I am a physical therapist student and I am learning a lot from your videos. This boosts my practical knowledge and always keeps up getting motivated to learn more and more. Thank you so much.
Wow! You are amazing and an inspiration to so many watching your channel. My brother is recently paralyzed (T-10). I found your channel and have been telling him about your and all thing things you have learned to do since your accident. Thank you for making these videos!
I would like to thank this beautiful soul for doing what he is doing here making these videos. They make those of us who have health, more thankful for the health we have. And they give instruction to those who are in his situation, and when they see his calm demeanor, I'm sure it helps them have hope, and he is a good pattern for others to follow.He is not complaining at all, and that should make those of us who do complain at times ashamed of ourselves who don't have to deal with his illness.
I think you're amazing doing this to teach other people! I'm really impressed and so inspired of your confidence and your input to share this with people who need it! Bless you!
Hi I'm a PT student. We've been taught how to do this in class but ive only seen demos from my classmates and not from an actual paraplegic person and i can say that im pretty inspired. You paraplegic people are beautiful people :) thanks
Thank you for explaining this. I'm currently writing a story just for fun and one of my characters is paralyzed from a car crash when he was younger and this really helps me bring him to life a lot more than just me guessing. All your videos really help! Thanks again!
That's pretty damn impressive for a T1 complete. I'm a T3 complete, 20 years, and although I can do it if I have to I avoid it at all costs. I like to get on the couch first which is lower, then down to the floor. Then back up onto the couch then back into the chair. A lot less strain on the shoulders.
Im T-4 complete. I recently learned that if I take my cushion out of my chair and sit on it my legs dont flop and it sits me up a little higher so its not that difficult to get into my chair that way. I then get on to the couch to put my cushion back in my chair.
Hi new subscriber this is awesome I'm a paraplegic since birth have always been wheelchair user but have been hospitalized for last 7yrs, I am way out of practice doing everything on my own and after all these yrs of being bed ridden now starting therapy ugghhh so outta shape and weak I can't lift myself yet. But this is motivated me! Thanks God bless
Thank you so much for taking the time to make your video. I am a school based physiotherapist working with a student who was injured in the summer and this was very helpful.
I don’t know why UA-cam pointed me to your videos, but I like them! You show that your life is as regular as anyone’s else, you just had to learn new things. The transition I suppose is tough, but then it’s just plain normal. Thank you for showing that to us !
You make it look so easy... I have been in a chair over 10 years and I have yet to master this.. I know that you mentioned that they teach you this is rehab, they never did show me how to do that.. Usually I just avoid getting on the floor. But I want to learn how because I know that if one day I fall out, I need to know how to get back in. It actually did happen once and it sucked....
You are amazing! I was lucky enough to only be temporarily paralyzed but, have always been obese. No matter how hard I tried I guarantee I wouldn't have been able to do what you just did. Really--you are amazing!
Wow. Truly amazing. I am C6/C7 and this transfer is one of the most challenging for. At my rehab centre 20 yrs ago , if you can do a floor transfer , then you are pretty much ready for "graduation" and ready for the world.
Thanks for this great video. I needed to know how paraplegics do floor transfers for a novel I'm writing with a paraplegic character. You made it really clear.
I hope he has a wife, and or children, or someone to help him out. I visited a cousin of about 16 years old years ago that had a 3 wheel accident off a bridge, and it left him paralyzed from the neck on down, little did I know when I went to visit him that I would see 3 others in there with him, all in their teens, paralyzed. Oh how my heart bled for them. We have so much to be thankful for when we have health. He handles his impairment so well. I love his calm decorum.
Thank you so much for this!! I've been working on my floor to chair transfer for a while, but I haven't tried sitting perpendicular to the chair; I've always tried the method that you mention here with facing away from the chair and just lifting, but pretty much every other transfer I do is a swivel motion from a perpendicular angle.....not sure why I haven't tried this sooner. But next time, I definitely will! Thank you again!! :D
I dated a paraplegic man and for the issue with the flopping knee/leg, he used a leather belt to cinch them together...it made transitioning much easier for him.
