Pain, Decreased Sitting Tolerance
Eddie – Diffuse Force and Prevent Equipment Breakage
Eddie is a 16 year old young man with the diagnosis of cerebral palsy and epilepsy. He lives at home with his family in Illinois. He has increased muscle tone throughout his body and often exhibits very forceful and large movements. He frequently displays a rocking movement within his wheelchair, as well. Eddie is non-ambulatory…
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…
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