After about 15 years I became more tippy, but I'm pretty sure it's due to the way my current backrest is positioned. The curve that's supposed to hit the lumbar area is too high. It's a pain to get someone to try to adjust it, so I've decided to deal with it until I'm due for a new chair.
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:09 PM, greg <[email protected]> wrote: > I seem to have gotten much more tippy as I've gotten older. > I use to drive my chair out and about as fast as I could go, sitting up > straight, with no chest strap. I would accidentally fall forward onto my lap > and not be able to sit back up once every year or so. But over the years it > has really gotten bad. I have to tilt my chair back quite a bit every time I > do anything so I don't fall forward. All I have to do is move my arms > forward to type or brush my teeth and I fall forward. I don't dare go out by > myself without my chest strap on. Just hitting a bump going out my door can > make me tip forward. Once I'm tipped, I can't get back up. If my chair is in > tilt mode I can use the joystick to tilt back and then rock myself up. I > tried getting an extra set of tilt switches put on the front of my chair to > use if I fell forward, but the repair shop said this system can only use the > joystick and 1 set of buttons to control the tilt/recline/seat/legrest > options. I use a 4 button switch on my lateral support to control > everything. > Anyone else get so tippy after 25 years. Greg > >