Im T-4 complete. I recently learned that if I take my cushion out of my chair and sit on it my legs dont flop and it sits me up a little higher so its not that difficult to get into my chair that way. I then get on to the couch to put my cushion back in my chair.
I am a T2 complete para. I do quite a few floor to chair transfers due to sports. I lower myself in the same way but to get up I have a velcro strap around my legs just above my knees to keep my legs together. This I keep wrapped around the cross bar on my seat back. Sitting on the floor perpendicular to chair I then bring my legs close to me and plant the hand that is opposite to the chair. Grabbing the furthest rail of the chair with the other hand I pull myself into a squat position. Then using my hand/arm grabbing the chair I push up while also pushing and stabilising with the fist on the floor. With a little swing using the planted fist to help I swing my hips around onto the chair. I then use the planted hand to push on my lower leg to push my upper body upright. I started with the cushion off at first but now do it with the cushion on.
Thank you for sharing.. I am a PT and teach safe patient handling to other therapists. I would love to discuss how you went through the process of learning this... I have a lot of questions!! Thank you again.
Thank you for this very effective technique. I practice the backwards technique but my doctor was afraid I was going to permanently damage my shoulders. I think I can do this. Off-topic comment for your other you were asking about the pain pump I have been through part of that process and elected not to you have a pain pump installed. I think there is the need for possibly a Google Circle for the enabled lol like us to discuss similar issues. Thank you again
It's moves like this that make it seem like you're not a T1 complete. I don't doubt it, but it looks so smooth. Especially the way you can get your butt onto the chair without back control.
I've been in a chiar for 5 years this month and I still can't get my butt to swing up like that and still have difficulty transfering from the ground to my chair without help, you amaze me with it. Haha!
Well I was about 5'10",,,not quite there these days. :) I do have the advantage of long, lanky arms so that helps. I also developed a good feel of where my head has to go in order to get my lower body to follow. Practice makes perfect....definitely took a while.
Tuck those bad boys . Remember when legs were that small, . He did a perfect sometimes if you have person around you to put a hand on their back and hand up where he put his on his chair launch up into it it’s all about focus because if you don’t make it back in your chair you’re not going very far excellent video that’s what I’ve seen today will have to do with these channels. thanks Kyle champ.. Build up strength he’s not lying it’s stronger and gets stronger I’m tired faster
Great job and thank you for sharing. Have you ever tried using a gate belt to hold your legs together? That is what I do. I put the gate belt just above my knees and it works like a charm. Again, thank you for sharing.
Im T-4 complete. I recently learned that if I take my cushion out of my chair and sit on it my legs dont flop and I am up a little higher so its not that difficult to get into my chair that way. I then get on to the couch to put my cushion back in my chair. I had a full rotator cuff tear in my right should and had to have surgery, very challenging. I now have a small tear in my left subscapularis tendon. Hopefully with time and PT it will heal.
It takes ALOT of strength to do that! So many ppl think it would be easy to move around w just your arms until you try it. Unless your paralyzed it’s impossible to know cuz an unparalyzed person will instinctively use other muscles to assist so it’s impossible to know unless you are paralyzed. Definitely need to be strong to do this
@Pam lol yea I remember that! You eventually get used to using the adapted ways of doing things. I remember being shown how to use my arms behind me to push self up and remember thinking how do I do that? Cuz your just used to using your abs to sit up. Everything u do has to have a new way of doing it and you get used to it. It sucks, it’s depressing, but life goes on and can’t change anything so u have to adapt. Stay in good shape! Strength is key to everything that work out your arms shoulders and chest!
Impressive transfer my man, I opted not to go for baclofen so my body fights me quite a lot. I do my transfer in two stages which means I need to find something to sit on. Sometimes quite tricky. I'll keep trying...
