Do you have a rehab seat or straight back with a cushion? Have you ever had a seating and positioning evaluation? If you have a 4 post docking seat, it go back and be rehabbed, but only after an evaluation. How old is your chair and is it covered by government insurance? Best Wishes In a message dated 11/17/2011 4:55:49 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
I'm in an Invacare TDX5 and am having lots of issues with back / shoulder pains. Anyone have any good advise of chair backs and lateral supports? One issue is the lateral supports to hold my ribs straight, my spine is curving now. So my right side has to push my ribs in and the left side has to keep the right side from pushing me over. Though having those pads on my sides irritates the inside of my arms by getting in the way, but if too small they don't work well. I use a Roho cushion and it helps my butt, but it's not real stable and after 1 recline I trend to move just a bit to my left. That screws up my lateral supports from working correctly. This chair has no real frame area to attach any pad supports to keep my hips from sliding over. I've seen almost u shaped custom backs that are molded to your back. That sounds good, but I'd hate to go there then not like it and it's not like you can try it first. Anyone try one of those? I'd need it to come almost all the way around the sides, but not bother my arms when moving them around. Thanks, Greg
