Dynamic Seating To Prevent Equipment Breakage, Part 1
Dynamic Seating is often used to prevent equipment breakage. Some clients who use wheelchair seating exhibit increased muscle tone. This is common in clients with diagnoses such as cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury and Huntington’s disease.
Continue ReadingNRRTS: The Benefits of Dynamic Seating for Individuals with Abnormal Tone Patterns
The Benefits of Dynamic Seating for Individuals with Abnormal Tone Patterns, as presented by OT Jill Sparacio for NRRTS.
Continue Reading3 Ways to Keep Your Client’s Head Up
Not everyone who uses a wheelchair requires head positioning. Sometimes a head support is required only for safety in transportation if the client travels seated in their wheelchair. A head support may only be required to provide posterior support during tilt or recline. Many clients do have decreased head control and may require specific seating…
Continue ReadingDerrick – Meeting Multiple Needs through Dynamic Seating
Derrick is a 42 year old male who resides in a group home with 24 other non-ambulatory, yet socially active, adults. Derrick is primarily a power wheelchair user; however he relies on a manual mobility base for use in the community. His power wheelchair does not fit in the van’s tie down system and so…
Continue ReadingRobert – Living Life Instead of Repairing a Wheelchair
Robert is a Dynamic Seating old-timer. This 27 year old man has been using Dynamic Seating for about 10 years now. He first began using Dynamic Seating when a change in funding prompted the order for a new manual wheelchair and his therapists at California Children’s Services (CCS) along with Betsy McKone (then of Rehab…
Continue ReadingMovement and Neuroplasticity
Suzanne Payne Eason, OT/L – NRRTS Directions
Movement in a seating system and mobility device is essential for neuroplasticity in the neurologically challenged client. Explore this topic with veteran clinician, Suzanne Payne Eason.
Continue ReadingLet’s Get Moving! Providing Movement Within a Wheelchair Seating System
Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS – Exceptional Parent
Lack of movement within a wheelchair leaves a child in a static sitting position for extended periods of time. Learn more about how dynamic seating can help.
Continue ReadingBread and Butter: Dynamic Backs and Pelvic Positioning Belts
Michelle Lange discusses why it is critical to use a pelvic positioning belt with a Dynamic Back and how to address objections in a restraint-free environment.
Continue ReadingSeating Dynamics Footrest Adapter
The new Seating Dynamics footrest adapter will allow you to install any of the Seating Dynamics footrests on to many different wheelchairs. Case Study / Blog: https://www.seatingdynamics.com/2018/05/02/faq-can-dynamic-seating-be-used-on-any-wheelchair/ Dynamic Footrest: https://www.seatingdynamics.com/footrests/dynamic-wheelchair-footrests/ Static Footrest: https://www.seatingdynamics.com/footrests/static-footrests/
Continue ReadingSeating Dynamics One Piece Flip Up Footboard
Footboards are sometimes used as an alternative to separate Footplates. The Seating Dynamics Footboard can be used with the wheelchair manufacturer’s footrest hangers, our Static Footrests or our Dynamic Footrests. The Footboard flips up for transfers. Dynamic Footrests: https://www.seatingdynamics.com/footrests/dynamic-wheelchair-footrests/ Static Footrests: https://www.seatingdynamics.com/footrests/static-footrests/
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