Equipment Breakage Archives | Seating Dynamics

Mitch – Extending in the Shower

Mitch extends with force, primarily at the hips. His wheelchair has dynamic components, but what happens when he is extending in the shower?

Naomi – Dynamic Seating, Positioning & PWC Driving

Learn how Naomi has used Dynamic Seating to control her power wheelchair, reduce injury and equipment breakage and maintain her position within several different seating systems.

Chris – Dynamic Seating & Huntington’s Disease

Christopher is a 60 year old man with the diagnosis of Huntington’s Disease. See how a Dynamic Back and Dynamic Footrest have improved his seating solution.

Alex – Accommodating Large, Forceful Movements in a Wheelchair

Check out this Dynamic Seating Case study on large, forceful movements in a wheelchair.

Danny – Fulfilling a Need to Rock and Decrease Agitation

Danny is a young man with autism, sensory processing disorder, & global developmental delays. While in his wheelchair, he rocks with force, seeking sensory stimuli. See how dynamic seating helps.

Thulfeqar – The Need to Move in an Ultralight Manual Wheelchair

Thulfeqar is a young man with the diagnosis of cerebral palsy. Find out how Dynamic Seating allows his movement while preserving his Ultralight Manual Wheelchair.

Lochlann – Supporting Extensor Tone

Lochlann has strong extension and dystonia and also seeks out movement. A dynamic back and dynamic head support diffuse these forces and allow movement.

Kristen – Extension and Equipment Breakage

Kristen is a 31 year old woman with the diagnosis of cerebral palsy. She has involvement in both legs and one upper extremity, with more involvement in the lower extremities (Triplegia).

Darcy – Reducing Agitation and Providing Sensory Input through Movement

See how a Dynamic Rocker Back has not only satisfied Darcy’s need to rock in his wheelchair, but improved safety, sitting tolerance, function and decreased equipment breakage.

Ashley – Dynamic Seating: Dystonia & Equipment Breakage

Ashley is a 35 year old woman with the diagnoses of cerebral palsy and dystonia. She exhibits large and forceful movements (dystonia) which have led to leg injury and wheelchair damage.