I'm not a paraplegic but I've got a really bad spine and am learning how to survive as a paraplegic incase anything happens (I work at a place where there's a chance that I could have my back broken so yeah..), I've also got a wheelchair at home which used to be used by my mum. She doesn't use it anymore so I've pretty much claimed it and I've come up with an easy way for a floor to wheelchair transfer (But you'll need shoes with enough grip on them). Sit with your back facing the chair and have one leg out flat while you have the other one pulled in towards your chest, if your shoes have enough grip on the bottom it sometimes stays in place, with one hand (the one on whatever side you have your leg flat out) you hold onto the chair and with the other one (the one on the same side as whatever leg you have pulled towards your chest) you push onto your knee as you pull/push yourself up with your hand thats holding onto the chair. I dont know if it will officially work with everybody but if you have enough upper body strength; it SHOULD work.
Don't worry, this week might be my last. I got called for an interview at this other place and yeah.., HOPEFULLY, I can get a job there instead of where I work now. But thanks for the heads up anyway :)
It's amazing watching you do that - you must have VERY strong hands, arms & shoulders! I was wondering if there is such a things as a wheelchair with a seat that lowers to make it easier? iIm lucky: I'm not paralysed but I've lost a lot of nerves & muscles (brain & neck+ injuries) & I'm finding myself (when I'm very tired) using my arms to hold a leg up; I'm scared: I'm losing more muscles & strength (and am now the most unfit I've ever been) and I'm STILL (15 years now) waiting for doctors to give me my correct diagnoses & physio/rehab etc. - because I've been neglected for so long (my injuries caused by doctors' errors then they lied & denied & covered-up: "nothing went wrong") I'm becoming more injured. But I know I'm really lucky to be able to walk and move and do as much as I can at the moment - but I miss The Old Me loads = as all of us who've survived serious accidents do. All the best to you.
I can never imagine myself lifting myself like this, I would probably either break something or slam into my face. What I have done though is bring my arms back and grip the upper part of the footrest bars then lift with incredible force until I am fixed in the chair. Of course, I would only do this when I fall off, which is very rare, but consumes the majority of my strength and adrenaline. I am a c6-c7 with normal hand function but numb from the external part.
Your videos have truly inspired me! I'm paralyzed from the neck down and I use the computer by head control. If you'd like to see my demonstration video, just type in my full name. Demont Elsey.
Just curious how tall are you? You make that transfer look easy. You amaze me with your center of gravity. balance, strength and flexibility. I am (t11comp) 5'5 w/ short arms. My right leg falls out like yours. I have a good friend who is paralyzed also. When he works on his car he uses a milk crate to transfer from ground to chair. Keep your videos coming. You are an inspiration to all.
Do you have trouble breathing because you have no ab control? Doesn't seem like it at all. I'm probably misunderstanding mechanism, though (Does air distend the stomach, muscle in-sync with air, or both?). I'm not paralyzed, but your videos are still awesome for those of us that are curious. Thanks.
I still can't get back into my chair by myself and its been 8yrs! but I think I might have a couple lbs. on ya lol n they taught me to flip my chair over and scoot my rear into it n throw me legs over n push over w/ my arm... it was very hard
Thank you for your educational video. So helpful and we appreciate your helping others. May your find comfort in the words of the Bible. Isaiah 35:5&6: At that time the eyes of the blind ones will be opened, and the very ears of the deaf ones will be unstopped. At that time the lame one will climb up just as a stag does, and the tongue of the speechless one will cry out in gladness.
@blackpearlv6 Ohh Ive actualy use them before and didnt like having to bend over to use them each time. I dont know what it was besides the angle, but it looked like it was a single bar that went across the bottom pretty close to the frame. Then then you operate it, it seemed like it went across the bottom and when you locked the one it looked like it was a bar that went across the bottom and locked both wheels at once. Id like something like that,
This kind of transfer works if you are young, thin, strong and LONG LIMBS. Try it after you have been paralyzed for 31 years, gained a few pounds, have arthritis and the pain and spasms are so bad they can't get them under control. I was 21 when I was in a car accident that left me a T2-T3 paraplegic and I'm 52 now. (Doctors told me I probably wouldn't make it to 40.) Hate to tell you this, but paraplegia doesn't improve with age. Good luck.🤞
you would know, i promise. it was the result of a spinal cord infarction. i woke up from surgery paralyzed fr om the waist down. the doctors were able to get my spinal fluid moving again with several lps but much of the damage was permanent. i had to learn to walk again and have lower extremity weakness amongst other problems.
