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New Feature on our Dynamic Footrests: Footplate Rotation!

Dynamic Footrests feature 4 distinct movements, telescoping, knee extension, ankle plantar/dorsi flexion and now footplate rotation!

Which Pediatric Power Wheelchairs are Compatible with Dynamic Seating?

Dynamic Seating is compatible with a variety of pediatric power wheelchairs. Explore the details.

Dynamic Seating Does Not Require a Heavy-Duty Wheelchair Frame

When clients move within a wheelchair, they exert forces on it. Find out how Dynamic Seating addresses this w/o a heavy duty wheelchair frame.

Goodbye Static Head Support Hardware, Hello Dynamic!

Seating Dynamics has decided to discontinue the Static Head Support Hardware in February of 2025. Find out why.

Canadian Seating and Mobility Conference – Toronto 2024

The Canadian Seating and Mobility Conference was held on September 10-11th in Toronto and was a great success! Over 600 people attended CSMC which offered a strong line-up of sessions and an impressive, and busy, exhibit hall. The Seating Dynamics exhibit hall booth was packed each day. Nancy Schmidt and Gavriela Guerrero of Freedom Designs…

Clinical Indicators: Maintaining Posture by Providing Movement

Dynamic Seating has many clinical indicators, including reducing active client extension, preventing client pain and injury, preventing equipment breakage, providing movement, and improving postural control, stability, and function.

Ensure Your Dynamic Back is the Original, Genuine Seating Dynamics Product

Another manufacturer offers a nearly identical version of an old model of the original Dynamic Rocker Back (DRBi) from Seating Dynamics. Make sure you know what your product is.

Alpine Rehab Conference 2023: a great time in Salt Lake City!

Early October found Seating Dynamics at the Alpine Rehab Conference in Salt Lake City. A packed house joined us for Muscle Tone, Tone Management, and Dynamic Seating Intervention. It was great to do a deep dive into the etiology and pathophysiology of muscle tone, primitive reflexes/obligatory responses, and movement disorders. We then discussed current tone…

Canadian Seating & Mobility Conference 2023

This year’s Canadian Seating & Mobility Conference was great! Greg Peek and Michelle Lange traveled to Toronto for the event. Michelle presented “Dynamic Seating: Providing Movement for Clinical Benefit” to a full house.

FAQ: Does Installing a DRBi void the wheelchair manufacturer’s warranty? Part one: OEM

When installing a Dynamic Rocker Back interface (DRBi) on a manual or power wheelchair, the back canes must be cut to accommodate the height of the dynamic hardware. A common concern from suppliers is whether or not this voids the warranty on the wheelchair frame.