[pow76]

I' m just wondering what tricks do you use to get you thru the day. Ive been hurt 13 years and from time to time i find new ways to do things. In my old chair if my leg came off my foot rest i use to just have to put my hand under my thigh and pull up..Im c6-c7... so now since new chair my feet actually falls and my feet are on the floor. I use my spasams to get my leg on the foot rest then pull and pull until its positioned right. Just wondering what are some of yall tricks to do things..maybe they can be helpful for me and others?

[Hikkakaru]

pow76, on Jul 23 2009, 02:28 PM, said:

I' m just wondering what tricks do you use to get you thru the day. Ive been hurt 13 years and from time to time i find new ways to do things. In my old chair if my leg came off my foot rest i use to just have to put my hand under my thigh and pull up..Im c6-c7... so now since new chair my feet actually falls and my feet are on the floor. I use my spasams to get my leg on the foot rest then pull and pull until its positioned right. Just wondering what are some of yall tricks to do things..maybe they can be helpful for me and others?

I use the space between my foot rest and my caster housing (TiLite ZR-A) to lock a leg in place and put it in front of my other leg when I feel a spasm coming on. It keeps me from kicking my legs into the desk i'm under. I have dexterity in my ankles though along with feeling so it makes it easier.

I wrapped my caster housings in 3M foam tape to prevent scratching the side skirts on my lowered car.

I made a wheelchair accessible corner desk with L brackets and a cheap hollow door. You can even use the door knob hole as a wire bung for wire-management in the back of the desk.

I use remote administration on all my computers in my house to lessen the amount I have to travel for simple things. It's way easier to log into another computer on the other side of the house via mine right here then to maneuver around everything (animals/clutter/whatever). I use VNC.

I try to automate everything I can to reduce the amount of physical struggle to achieve small things. Check out www.x10.com for their home automation products.

[T0P]

I don't have spasms so I don't know how to deal with them. I have a quad friend who uses Velcro on the bottom of his shoes and foot rest. I don't know how this would work for bad spasms.

For Me:
Keep a FeatherLite Reacher handy in my van, desk...

Installed the fold down/up luggage carriers on my TiLite ZRa (Must have, comes in handy for so many things, from carrying a guitar to a foot rest when playing it.)

Bungee cords come in handy for securing items on the luggage carriers.
Great funny moments in the chair episode: Had my guitar tied to my legs and resting on the luggage carriers once. Came up on a hole in the walkway at the base of a ramp, went to do a wheelie over the small hole. Didn't compensate for the extra weight, found myself on my hands and knees sitting on my guitar case still tied to it and my wheelchair somewhere off behind me... lol...

Plan and think ahead in most every adventure.

Day beds come in handy due to the back rest provides a good place to grab for sitting up, rolling over, getting dressed...

Hikkakaru, on Jul 23 2009, 05:50 PM, said:

I made a wheelchair accessible corner desk with L brackets and a cheap hollow door. You can even use the door knob hole as a wire bung for wire-management in the back of the desk.

I like that idea.
Simple, cheap and easy access with no worries about desk legs getting in the way.