Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
In a message dated 4/8/2006 3:10:37 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just cant grasp the concept of a front transfer. Just something I was never informed about. Stacy Its good for standing pivot transfers and those who have some mobility and strength. W
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
I just cant grasp the concept of a front transfer. Just something I was never informed about. Stacy - Original Message - From: David K. Kelmer To: Stacy Harim ; quad-list@eskimo.com ; Win Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs Hi Stacy, Back when I first heard of it they called it a "Granny Scoot." That just about describes they way it is done. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 29 Years PostTexas, USA Stacy Harim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Front? How is it possible? Stacy - Original Message - From: Win To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs I'm not sure, but I think LittleQuad is talking about transfers from the front, instead of the side. Is that right LittleQuad? I'm like you Brien, and do my transfer to the bed from the side. Which means no need to remove footrests. However, to transfer to toilet and bathtub, I do my transfer frontwise, so I have to remove footrests for those.Win C7-T1At 05:09 PM 4/4/2006, Brien wrote:>I transfer into a power chair. With the armrest all the way back>and behind the cushion, there is no obstruction to sliding>d! irectly onto the cushion. What do you mean about legs what legs?>Here is the url for my chair notice the footrests are not in the>way at all>>http://www.invacare.com/cgi-bin/imhqprd/inv_catalog/ >prod_cat_detail.jsp?s=0&prodID=TDX5&catOID=-536885369>>Let's figure this out>>Brien>>On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:34 PM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote:>>>Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs?>>What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it>>into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each!>>Thanks>
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
I tore a whole in my cover as well. I just can't wait to heal from
this flap well so I can eventually get a firmer cushion down the road a
bit. I pray. LOL!! I hate the roho only for the reason of transfers. It's
very difficult and I have arm strength. I can't even imagine how hard it
must be for you all. Well I remember slightly but I had a firmer cushion
when I was regaining arm strength and learning to transfer.
Stacy
- Original Message -
From: David K. Kelmer
To: Stacy Harim ; Quad-list
post ; ~LittleQuad~
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 6:23
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers &
Chairs
Hi Stacy,
After I went to a ROHO cushion I had to stop my transfers alone
because I tore the first cushion trying to transfer with a slid board.
With Love,
CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 29 Years PostTexas,
USA Stacy Harim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Im in a manual chair but use a roho cushion now and that is my issue
with the transfers. The board gets caught in the material instead of
between my butt and the seat and then once I get to the chair, I'm sunken
only when I'm half in the chair. Anyone else with roho's that transfer
have that issue?
Stacy
- Original Message -
From: ~LittleQuad~
To: Quad-list post
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 3:34
PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] Transfers &
Chairs
Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs?
What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it into a
electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each!
Thanks
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
I have tried transferring without the foot rests and it is so much more difficult for me. T. Houston - Original Message - From: David K. Kelmer To: ~LittleQuad~ ; Win ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs Hi LQ, My manual chair was an E&J Premiere and had the footrests had a latch that I could 'Thumb' and the whole thing would swing out of the way. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 29 Years PostTexas, USA ~LittleQuad~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: well to tell the truth i don't know!! i suppose the PT assumes we must... they stick out to the front and is kind of hard to go overthem, but not as hard as removing them...Win <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Why would you need to remove your footrests if you're doing a transfer from the side?WinAt 09:18 AM 4/5/2006, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: NO, I mean from the side.> >On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:34 PM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: > >>Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? >>What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it >>into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each! >>Thanks
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
