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Dynamic Seating: Protecting Both Client and Equipment from Harm

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Watch on demand, Dynamic Seating: protecting both client and equipment from harm, as presented by Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS for Numotion on 8/21/18.

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Determining Resistance: Dynamic Footrests

Determining Resistance: Dynamic Footrests – Update

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Seating Dynamics Dynamic Footrests can move in up to 3 directions. First, the footrests can telescope, allowing movement downward. Second, the footrests can elevate, allowing the knee to extend and the foot to move forward. Third, the footplate can move into plantar and dorsi flexion, allowing ankle movement.

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Joe Gilkerson

Dynamic Seating & Self-Propulsion: An interview with Joe Gilkerson

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Joe Gilkerson, ATP, works with Numotion in Salisbury, Maryland. I had a wonderful phone conversation with him recently in which he shared some dynamic seating experiences he has had with one of his clients, Blake and his journey to self propulsion.

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Eddie and the Broken Wheelchair

Dynamic Stories: Eddie and the Broken Wheelchair

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One day while looking at the Seating Dynamics YouTube Channel, I came across a video of a young man named Eddie using a dynamic back.. We were able to contact his Mom, Megan, who was kind enough to speak with me by phone. Eddie is a 16 year old young man with the diagnosis of spastic cerebral palsy and epilepsy.

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Comfort vs. Pain in Funding Documentation

Comfort vs. Pain in Funding Documentation

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If I go to the doctor for any reason, someone on staff always asks if I am in pain and, if so, what level of pain I’m in. Pain is a big deal. Beginning in the 1990’s, increased attention was given to pain and it was even dubbed the ‘fifth vital sign.”

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Back Cane Saw & Drill Jig

New Back Cane Saw & Drill Jig Simplifies DRBi Installation

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Seating Dynamics Dynamic Rocker Back interface (DRBi) provides movement in response to client forces. These forces are stored and then return the client to a neutral starting position. This Dynamic Back has many clinical applications, but first it must be correctly mounted to a wheelchair base.

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Dynamic Seating: Diffusing and Moving!

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Watch on demand, Dynamic Seating: diffusing and moving!, as presented by OT Michelle L. Lange for Numotion on 6/19/18.

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The Label Game – which clients use Dynamic Seating?

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Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS When I first began working with clients more than 30 years ago (yikes!), I…

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Dynamic Rocker Back Interface

The Dynamic Rocker Back Interface: when should I lock it out?

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The Dynamic Rocker Back Interface (DRBi) is a Dynamic Back that moves in response to client force. The elastomers in this Dynamic Back then return the client to an upright position. Some Dynamic Seating components “lock-out” or “latch” to temporarily render the component static. When should the DRBi be locked out?

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Cary Yarbrough of Action Seating and Mobility

Change Can Be Good! An Interview with Cary Yarbrough of Action Seating and Mobility

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Cary Yarbrough, ATP, works with Action Seating and Mobility in Sherwood, AK. He has been working with dynamic seating for many years, having mainly recommended the Kids Rock wheelchair in the past. When this was discontinued, he set out to find other options. Cary’s number one goal at the 2017 International Seating Symposium was to find Dynamic Seating – and he did at the Seating Dynamics booth.

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