[LeahC]

I found that clip on YouTube with a different user name and it says it's not genuine, that the guy isn't actually disabled.

[greybeard]

LeahC, on Jun 13 2009, 07:28 PM, said:

I found that clip on YouTube with a different user name and it says it's not genuine, that the guy isn't actually disabled.

He soon will be if he keeps pulling stunts like that.

[qbounce]

wheeliebear75, on Jun 13 2009, 01:14 AM, said:

Swordfish, on Jun 13 2009, 04:56 AM, said:

Man, thanks for the replies folks. It really does appear to be not too difficult (or as difficult as it seems) and I may be chickenshit, but I'll overcome it!

My main fear is that ... last year I miscalculated the distance of a bump and I wheeled too close and then I tipped over head over heels -- the thing is I was stuck in that position! it was horrible! how the F*$K do you get out of that position? My fear of ever experiencing that again is holding me back.

Also -- I know I have a high injury, but I'm a paraplegic. I have upper body control/arm control. Although it's wierd since I can't feel the under side of my arms from pits to an inch before the elbow and can't exactly feel touch below my nipple.

I would think that would make you a quad with use of arms. If I've flipped over backwards & am still in my chair I lean over and use the ground to push up off of. I guess I'm pretty lucky in that Sharp hospital (that's where Children's is at) didn't let me go home til I demonstrated that I could do a few things & they spent weeks teaching me how to do them.

Yes, I was about to say the same thing. If your arms/ hands are affected from the SCI in any way, technically your a lower level quadriplegic . . . like me. C7 affects your grip and forearms too, right? Even if it doesn't affect YOUR hand function, for the simple fact that your arms were minorly affected, your a quad.

If this get's you MORE rehab time, TAKE IT!!!-lol

[russ1]

qbounce, on Jun 13 2009, 11:11 PM, said:

wheeliebear75, on Jun 13 2009, 01:14 AM, said:

Swordfish, on Jun 13 2009, 04:56 AM, said:

Man, thanks for the replies folks. It really does appear to be not too difficult (or as difficult as it seems) and I may be chickenshit, but I'll overcome it!

My main fear is that ... last year I miscalculated the distance of a bump and I wheeled too close and then I tipped over head over heels -- the thing is I was stuck in that position! it was horrible! how the F*$K do you get out of that position? My fear of ever experiencing that again is holding me back.

Also -- I know I have a high injury, but I'm a paraplegic. I have upper body control/arm control. Although it's wierd since I can't feel the under side of my arms from pits to an inch before the elbow and can't exactly feel touch below my nipple.

I would think that would make you a quad with use of arms. If I've flipped over backwards & am still in my chair I lean over and use the ground to push up off of. I guess I'm pretty lucky in that Sharp hospital (that's where Children's is at) didn't let me go home til I demonstrated that I could do a few things & they spent weeks teaching me how to do them.

Yes, I was about to say the same thing. If your arms/ hands are affected from the SCI in any way, technically your a lower level quadriplegic . . . like me. C7 affects your grip and forearms too, right? Even if it doesn't affect YOUR hand function, for the simple fact that your arms were minorly affected, your a quad.

If this get's you MORE rehab time, TAKE IT!!!-lol

Actually high level paras do have very minor effects on their arms T2 like me get a loss of sensation on the underside of their arms as described above (classic T2) and T1's have slightly more effect to their arms hands but are still technically paras.

[Ches]

russ1, on Jun 16 2009, 07:36 AM, said:

qbounce, on Jun 13 2009, 11:11 PM, said:

wheeliebear75, on Jun 13 2009, 01:14 AM, said:

Swordfish, on Jun 13 2009, 04:56 AM, said:

Man, thanks for the replies folks. It really does appear to be not too difficult (or as difficult as it seems) and I may be chickenshit, but I'll overcome it!

My main fear is that ... last year I miscalculated the distance of a bump and I wheeled too close and then I tipped over head over heels -- the thing is I was stuck in that position! it was horrible! how the F*$K do you get out of that position? My fear of ever experiencing that again is holding me back.