@saelz8 My diaphragm still works and allows me to breathe normally but my coughs and sneezes are very week since I don't get that extra "umph" from my stomach muscles. I also can't scream very loud and tend to run out of breath really fast if I try.
I've "tried" twice to do a chair to floor transfer, and both times I've wiggled to the end of my chair and chickened out. The second attempt was me trying to use your technique here, but I'm noticing on the rewatch your arms are longer than mine. I have to get flat to my legs to touch the floor with my arm, and I feel like I'm about to instantly fall, and I'm not balanced correct. I'm T2 myself, and maybe it just false sensations I'm feeling, but I'm not feeling secure at all. Will keep trying though till I figure it out
I wonder if using an elastic band around your legs just above your knee would help with keeping your legs close while moving? For example the elastic bands for exercising.
im a PT student, and im learning from you more than i do in class, keep up the good work ! thanks alot
I am a physical therapist student and I am learning a lot from your videos. This boosts my practical knowledge and always keeps up getting motivated to learn more and more. Thank you so much.
Wow! You are amazing and an inspiration to so many watching your channel. My brother is recently paralyzed (T-10). I found your channel and have been telling him about your and all thing things you have learned to do since your accident. Thank you for making these videos!
I would like to thank this beautiful soul for doing what he is doing here making these videos. They make those of us who have health, more thankful for the health we have. And they give instruction to those who are in his situation, and when they see his calm demeanor, I'm sure it helps them have hope, and he is a good pattern for others to follow.He is not complaining at all, and that should make those of us who do complain at times ashamed of ourselves who don't have to deal with his illness.
Not at all. Not at all. Why should somebody else's feelings be invalidated?
I think you're amazing doing this to teach other people! I'm really impressed and so inspired of your confidence and your input to share this with people who need it! Bless you!
Hi I'm a PT student. We've been taught how to do this in class but ive only seen demos from my classmates and not from an actual paraplegic person and i can say that im pretty inspired. You paraplegic people are beautiful people :) thanks
Ella Javelosa 😉. Yeah we’re beautiful pain in the butt
Thank you so much 😊 I am also in a wheelchair due to a stroke since severe years ago! This is valuable information 👍🏻
This recipe works on ultrasound
Listen to the audio with headphones to the end
And then you tell me
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Thank you for explaining this. I'm currently writing a story just for fun and one of my characters is paralyzed from a car crash when he was younger and this really helps me bring him to life a lot more than just me guessing. All your videos really help! Thanks again!
Good that you have a positive attitude and glad you're doing so well getting in and out of your chair.
Thank you🎉 for being such an awesome person sharing & helping so many. GOD BLESS YOU 😇🙏
I'v been watching you since day one 14 months now and you give me hope TY!
Hang in there brother! You got this - just have to modify how you live but it’s doable. 😊👍🏼
That's pretty damn impressive for a T1 complete. I'm a T3 complete, 20 years, and although I can do it if I have to I avoid it at all costs. I like to get on the couch first which is lower, then down to the floor. Then back up onto the couch then back into the chair. A lot less strain on the shoulders.
Im T-4 complete. I recently learned that if I take my cushion out of my chair and sit on it my legs dont flop and it sits me up a little higher so its not that difficult to get into my chair that way. I then get on to the couch to put my cushion back in my chair.
Hi new subscriber this is awesome I'm a paraplegic since birth have always been wheelchair user but have been hospitalized for last 7yrs, I am way out of practice doing everything on my own and after all these yrs of being bed ridden now starting therapy ugghhh so outta shape and weak I can't lift myself yet. But this is motivated me! Thanks God bless
Thank you so much for taking the time to make your video. I am a school based physiotherapist working with a student who was injured in the summer and this was very helpful.
