Floor To Wheelchair Transfer Techniques

I m not gonna lie i m pretty proud of this moment this is arguably the hardest transfer for someone who is paraplegic this is the first time i have been able to do the floor to chair transfer on.
Floor to wheelchair transfer techniques. Hold onto the chair at all times. Work to get a knee up with the foot flat 8. Floor transfer instructions page 2 7. Jump to 2 50 in video.
Raise onto knees by propping hands on chair. When returning up from kneeling lean your weight over arms and push up with stronger leg. You can progress towards placing your hands on the floor when you have mastered transfer from standing to high kneeling and return to standing. Paralyzed from the armpits down.
This video explains how i transfer from my wheelchair to the floor and back up. Bring your other knee down. Carefully begin to turn in order to sit on the chair. Bend your back knee down to the floor.
Bed chair transfer. I have also used sturdy chairs like a dining room chair to demonstrate and train the floor transfer technique featured in the video below. Lock your wheels if transferring from a wheelchair. Push up to get both feet on the floor.
Floor transfers jesi recommends putting on shoes before doing a floor transfer to give yourself more stability. 2 person assist technique shown is a squat pivot one caregiver in front one behind allows for closer proximity of chair best done into a wheelchair or chair where armrest can be removed caregiver in front shifts his her body weight backward. Learn how to transfer from your wheelchair down to the floor and b. I am a t1 complete paraplegic.
The first transfer technique jesi demonstrates is transferring to a couch and then transferring to your wheelchair. If you have a wheelchair and the armrests can be removed then you can use a wheelchair transfer technique to lift your loved one off the floor as seen in the video below.