Also -- I know I have a high injury, but I'm a paraplegic. I have upper body control/arm control. Although it's wierd since I can't feel the under side of my arms from pits to an inch before the elbow and can't exactly feel touch below my nipple.

I would think that would make you a quad with use of arms. If I've flipped over backwards & am still in my chair I lean over and use the ground to push up off of. I guess I'm pretty lucky in that Sharp hospital (that's where Children's is at) didn't let me go home til I demonstrated that I could do a few things & they spent weeks teaching me how to do them.

Yes, I was about to say the same thing. If your arms/ hands are affected from the SCI in any way, technically your a lower level quadriplegic . . . like me. C7 affects your grip and forearms too, right? Even if it doesn't affect YOUR hand function, for the simple fact that your arms were minorly affected, your a quad.

If this get's you MORE rehab time, TAKE IT!!!-lol

Actually high level paras do have very minor effects on their arms T2 like me get a loss of sensation on the underside of their arms as described above (classic T2) and T1's have slightly more effect to their arms hands but are still technically paras.

Learn something new everyday around here...

[CR_L1]

Thought I would be clever today & try to find my balance point, adjusted wheels forward a little & hay presto NEARLY got it then scared the out of myself
I may try another day but for now will stick with what I know, wheels are staying forward, has made some things easier.

[Slowlegs]

When I was in my chair I got quite good at them. I could watch TV for hours and maintaining the wheelie became automatic. One time I fell over backward and didn't have the strength to pull myself out of the chair with my legs on my footrests. I hadn't been standing on my head for some time, all the capillaries in my upper body didn't contract and most of the blood rushed out of my legs and into my upper body. Made it really hard to breathe and my brother had to drag me out of the chair which was stuck against a wall. Has anyone ever fallen asleep while doing one over a long period? I almost nodded off a couple of times.

[edlee]

While I was taught to balance on by rear wheels, it wasn't what I call a WHEELIE, in that it was just to hop up low curbs or over obstructions, not to maintain the stance and travel with it.

It never occurred to me that I needed that skill, till a friend of mine, also attending a fishing outing, negotiated a steep ramp carrying his fishing gear on his lap,, while in the WHEELIE position.

It was so steep that I was forced to use the old back and forth routine to get down,,, stopping to pick up various bits of my kit along the way.

I'm envious,, but at my age, I doubt I will ever obtain that talent.

I actually use my antitippers as a way to recline, for pressure relief,, and just for relaxing. I have set them high enough to let them touch just past my tipping point. With the slightly higher back I prefer, it is quite comforable,, and I have fallen asleep that way quite a lot. That is usually ended when I am startled awake by my chair hitting the ground (with the front wheels) scaring the bejeebers out of me.
ed

[Travelling Blackbird]

Reading through everything, I really see that I've been doing it wrong all these years. It's a big effort for me, I can't wheelie comfortably, and while I'll wheelie over grass and gravel for quite a distance, I'm shaking afterward. I need to relearn, and practice, darnit!

Fall asleep in a wheelie? Not how I've been doing it!

[Slowlegs]

Travelling Blackbird, on Jun 16 2009, 10:51 PM, said:

Fall asleep in a wheelie? Not how I've been doing it!

Mostly I was doing my wheelies inside my home or hospital - no kerbs, slopes. Just a big flat earth with windows. It was really just balancing and when I had been doing it for around an hour or so while watching tele in the dark or with my head resting back on my very high headrest I'd just start to nod off a bit. Thing is I have been known to fall asleep while sitting up if really tired too. Just like occasionally when I am driving but then I usually pull over.

[Travelling Blackbird]

Slowlegs, on Jun 17 2009, 09:38 AM, said:

Travelling Blackbird, on Jun 16 2009, 10:51 PM, said:

Fall asleep in a wheelie? Not how I've been doing it!

Mostly I was doing my wheelies inside my home or hospital - no kerbs, slopes. Just a big flat earth with windows. It was really just balancing and when I had been doing it for around an hour or so while watching tele in the dark or with my head resting back on my very high headrest I'd just start to nod off a bit. Thing is I have been known to fall asleep while sitting up if really tired too. Just like occasionally when I am driving but then I usually pull over.

