I definitely plan to get a standing wheelchair. Before my accident five years ago, I was 6 feet tall. These days, I'm looking up at everybody. I did some therapy in a standing frame at a local rehab facility, and it was an incredibly emotional experience. The world looks like an entirely different place when you're standing at your traditional height.
I understand the standing frames and standing wheelchairs have many other benefits: strengthening bones, increasing flexibility, assisting with digestion, and other benefits related to blood pressure. My plan is to try to raise some funds to build a shed, so that I can get a standing frame or standing wheelchair as well as a generator. I absolutely concur that you need to be evaluated properly. The physical therapist did not start me in a standing frame... they started with a tilt table. Raising your head so far up in the air is a challenge when you been sitting down and lying down for so long. But my insurance covers this... and I hope yours does too. Take care, Dave Krehbiel From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 9:59 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Standing wheelchair' anyone have one ? If so pros and cons? I personally hope that in everyone's life, they have the opportunity to try out a standing wheelchair. Some of the benefits can be overwhelming. However, I usually advise that a Standing Evaluation, with an Occupational Therapist to determine if and how long one can stand, vertical. Some with low blood pressure may pass out with a quick stand. Some can not operate a manual stander because of strength issues. A motorized stander might work better then a manual unit. By all means, if you meet the perimeters... Go For It. Best Wishes In a message dated 1/23/2013 9:41:49 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hi to everyone, So, long story short,,,,, UCP agreed to either make my kitchen accessible OR purchase A standing wheelchair. I have been looking at the standing wheelchairs and there is even one That is manual. Are they much bigger than a regular electric chair ? and if ya have one what are your thoughts and or experiences and the pluses or minuses? ? (I understand the benefit ti standing Ii stand daily in my standing frame, oh and sores are not a issue) . thanks everyone!!! N shelly C6C7 incomplete Sent from my iPad
