Clinical Indicators and Assessment
FAQ: What causes loss of position within a wheelchair seating system?
Dynamic Footrests feature 4 distinct movements, telescoping, knee extension, ankle plantar/dorsi flexion and now footplate rotation!
Continue ReadingCanadian 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…
Continue ReadingClinical 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.
Continue ReadingHow Do I Learn More About Seating and Wheeled Mobility?
One of the most common questions people ask me is how to increase their knowledge in the area of Seating and Wheeled Mobility. The answer, in part, depends on your learning style and preferences.
Continue ReadingWhole Body Extensor Spasms and Dynamic Seating
In the past, whole body extensor spasms were often referred to as an Extensor Thrust or Extensor Thrust pattern. Whole Body Extensor Spasms is a recently introduced term which is more descriptive of what is actually happening to the body.
Continue ReadingHow Young Is Too Young? Dynamic Seating and Age
In a previous blog , we addressed how to accommodate client growth when using Dynamic Seating components. In this blog, we will address how early Dynamic Seating should be introduced with our youngest clients.
Continue ReadingWhy Don’t We Use Sub-ASIS Bars Anymore?
Sub-ASIS bars are still available, though certainly not used frequently. To the point that a seating and wheeled mobility specialist could be shunned for using one. Why? What changed?
Continue ReadingChanging Medical Presentation Can Mean Changing Seating Needs
I often say that the only constant in the clients that I serve is CHANGE. I work mostly in pediatrics, so kids tend to grow and, as a result, outgrow their equipment. In kids, however, we have to deal with more change than simple linear growth.
Continue ReadingHow Do I Know if a Client Needs a Dynamic Back?
In earlier blogs we have addressed key topics such as “What is Dynamic Seating ” and “Dynamic Seating: Clinical Indicators .” In this blog, we will focus on Dynamic Backs.
Continue ReadingHow Do I Know if a Client Needs Dynamic Seating?
In earlier blogs we have addressed key topics such as “What is Dynamic Seating” and “Dynamic Seating: Clinical Indicators.” In this blog series, we will take a look from the other side – what can you currently observe that indicates this person could benefit from Dynamic Seating?
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