Greg, over the years (25), I have had many changes to my own physiology. You probably have lost what little abdominal control you possessed from less usage, or it may be caused by a period of inactivity. It's a normal thing for an aging quad to wear out muscles when a period of inactivity occurs. Remember the old adage it takes seven times the effort to get something back once you lose it. Personally, I wouldn't worry about having to wear a chest strap when you go out. I do it all the time now because I am afraid of tipping foward when I hit a bump or curb. I would rather look less "normal" , wearing a chest strap, then fall on my face out of the chair and look just hurt. Seems like another function gets lost as we age. At least, after 25 years, it is hopefully one at a time, not like 25 years ago, when it was almost everything.
Sent from Billy's IPAD2 On Aug 3, 2011, at 6:09 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 >
