wheelchair breakage Archives | Seating Dynamics

Alex – Accommodating Large, Forceful Movements in a Wheelchair

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

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.

Knee Extension and Sustained Forces indicate need for Dynamic Footrests

With both feet unstrapped from her wheelchair, Alex quickly extends both knees with sustained force.

Large and Forceful Leg Movements indicate need for Dynamic Footrests

With her left foot unstrapped from her wheelchair, Alex demonstrates lower extremity large and forceful movements.

Jonathan’s Dynamic Headrest in Action

Jonathan has significant extension throughout his body secondary to cerebral palsy. He had a long history of breaking head support hardware and so a Seating Dynamics Dynamic Head Support was recommended.

Dynamic Seating – interventions and reality

Jill Sparacio, OTR/L, ATP/SMS, ABDA has over 37 years’ experience in occupational therapy, specializing in seating and wheeled mobility. Jill uses Dynamic Seating quite a bit and took a moment to talk with us.

Dynamic Seating: Clinical Implications of Movement

Suzanne Eason, OT/L is a rock star! This OT works at the St. Mary’s Home in Virginia and truly applies the latest evidence to her practice – all to the benefit of the clients she works with.

Dynamic Seating: Looking Back and Ahead

Jessica Presperin Pedersen MBA, OTR/L ATP/SMS is an amazing occupational therapist in the Chicago area who has vast seating and wheeled mobility experience.

A Dynamic Journey – a solution to wheelchair breakage and so much more

This blog addresses various aspects of Dynamic Seating – seating that provides movement in response to client forces. Just how do people actually find this solution? Well, many caregivers and health care professionals are working with a client who has broken their seating system, mounting hardware and/or mobility base. Wheelchair breakage may occur repeatedly over time.