I don’t know why UA-cam pointed me to your videos, but I like them! You show that your life is as regular as anyone’s else, you just had to learn new things. The transition I suppose is tough, but then it’s just plain normal. Thank you for showing that to us !
It is tough. Not just physically but mentally because you have to adjust psychologically as well.
Thanks for sharing your experience.....you’re very inspirational to watch. Love all your videos.
Awesome video! I remember watching your video when first learning how to do transfers! Thank you for helping share your tips and tricks! :)
your injury is very high my injury is t3 yours is a little good from me so I congratulate you you are amazing man thanks for video
You make it look easy. I wish I had the opportunity to practice with supervision.
i can walk without the use of a wheelchair..
hallelujah ! u can walk again ?! praise the lord!
You make it look so easy... I have been in a chair over 10 years and I have yet to master this.. I know that you mentioned that they teach you this is rehab, they never did show me how to do that.. Usually I just avoid getting on the floor. But I want to learn how because I know that if one day I fall out, I need to know how to get back in. It actually did happen once and it sucked....
Tiffany I'm with you. I was never taught in PT & i'm too short to get back into my chair this way.
+Meaghan Hoffmann It can help if you can fit your butt on the footrest. You can get and extra inch or two.
This recipe works on ultrasound
Listen to the audio with headphones to the end
And then you tell me
ua-cam.com/video/_4iB2qn8q3Q/v-deo.html
You are amazing! I was lucky enough to only be temporarily paralyzed but, have always been obese. No matter how hard I tried I guarantee I wouldn't have been able to do what you just did. Really--you are amazing!
I’m old enough to be his Dad, so maybe it’s my age, but I find myself feeling very, very proud of him.
you are amazing..my daughter is paraplegic. This is inspiring
For us who are able-bodied, let's pause for a moment and see how blessed we are. We should be thankful each day and be humble.
Wow. Truly amazing. I am C6/C7 and this transfer is one of the most challenging for. At my rehab centre 20 yrs ago , if you can do a floor transfer , then you are pretty much ready for "graduation" and ready for the world.
Thanks for this great video. I needed to know how paraplegics do floor transfers for a novel I'm writing with a paraplegic character. You made it really clear.
I am a paraplegic patient too. T12.♿
I am from the Philippines.
I hope he has a wife, and or children, or someone to help him out. I visited a cousin of about 16 years old years ago that had a 3 wheel accident off a bridge, and it left him paralyzed from the neck on down, little did I know when I went to visit him that I would see 3 others in there with him, all in their teens, paralyzed. Oh how my heart bled for them. We have so much to be thankful for when we have health. He handles his impairment so well. I love his calm decorum.
Very clear explanation, thanks, shared this with others
Thank you so much for this!! I've been working on my floor to chair transfer for a while, but I haven't tried sitting perpendicular to the chair; I've always tried the method that you mention here with facing away from the chair and just lifting, but pretty much every other transfer I do is a swivel motion from a perpendicular angle.....not sure why I haven't tried this sooner. But next time, I definitely will! Thank you again!! :D
I dated a paraplegic man and for the issue with the flopping knee/leg, he used a leather belt to cinch them together...it made transitioning much easier for him.
Im T-4 complete. I recently learned that if I take my cushion out of my chair and sit on it my legs dont flop and it sits me up a little higher so its not that difficult to get into my chair that way. I then get on to the couch to put my cushion back in my chair.
Just wondering if you don’t mind sharing, what was the reason you guys split up?
I am a T2 complete para. I do quite a few floor to chair transfers due to sports.
I lower myself in the same way but to get up I have a velcro strap around my legs just above my knees to keep my legs together. This I keep wrapped around the cross bar on my seat back.
Sitting on the floor perpendicular to chair I then bring my legs close to me and plant the hand that is opposite to the chair. Grabbing the furthest rail of the chair with the other hand I pull myself into a squat position. Then using my hand/arm grabbing the chair I push up while also pushing and stabilising with the fist on the floor.
