Floor To Wheelchair Transfer Exercises

Work to get a knee up with the foot flat 8.
Floor to wheelchair transfer exercises. Hold onto the chair at all times. Push up to get both feet on the floor. No one should feel stuck to his or her wheelchair. Erik has three methods of floor to wheelchair transfers to share.
Paraplegic transfer floor to wheelchair demo 15. Perhaps you want to play with your kids or work on something on the floor or maybe you just fell hey it happens. Carefully begin to turn in order to sit on the chair. Raise onto knees by propping hands on chair.
She states to always have someone there with you when doing this exercise. She is then able to lift her body out of her wheelchair. Transferring out of your wheelchair is an important skill to learn to increase independence and experience life from a different perspective. Regardless of how you get on the floor a key to independence is being able to get yourself back into your wheelchair.
With a few simple steps you too can hop in and out of your chair like a pro. Floor transfer instructions page 2 7. Here is some simple exercises that could benefit you have a try guys but keep in mind try not to over work yourself especially if it s your first time. The floor transfer is key to learning because it helps you remove that fear of falling.