I admire people who can sleep and nap so easily. I'm a fussy sleeper - right fabric on the sheets, right type of pillows, teeth must be brushed, bladder must be empty... *ahem*

Definitely not falling asleep in the wheelie position!

[KarenFerguson]

Swordfish, on Jun 11 2009, 06:44 PM, said:

I just realized... I've never learned nor attempted to learn popping a wheelie!

I saw someone today in a wheel chair popping a wheelie, and mantaining it and climbing up a few stairs which I had asked someone earlier to help me over. It really inspired me!

I see people popping wheelies in those "hospital" chairs. Even the guy I saw today. I have a ... well "regular" everyday wheel-chair. With foam and gel cushions... surely they weigh more and so would be harder to pull a wheelie.

anyway... any tips? horror stories? tricks? concerns? bla bla?

I pop wheelies all the time. When I had more bucket on my older chairs I'd jump up curbs too. Now, with my "new" chair (and no bucket at all, also sitting higher) it's a lot harder to get the force needed to bump up curbs - still go down curbs all the time (thanks gravity!) It's does take a lot of trunk control and arm grip and strength (like others have said). Hubby can pop wheelies but is thankful he has anti-tips on his chair, otherwise he'd fall right over.

[dancin' johnny]

Can I,
wheelie

[Ches]

Jesus Dj Im so impressed.

You make that stuff look effortless...

Reading what Karen wrote Im wondering now If some of my issues are my chair and not my ability necessarily.

[Lol Hare]

I'm a C6/C7 complete and can wheelie/get down kerbs without too many probs,if i had more trunk control it would be much easier as it would give me a lower centre of gravity as i wouldn't be so top heavy,I wish i had some hand function to grip the rims too,instead of having to jam the sides of my hands in like quads have to.Having a motorcycle background seems to give me a huge help with my balance.
If you want to do really deep wheelies or learn to wheelie from scratch then the further forward your feet are the easier it is
Trunk control for me would really help when while im wheelying,i hit something or lose grip etc and the front wheels come down suddenly as the momentum sends my body forward and I've gone out of the front of the chair! a few stomach muscles would help me keep upright

Keep practising and slowly but sureley you'll get there

[Travelling Blackbird]

dancin' johnny, on Jun 17 2009, 10:28 PM, said:

Can I,
wheelie

Awesome. Thanks for sharing. That was impressive. I'd have lost it halfway down.

[wheelywendy]

dancin' johnny, on Jun 17 2009, 09:28 PM, said:

Can I,
wheelie

wow dj very impressive and such control

[twisted_ophelia]

dancin' johnny, on Jun 17 2009, 04:28 PM, said:

Can I,
wheelie

Damn, DJ!! That was awesome! I'm impressed!

[wheelinPEACE]

AMAZING!!! DJ. I am very impressed too. I'd be to chicken to even try it...

[akifromscunny]

hello everyone, ive been in a chair for only 5 months now after i was the passenger in a road crash, the first day i got in my chair the 1st thing i tried was to do a wheelie as i came from a background of always been involved with cars and motorbikes so i was somewhat fearless lol!!! after a week of being in the chair the physios was actusally getting me to teach the patients the tricks of how to wheelie lol as it was part of out rehab.just thought id share that with you all lol. i am a t12 complete

[edlee]

Some take to it readily while others don't. Seems like personality comes into play a bit, too. Or maybe attitude...???
ed

[wheeliebear75]

dancin' johnny, on Jun 17 2009, 08:28 PM, said:

Can I,
wheelie

Sheesh & here we've been using ply-board or cardboard when we go to the beach. I tip my hat to ya.

[tawyna]

Swordfish, on Jun 12 2009, 02:44 AM, said:

I just realized... I've never learned nor attempted to learn popping a wheelie!

I saw someone today in a wheel chair popping a wheelie, and mantaining it and climbing up a few stairs which I had asked someone earlier to help me over. It really inspired me!

