Dynamic Seating and the Restraint Debate
There are times when a wheelchair seating and mobility team, after careful evaluation and problem-solving, makes specific recommendations – only to hear that these well thought out interventions may be considered to be a restraint. So just what is considered a restraint and how does this affect Dynamic Seating?
Continue ReadingSupplier Interview – Dynamic Seating Down Under with Astris PME, New South Wales, Australia
Meet Venesha Moodley and Laurie Grace of Astris PME and learn how they are using dynamic seating in New South Wales, Australia.
Continue ReadingStatic Wheelchair Footrests: special circumstances
Why does the world need another static footrest hanger? While manual and power wheelchairs come with a variety of available footrests, standard footrests do not meet the needs of everyone. This one adjusts to meet those needs.
Continue ReadingHow to Determine Which Dynamic Footrest Movements are Indicated for an Individual?
Dynamic Footrests provide up to three types of movement – a telescoping downward movement, knee extension, and plantar/dorsi flexion.
Continue ReadingConference for Assistive Technology and Education (CATE) 2025
OT Michelle Lange presents “Wheelchair Dynamic Seating: Providing Movement for Clinical Benefit” at the 2025 Center for Innovative Design and Engineering (CIDE).
Continue ReadingCanadian Seating and Mobility Conference: Providing Movement for Clinical Benefit
This course will define dynamic seating, as well as the clinical benefits of this intervention. A variety of product options and features will be reviewed to better match these features to a specific client’s needs.
Continue ReadingAlpine Rehab Conference: Muscle Tone, Tone, Management and Dynamic Seating Intervention
This course will explore muscle tone, implications in wheelchair seating, and interventions. We will start with muscle tone definitions, etiology, pathophysiology, movement disorders, and related diagnoses.
Continue ReadingLC Seating: Dynamic Seating – 3 Part Webinar Series
3 part webinar series: Muscle Tone: Definitions, Etiology, Pathophysiology and Related Diagnoses 10/7/21, Muscle Tone and Movement Disorders: Challenges with Wheelchair Seating 10/14/21, Dynamic Seating Interventions for Tone and Movement 10/20/21
Continue ReadingStephanie
Naomi’s Mom Denver, CO “We are super thankful that Greg could custom design a solution for Naomi! She is now more independent, more in control, more comfortable and all of this has a positive impact on her mental health and sense of self.”
Continue ReadingSinead Kelly
Senior Occupational Therapist at Better Rehab Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia For a client with Angelman Syndrome, we found that “…The main challenge was designing a wheelchair that could safely accommodate our client’s impulsive movements – movements that had previously damaged his previous AT and unfortunately led to self-injury. The solution was the Seating Dynamics Rocker…
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