Floor To Chair Transfer Amputee

Wheelchair to couch transfer techniques.

Floor to chair transfer amputee.

Yourself down into sitting. Use your arms to support your weight as you lift yourself up and back into the chair. Please try again later. Unlock the brakes and wheel away from the bed so you can swing the wheelchair s leg rests back into place.

You can support yourself during the transfer by holding onto the hand rim of the wheel on the opposite side of the couch. We at hanger clinic the nation s leading provider of orthotics prosthetics o p are hosting a video contest called ampu. When you first attempt a transfer from the floor the wheelchair seat it is easier if you use other things for support in between the floor and the chair. Always lock the wheelchair before any transfer.

Secondly i also outline how to return to uprig. This video details how i transfer to and from the floor as a paraplegic. Something like a couch can be used as a middle support device to allow you to easily transfer from the floor to the chair. With the elbow locked shift most of the body weight over onto the hand and arm on the floor.

This feature is not available right now. Carefully begin to turn in order to sit on the chair. Hold onto the chair at all times. Raise onto knees by propping hands on chair.

Practice going from the floor to chair. Wheelchair to couch transfers are very similar to wheelchair to toilet techniques. Push up to get both feet on the floor. Reach backward for the arms of the chair.

I ve fallen and i can get up. You want to have the chair on the edge of the sofa as close as possible. Floor transfer instructions page 2 7. Work to get a knee up with the foot flat 8.