsession, escort service, magnetic resonance imaging, loss of friends due to superstitious fear, and, of course, amputation above the knee due to pernicious gangrene. It is our hope that this guide will be a valuable resource during this long stretch of boredom and dread and that it may be of some help, however small, to cope with your new life and the gradual, bittersweet loss of every God damned thing you ever loved.
Re: [QUAD-L] W?
I know who W is; W is and has been a strong and knowledgeable contributor to this list, every since my some 16 or 17 yrs. here on the list. Whether W is a quad, advocate, knows someone in a chair or whatever. W has been a great help; and is a person that has shared a wealth of information to our community. Thanks W! Tim --- On Sun, 4/19/09, Eric W Rudd c5sc...@gmail.com wrote: From: Eric W Rudd c5sc...@gmail.com Subject: [QUAD-L] W? To: quad-list@eskimo.com Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 6:16 PM OK, w, who r u'brother' y do u need to b asked? Eric W Rudd c5sc...@gmail.com - Original Message - From: wheelch...@aol.com To: sant...@cox.net ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] PTs OTs Drs, Oh My! (driving your own power chair) Hiya Todd and All, Yes, you are correct and make the strongest point, under the direction of a doctor. The TEAM Concept is also just as important. Both OT, RT and PT attend the basic training school and then separate and go on to their finishing schools to become their specialities. I've also never met a dummy either and the women tend to be fertile (just kidding) Best Wishes In a message dated 4/19/2009 2:54:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, sant...@cox.net writes: Good Day W ! I just wanted to stress here that no matter the difference between the jobs of PTs and OTs and the functions they perform, everything they do are typically under the direction of a doctor and all 3 of them (plus YOU) should ultimately be acting as a TEAM. Sometimes a doc's orders are as simple as strength and function training as appropriate. It's up to you, the OT and PT to work out what appropriate really means. Other times a doc's orders are very specific based on provblems a patient or PT/OT discusses with him/her... i.e., Stretch R arm and shoulder, increase ROM to assist patient's independence in dental and facial hygeine. And then it's still a team effort. Most of us know this... but for those who don't, this is what you should expect... or even insist upon. Best wishes, --Tod wheelch...@aol.com wrote: Hi Danny. You've mentioned this before and so have some others and I just wanted to be sure we are on the same level. A physical therapist, works with the nerves, muscles and strength of your body. An occupational therapist, works to achieve your life's goals. Also, I have known some OTs and PTs who have stepped out of their speciality to inspires others with their talents. Best Wishes Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar!
