I have to wear my chest strap/shoulder strap everyone down but I have a
Permobile. The back of the chair is completely different than mine other
chair and I always feel as if I am going to fall forward.
I seem to lean back further than I did in my other chair, but I feel as if I
am leaning forward
Greg, over the years (25), I have had many changes to my own physiology. You
probably have lost what little abdominal control you possessed from less usage,
or it may be caused by a period of inactivity. It's a normal thing for an
aging quad to wear out muscles when a period of inactivity occur
ust 03, 2011 5:09 PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] Tippy
I seem to have gotten much more tippy as I've gotten older.
I use to drive my chair out and about as fast as I could go, sitting up
straight, with no chest strap. I would accidentally fall forward onto my lap
and not be able to sit back up once e
In a message dated 8/3/2011 6:10:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
g...@eskimo.com writes:
I seem to have gotten much more tippy as I've gotten older.
I use to drive my chair out and about as fast as I could go, sitting up
straight, with no chest strap. I would accidentally fall forward onto my
After about 15 years I became more tippy, but I'm pretty sure it's due to
the way my current backrest is positioned. The curve that's supposed to hit
the lumbar area is too high. It's a pain to get someone to try to adjust
it, so I've decided to deal with it until I'm due for a new chair.
On Wed
I seem to have gotten much more tippy as I've gotten older.
I use to drive my chair out and about as fast as I could go, sitting up
straight, with no chest strap. I would accidentally fall forward onto my lap
and not be able to sit back up once every year or so. But over the years it has
really
Amen to that. I let myself leaning to the right for about six months when
my wheelchair was having some issues with pulling to the left and my spine
ended up curving. Now I'm forced to use the laterals all of the time.
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:52 AM, greg wrote:
> Lateral / Trunk Supports
Lateral / Trunk Supports are very important. Even if you don't tip very much. I
didn't like using them, but after years of not having them,. my spine has
curved. Now I need one on my right side pushing my middle to the center and one
on my left pushing my left top towards center. Not only are th
PM
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Subject: [QUAD-L] tippy chairs
Hi! My husband is a c5,6 & has used a donated Invacare Storm TDX5
chair for 2 yrs, since his accident. We don't have anything except the
reclining manual chair that we use for backup to compare to, so I'll share
what we
Hi! My husband is a c5,6 & has used a donated Invacare Storm TDX5 chair
for 2 yrs, since his accident. We don't have anything except the reclining
manual chair that we use for backup to compare to, so I'll share what we know
of this chair for what ever our opinion is worth. The chair has
tippy ? Reclining chair? Used chairs are like used shoes. However if
they fit, why not consider it.
How bad is the pressure sore?
Best Wishes
In a message dated 4/12/2010 2:22:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
hellodav...@aol.com writes:
Hi all.
I'm looking for a tippy chair due to a re
Hi all.
I'm looking for a tippy chair due to a recent pressure sore I'm dealing
with. I found a TDX5 on Craigslist. Does anyone know about this model??
Thanks in advance.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the
egg, not smashing it.
_Daveoconnell.com_
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When I say "unstable" I do not mean driving the wheelchair, I
mean driving my van. The tippiness fore and aft makes it extremely
difficult to drive smoothly and safely.
Jim
What kind of van and configuration do you have and what do you think
makes
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