I see people popping wheelies in those "hospital" chairs. Even the guy I saw today. I have a ... well "regular" everyday wheel-chair. With foam and gel cushions... surely they weigh more and so would be harder to pull a wheelie.

anyway... any tips? horror stories? tricks? concerns? bla bla?

my boyfriend can pop a wheelie great but then again he has had alot of practice . he got hit by a car when he was four and he is 34 now. he can go down some steps to but he scares the crap out of me. lol

[Kev-O]

dancin' johnny, on Jun 17 2009, 04:28 PM, said:

Can I,
wheelie

How do you get around the beach can ya roll on the sand fine or do you have to bring something to help. Shit i live about a two miles from the beach an never went cuz i didn't think i could get around.

[dancin' johnny]

Kev-O, on Jun 21 2009, 10:57 PM, said:

dancin' johnny, on Jun 17 2009, 04:28 PM, said:

Can I,
wheelie

How do you get around the beach can ya roll on the sand fine or do you have to bring something to help. Shit i live about a two miles from the beach an never went cuz i didn't think i could get around.

Kev, I use my off-road wheels on the beach, they help a lot as they give me extra traction and don't sink in soft sand as much as standard wheels.
As for getting around, it's mostly wheelieing through the soft deeper sand until I find a firmer area. It's actually easier to wheelie in the sand as you sink in a little and it gives you support, sometimes you have to work one wheel harder than the other to pull yourself out of ruts and other times you just bed down and that's it! When that happens I usually decide to sunbathe right there or my friends come along and pull me out.
The good thing about sand is its a softer landing if you fall out and its nice to crawl in.

Only two miles from a beach! Get down there man!

Don't think you can't do things until you have at least tried them again.

[qbounce]

Damn DJ,
How'd you got back up the embankment?

[dancin' johnny]

For getting back up simply reverse the procedure, flanked by a couple of out of breath ab's!

[Kev-O]

dancin' johnny, on Jun 21 2009, 07:21 PM, said:

Kev-O, on Jun 21 2009, 10:57 PM, said:

dancin' johnny, on Jun 17 2009, 04:28 PM, said:

Can I,
wheelie

How do you get around the beach can ya roll on the sand fine or do you have to bring something to help. Shit i live about a two miles from the beach an never went cuz i didn't think i could get around.

Kev, I use my off-road wheels on the beach, they help a lot as they give me extra traction and don't sink in soft sand as much as standard wheels.
As for getting around, it's mostly wheelieing through the soft deeper sand until I find a firmer area. It's actually easier to wheelie in the sand as you sink in a little and it gives you support, sometimes you have to work one wheel harder than the other to pull yourself out of ruts and other times you just bed down and that's it! When that happens I usually decide to sunbathe right there or my friends come along and pull me out.
The good thing about sand is its a softer landing if you fall out and its nice to crawl in.

Only two miles from a beach! Get down there man!

Don't think you can't do things until you have at least tried them again.

Thanks alot man i'll give it a go!!

[WetRain]

got to say I would be totally lost if I couldnt wheelie
it has so many uses
up and down curbs / over uneven surfaces /dancing / relaxing / showing off to the kids lol.
I do slouch a bit think 20 year of bein idle n now im paying for it, end up with my back acheing so if i'm not close to me bed or sofa where i can lay down I just pop a wheelie which straightens me out a bit and then relax, even better if at a show during the break can just go lean against the wall on me back wheels prob wud look odd if i was wheelieing on my front ones plus falling on my face wouldnt be that much fun
and if I fall out the back I've always the confidence I'm goin to stop when I hit the floor (hav to say fingers crossed I've never missed the floor yet)
not sure what enables u to pull a wheelie, I'm t6 so no real ab control and as for well balanced alot of people wud disagree with that as well.
n i can wheelie (not great but still) when i've had a few so surely that throws the balance out the window when some peeps cant even walk straight

sorry for babbling

hopes all is well

Mark

[jkristianson]

I had to learn to do wheelies before they would let me out of rehab. I spend alot of time in a wheelie backep up against a wall with my brakes locked. Much more comfortable for watching tv or just sitting around chatting.