With a little swing using the planted fist to help I swing my hips around onto the chair. I then use the planted hand to push on my lower leg to push my upper body upright.
I started with the cushion off at first but now do it with the cushion on.
Wow! Absolute fab! I admire your will!!! Thank you for that!
Thank you for sharing.. I am a PT and teach safe patient handling to other therapists. I would love to discuss how you went through the process of learning this... I have a lot of questions!! Thank you again.
@Brenonogueira Since my injury level is high and I have no trunk control, this took me a very long time to get down. Hang in there and don't give up!
I just cannot do this, I’m a t4 complete, you’re amazing
It took A LOT of practice though.
Je ne comprends pas votre langue, mais vu les gestes que vous faites je imagine. Merci pour votre compréhension.
Grazie, sei stato di GRANDE aiuto.
Great help. Thank you for your videos
Great video and you definitely made it look easy - I'm with you paratiffany they never taught me that either but I'm ready to learn :-)
I got down, then stared at my chair trying to get back up. I should have looked up how to get up before. Lol! Now I’m here watching how to get back up
I like the VDO.. thank you..I am Algerian.
I love your energy💫
You're amazing sir.🙂
Great explained!! Thanks so much!👍🙂
sos una bestia man, te felicito desde argentina otro paraplegico mas
you are amazing, congratulations
You're incredible. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this very effective technique. I practice the backwards technique but my doctor was afraid I was going to permanently damage my shoulders. I think I can do this.
Off-topic comment for your other you were asking about the pain pump I have been through part of that process and elected not to you have a pain pump installed. I think there is the need for possibly a Google Circle for the enabled lol like us to discuss similar issues. Thank you again
thank you, good job :) I will try tomorrow with my patient :)
It's moves like this that make it seem like you're not a T1 complete. I don't doubt it, but it looks so smooth. Especially the way you can get your butt onto the chair without back control.
I've been in a chiar for 5 years this month and I still can't get my butt to swing up like that and still have difficulty transfering from the ground to my chair without help, you amaze me with it. Haha!
Thanks for this I always call for help when I fall out of my WC but hope to master this once I have somewhere to practice :-)
WOW..u are very strong.
Well I was about 5'10",,,not quite there these days. :) I do have the advantage of long, lanky arms so that helps. I also developed a good feel of where my head has to go in order to get my lower body to follow. Practice makes perfect....definitely took a while.
Very nice 👍🏾 Gods blessings
Tuck those bad boys . Remember when legs were that small, . He did a perfect sometimes if you have person around you to put a hand on their back and hand up where he put his on his chair launch up into it it’s all about focus because if you don’t make it back in your chair you’re not going very far excellent video that’s what I’ve seen today will have to do with these channels. thanks Kyle champ.. Build up strength he’s not lying it’s stronger and gets stronger I’m tired faster
you amaze me i'm recently paralized 4 months ago it's been a hard adjustment.
Great job and thank you for sharing. Have you ever tried using a gate belt to hold your legs together? That is what I do. I put the gate belt just above my knees and it works like a charm. Again, thank you for sharing.
Good move... thank you for your education. I’m occupational therapist of Korean.
Im T-4 complete. I recently learned that if I take my cushion out of my chair and sit on it my legs dont flop and I am up a little higher so its not that difficult to get into my chair that way. I then get on to the couch to put my cushion back in my chair.
I had a full rotator cuff tear in my right should and had to have surgery, very challenging. I now have a small tear in my left subscapularis tendon. Hopefully with time and PT it will heal.
Sounds like a good method! Whatever works to get up. Sorry to hear about your shoulder. Keep doing PT and hopefully it’ll improve. 👍🏼👍🏼
Good job man!
Good people, I am proud that such a strong
good job man, pretty good job. you impressed me.
You are so great ♥️♥️
You're really awesome!!! thank you~!
Great technique!
the things we take for granted! the things we forget to be greatful for! God forgive me when i whine.....
🙏🙏🙏
Whine all you want :-) You should not feel as if your feelings are invalidated.
