Floor To Wheelchair Transfer Techniques

Bend your back knee down to the floor.

Floor to wheelchair transfer techniques.

Push up to get both feet on the floor. Bed chair transfer. 2 person assist technique shown is a squat pivot one caregiver in front one behind allows for closer proximity of chair best done into a wheelchair or chair where armrest can be removed caregiver in front shifts his her body weight backward. Learn how to transfer from your wheelchair down to the floor and b.

I m not gonna lie i m pretty proud of this moment this is arguably the hardest transfer for someone who is paraplegic this is the first time i have been able to do the floor to chair transfer on. Carefully begin to turn in order to sit on the chair. Floor transfers jesi recommends putting on shoes before doing a floor transfer to give yourself more stability. When returning up from kneeling lean your weight over arms and push up with stronger leg.

Hold onto the chair at all times. Put your feet on floor unless your therapist tells you not to. You can progress towards placing your hands on the floor when you have mastered transfer from standing to high kneeling and return to standing. I have also used sturdy chairs like a dining room chair to demonstrate and train the floor transfer technique featured in the video below.

Paralyzed from the armpits down. Bring your other knee down. Get your arm rest out of the way on the side next to the surface you are transferring to. Lock your wheels if transferring from a wheelchair.

Work to get a knee up with the foot flat 8. If you have a wheelchair and the armrests can be removed then you can use a wheelchair transfer technique to lift your loved one off the floor as seen in the video below. Raise onto knees by propping hands on chair. Floor transfer instructions page 2 7.

Scoot to the edge of your chair. This video explains how i transfer from my wheelchair to the floor and back up.