Equipment Breakage Archives | Seating Dynamics

Clinician Interview: Suzanne Wilhoit, OTR/L, ATP

An occupational therapist shares real client outcomes using dynamic seating to reduce agitation, prevent equipment damage, and improve positioning and participation.

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).

Wear and Tear indicate need for Dynamic Footrests

With her feet strapped in static footrest hangers on her wheelchair, Alex demonstrates movement of her lower extremities and obvious wear and tear, particularly between the footplate and the footrest hanger.