Hi LQ, My manual chair was an E&J Premiere and had the footrests had a latch that I could 'Thumb' and the whole thing would swing out of the way. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 29 Years PostTexas, USA ~LittleQuad~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: well to tell the truth i don't know!! i suppose the PT assumes we must... they stick out to the front and is kind of hard to go overthem, but not as hard as removing them...Win <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Why would you need to remove your footrests if you're doing a transfer from the side?WinAt 09:18 AM 4/5/2006, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: NO, I mean from the side.> >On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:34 PM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: > >>Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? >>What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it >>into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each! >>Thanks
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
Hi Stacy, Back when I first heard of it they called it a "Granny Scoot." That just about describes they way it is done. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 29 Years PostTexas, USA Stacy Harim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Front? How is it possible? Stacy- Original Message - From: Win To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs I'm not sure, but I think LittleQuad is talking about transfers from the front, instead of the side. Is that right LittleQuad? I'm like you Brien, and do my transfer to the bed from the side. Which means no need to remove footrests. However, to transfer to toilet and bathtub, I do my transfer frontwise, so I have to remove footrests for those.Win C7-T1At 05:09 PM 4/4/2006, Brien wrote:>I transfer into a power chair. With the armrest all the way back>and behind the cushion, there is no obstruction to sliding>d! irectly onto the cushion. What do you mean about legs what legs?>Here is the url for my chair notice the footrests are not in the>way at all>>http://www.invacare.com/cgi-bin/imhqprd/inv_catalog/ >prod_cat_detail.jsp?s=0&prodID=TDX5&catOID=-536885369>>Let's figure this out>>Brien>>On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:34 PM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote:>>>Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs?>>What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it>>into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each!>>Thanks>
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
Hi Stacy, After I went to a ROHO cushion I had to stop my transfers alone because I tore the first cushion trying to transfer with a slid board. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 29 Years PostTexas, USA Stacy Harim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Im in a manual chair but use a roho cushion now and that is my issue with the transfers. The board gets caught in the material instead of between my butt and the seat and then once I get to the chair, I'm sunken only when I'm half in the chair. Anyone else with roho's that transfer have that issue? Stacy- Original Message - From: ~LittleQuad~ To: Quad-list post Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 3:34 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Transfers & ChairsThose of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each! Thanks
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
I keep the foot rests on because it helps with my balancing and I don't have to lift my legs from the floor to the bed. T. Houston - Original Message - From: KK Batte To: quad-List@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs Where you foot pad is, I decided to get articulating legs that raise up & down. Helps prevent swelling in legs. Now for transferring, it is easiest to remove the leg closest to whatever I am transferring into. My chair is a Quantum rehab chair.My legs are heavy & only have one arm to use & do manage it.KKOn Apr 4, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Brien wrote:> I transfer into a power chair. With the armrest all the way > back and behind the cushion, there is no obstruction to sliding > directly onto the cushion. What do you mean about legs what legs? > Here is the url for my chair notice the footrests are not in the > way at all>> http://www.invacare.com/cgi-bin/imhqprd/inv_catalog/ > prod_cat_detail.jsp?s=0&prodID=TDX5&catOID=-536885369>> Let's figure this out>> Brien>> On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:34 PM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote:>>> Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? >> What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it >> into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each!>> Thanks>>
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
You absolutely correct about the Roho
cushion. To overcome that problem, you just have to live chair butt a
little higher instead of sliding. I also slide into an electric
wheelchair. Without obstruction from the armrests I can slide right in
without having to angle the chair.
T. Houston
- Original Message -
From:
Stacy Harim
To: Quad-list post ; ~LittleQuad~
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 5:44
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers &
Chairs
Im in a manual chair but use a roho cushion now and that is my issue with
the transfers. The board gets caught in the material instead of between
my butt and the seat and then once I get to the chair, I'm sunken only when
I'm half in the chair. Anyone else with roho's that transfer have that
issue?
Stacy
- Original Message -
From: ~LittleQuad~
To: Quad-list post
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 3:34
PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] Transfers &
Chairs
Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? What
kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it into a
electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each!
