http://www.therohogroup.com/proper_adjustment.jsp
Eric W Rudd
c5sc...@gmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Quadius
To: dav...@aol.com
Cc: quad-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: FW: [QUAD-L] sore advice and pressure relief.
My original cushion (13 years old now) is still my favorite one, but we have
to fill it with air every day and allow it to go back to room level.
I received a new high profile Roho a while ago and simply tried to put air in
it and then let it get to where it was room level. It just did not have the
same amount of air as the older model. Even though it's the exact same model,
I sit significantly lower than I do in the older one.
I have had a hard time getting the newer cushion properly adjusted. I
thought I had it and then I decided to let out a little more air.
Unfortunately my legs started to splay too much and this tells me that the
condition is improperly inflated.
Does anyone know where the website is that demonstrates how to properly
inflated these things?
Quadius
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:16 AM, <dav...@aol.com> wrote:
cushion cover size makes a BIG difference. a smaller (tighter) cover
allows you to have less air in the cushion. proper inflation for a roho is to
blow it up and let it sit open valve to room pressure. then cork it up and put
into a cover that allows you to sink in but not bottom out. I've never had a
pressure sore from sitting on a roho.
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In a message dated 12/11/2008 8:10:47 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
d...@unh.edu writes:
What do you mean by 'a smaller cushion cover'? And why do you suppose
that would matter?
Dan whose intrigued.
At 10:09 PM 12/10/2008, Merrill said something that elicited my response:
Years ago I had sores more often than not using the High Profile Roho
regardless of weight shifts. Several years ago by accident I began using a
smaller cushion cover. Since that day inflation does not need be perfect nor
are pressure shifts even necessary regardless how long I am up.
Merrill
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From: William Willis [ mailto:lwillis82...@msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 6:09 PM
To: quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: FW: [QUAD-L] sore advice and pressure relief.
i've been trying to heal a sore while sitting on a roho for over a year
now. I get one healed and anothr develops. Its very depressing and frustrating.
I was having pretty good luck until my tilt chair died. Now i can't relieve
pressure and things aren't going as well. I visit a wound clinic once a week
and have done so since june 2007
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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 19:27:06 -0800
From: imwheelin1...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] sore advice and pressure relief.
To: r.pra...@sbcglobal.net; ddh...@sbcglobal.net; quad-list@eskimo.com
I think you'll be ok now that your cushion is properly inflated. I had a
sore that I got in rehab over the summer heal while sitting on my roho after
they got me on an air mattress at night. Its the other sore that got infected
and lead to another surgery in almost the same place as the sore I got fixed
last year.
When I met with the wheelchair dealer for a new chair, he said that he has
seen people heal on a roho cushion. As long as it has the proper amount of air
in it and pressure relief is being done.
Speaking of pressure relief, since I got this surgery fusing my back even
more, I am not longer able to get any sort of shoulder deppresion that leaves
me unable to get my butt off of the surface. I lean now. I haven't gotten any
new breakdown since the episode over the summer but am curious how you all do
your pressure relief.
Stacy
From: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net>
To: ddh...@sbcglobal.net; quad-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2008 1:01:38 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] need advice on pressure sore
hey dan,
ive got little purplish bruises b4 that go away without doing anything ,
like when a transfer goes a lil wrong and you hit something. as far as what to
put on it someone else here on the list prob has a better idea. i dont think it
is gotten to a severe stage yet though .
ron c7
--- On Sat, 12/6/08, Danny Hearn <ddh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
From: Danny Hearn <ddh...@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [QUAD-L] need advice on pressure sore
To: quad-list@eskimo.com
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 10:57 AM
HI - All, I need help with a new pressure sore issue.... my roho got a
bit low but i could not tell and now i got a small pressure sore on my left
side of my bottom. My wife said it looks sort of like a purple colored
bruise----can you guys tell me the best things to put on one early---when it
has not even opened up??? is lantaseptic or bag balm good for it ?? i'm real
worried because last april, i got a blister on my heel from my wife buying a
pair of tennis shoes one size too small---that turned into a pressure sore and
now 7 months later it is still slightly discolored and i still only wear sandal
type shoe to keep all pressure off that area. So besides the last shoe
incident----this is my 1st time with a butt area pressure sore---i know to do
pressure release and stay off as much as possible-- but not sure what to put on
it in the early stages. thanks for any help !
Dan H. C-6 11 1/2 yr. post
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Quadius
C2-3 incomplete
13 years post injury
