Floor To Chair Transfer Amputee

Wheelchair to couch transfer techniques.

Floor to chair transfer amputee.

With the elbow locked shift most of the body weight over onto the hand and arm on the floor. 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 one hand firmly grasping the armrest on the same side6 bend forward and reach down for the floor placing the other hand on the floor. Use your arms to support your weight as you lift yourself up and back into the chair.

Raise onto knees by propping hands on chair. This video details how i transfer to and from the floor as a paraplegic. Carefully begin to turn in order to sit on the chair. Hold onto the chair at all times.

Floor transfer instructions page 2 7. Reach backward for the arms of the chair. Wheelchair to couch transfers are very similar to wheelchair to toilet techniques. Always lock the wheelchair before any transfer.

Work to get a knee up with the foot flat 8. You can support yourself during the transfer by holding onto the hand rim of the wheel on the opposite side of the couch. Unlock the brakes and wheel away from the bed so you can swing the wheelchair s leg rests back into place. This feature is not available right now.

You want to have the chair on the edge of the sofa as close as possible. We at hanger clinic the nation s leading provider of orthotics prosthetics o p are hosting a video contest called ampu. Yourself down into sitting. 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.

Secondly i also outline how to return to uprig. Practice going from the floor to chair. Please try again later. I ve fallen and i can get up.