Thanks
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
well to tell the truth i don't know!! i suppose the PT assumes we must... they stick out to the front and is kind of hard to go overthem, but not as hard as removing them...Win <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Why would you need to remove your footrests if you're doing a transfer from the side?WinAt 09:18 AM 4/5/2006, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: NO, I mean from the side.> >On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:34 PM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: > >>Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? >>What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it >>into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each! >>Thanks
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
Why would you need to remove your footrests if you're doing a transfer from the side? Win At 09:18 AM 4/5/2006, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: NO, I mean from the side. > >On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:34 PM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: > >>Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? >>What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it >>into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each! >>Thanks
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
NO, I mean from the side.Stacy Harim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Front? How is it possible? Stacy- Original Message - From: Win To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 9! :57 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs I'm not sure, but I think LittleQuad is talking about transfers from the front, instead of the side. Is that right LittleQuad? I'm like you Brien, and do my transfer to the bed from the side. Which means no need to remove footrests. However, to transfer to toilet and bathtub, I do my transfer frontwise, so I have to remove footrests for those.Win C7-T1At 05:09 PM 4/4/2006, Brien wrote:>I transfer into a power chair. With the armrest all the way back>and behind the cushion, there is no obstruction to sliding>directly onto the cushion. What do you mean about legs what legs?>Here is the url for my chair notice the footrests are not in the>way at all>>http://www.invacare.com/cgi-bin/imhqprd/inv_catalog/ >prod_cat_detail.jsp?s=0&prodID=TDX5&catOID=-536885369>>Let's figure this out>>Brien>>On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:34 PM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote:>>>Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs?>>What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it>>into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each!>>Thanks>
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
Front? How is it possible? Stacy - Original Message - From: Win To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs I'm not sure, but I think LittleQuad is talking about transfers from the front, instead of the side. Is that right LittleQuad? I'm like you Brien, and do my transfer to the bed from the side. Which means no need to remove footrests. However, to transfer to toilet and bathtub, I do my transfer frontwise, so I have to remove footrests for those.Win C7-T1At 05:09 PM 4/4/2006, Brien wrote:>I transfer into a power chair. With the armrest all the way back>and behind the cushion, there is no obstruction to sliding>directly onto the cushion. What do you mean about legs what legs?>Here is the url for my chair notice the footrests are not in the>way at all>>http://www.invacare.com/cgi-bin/imhqprd/inv_catalog/ >prod_cat_detail.jsp?s=0&prodID=TDX5&catOID=-536885369>>Let's figure this out>>Brien>>On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:34 PM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote:>>>Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs?>>What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it>>into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each!>>Thanks>
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
I'm not sure, but I think LittleQuad is talking about transfers from the front, instead of the side. Is that right LittleQuad? I'm like you Brien, and do my transfer to the bed from the side. Which means no need to remove footrests. However, to transfer to toilet and bathtub, I do my transfer frontwise, so I have to remove footrests for those. Win C7-T1 At 05:09 PM 4/4/2006, Brien wrote: I transfer into a power chair. With the armrest all the way back and behind the cushion, there is no obstruction to sliding directly onto the cushion. What do you mean about legs what legs? Here is the url for my chair notice the footrests are not in the way at all http://www.invacare.com/cgi-bin/imhqprd/inv_catalog/ prod_cat_detail.jsp?s=0&prodID=TDX5&catOID=-536885369 Let's figure this out Brien On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:34 PM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each! Thanks
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
Where you foot pad is, I decided to get articulating legs that raise up & down. Helps prevent swelling in legs.Now for transferring, it is easiest to remove the leg closest to whatever I am transferring into. My chair is a Quantum rehab chair. My legs are heavy & only have one arm to use & do manage it. KK On Apr 4, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Brien wrote: I transfer into a power chair. With the armrest all the way back and behind the cushion, there is no obstruction to sliding directly onto the cushion. What do you mean about legs what legs? Here is the url for my chair notice the footrests are not in the way at all http://www.invacare.com/cgi-bin/imhqprd/inv_catalog/ prod_cat_detail.jsp?s=0&prodID=TDX5&catOID=-536885369 Let's figure this out Brien On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:34 PM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each! Thanks
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
Im in a manual chair but use a roho cushion now and that is my issue with the transfers. The board gets caught in the material instead of between my butt and the seat and then once I get to the chair, I'm sunken only when I'm half in the chair. Anyone else with roho's that transfer have that issue? Stacy - Original Message - From: ~LittleQuad~ To: Quad-list post Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 3:34 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each! Thanks
Re: [QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
I transfer into a power chair. With the armrest all the way back and behind the cushion, there is no obstruction to sliding directly onto the cushion. What do you mean about legs what legs? Here is the url for my chair notice the footrests are not in the way at all http://www.invacare.com/cgi-bin/imhqprd/inv_catalog/ prod_cat_detail.jsp?s=0&prodID=TDX5&catOID=-536885369 Let's figure this out Brien On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:34 PM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each! Thanks
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Yes, I was using a manual back then.~LittleQuad~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each! Thanks
[QUAD-L] Transfers & Chairs
Those of you who transfer, I'm assuming you are in manual chairs? What kind do you use? I am obviously not going to be able to do it into a electric wheelchair. The legs are like 8 lbs each! Thanks