It takes ALOT of strength to do that! So many ppl think it would be easy to move around w just your arms until you try it. Unless your paralyzed it’s impossible to know cuz an unparalyzed person will instinctively use other muscles to assist so it’s impossible to know unless you are paralyzed. Definitely need to be strong to do this
@Pam lol yea I remember that! You eventually get used to using the adapted ways of doing things. I remember being shown how to use my arms behind me to push self up and remember thinking how do I do that? Cuz your just used to using your abs to sit up. Everything u do has to have a new way of doing it and you get used to it. It sucks, it’s depressing, but life goes on and can’t change anything so u have to adapt. Stay in good shape! Strength is key to everything that work out your arms shoulders and chest!
Thank you for sharing
C'est ne pas facile l'handicap.
Beaucoup du courage aux personnes handicapées, que Dieu nous donne la force.
Impressive transfer my man, I opted not to go for baclofen so my body fights me quite a lot. I do my transfer in two stages which means I need to find something to sit on. Sometimes quite tricky. I'll keep trying...
Excelente amigo! muy buena técnica, te felicito!
Wow. Good transfer!
I'm not a paraplegic but I've got a really bad spine and am learning how to survive as a paraplegic incase anything happens (I work at a place where there's a chance that I could have my back broken so yeah..), I've also got a wheelchair at home which used to be used by my mum. She doesn't use it anymore so I've pretty much claimed it and I've come up with an easy way for a floor to wheelchair transfer (But you'll need shoes with enough grip on them). Sit with your back facing the chair and have one leg out flat while you have the other one pulled in towards your chest, if your shoes have enough grip on the bottom it sometimes stays in place, with one hand (the one on whatever side you have your leg flat out) you hold onto the chair and with the other one (the one on the same side as whatever leg you have pulled towards your chest) you push onto your knee as you pull/push yourself up with your hand thats holding onto the chair. I dont know if it will officially work with everybody but if you have enough upper body strength; it SHOULD work.
Don't worry, this week might be my last. I got called for an interview at this other place and yeah.., HOPEFULLY, I can get a job there instead of where I work now. But thanks for the heads up anyway :)
Ouch, hope you're managing well enough...
@@thisguyhere1 how r u now can u tell me
It's amazing watching you do that - you must have VERY strong hands, arms & shoulders! I was wondering if there is such a things as a wheelchair with a seat that lowers to make it easier? iIm lucky: I'm not paralysed but I've lost a lot of nerves & muscles (brain & neck+ injuries) & I'm finding myself (when I'm very tired) using my arms to hold a leg up; I'm scared: I'm losing more muscles & strength (and am now the most unfit I've ever been) and I'm STILL (15 years now) waiting for doctors to give me my correct diagnoses & physio/rehab etc. - because I've been neglected for so long (my injuries caused by doctors' errors then they lied & denied & covered-up: "nothing went wrong") I'm becoming more injured. But I know I'm really lucky to be able to walk and move and do as much as I can at the moment - but I miss The Old Me loads = as all of us who've survived serious accidents do. All the best to you.
I can never imagine myself lifting myself like this, I would probably either break something or slam into my face. What I have done though is bring my arms back and grip the upper part of the footrest bars then lift with incredible force until I am fixed in the chair. Of course, I would only do this when I fall off, which is very rare, but consumes the majority of my strength and adrenaline. I am a c6-c7 with normal hand function but numb from the external part.
Nice vid, nice work.
@emilylove86 Yep, that will be one of my videos. May have to wait until the spring though.
This is good video. Thanks.
It’s been a long time blessings
Your videos have truly inspired me! I'm paralyzed from the neck down and I use the computer by head control. If you'd like to see my demonstration video, just type in my full name. Demont Elsey.
Just curious how tall are you? You make that transfer look easy. You amaze me with your center of gravity. balance, strength and flexibility. I am (t11comp) 5'5 w/ short arms. My right leg falls out like yours. I have a good friend who is paralyzed also. When he works on his car he uses a milk crate to transfer from ground to chair. Keep your videos coming. You are an inspiration to all.
बहुत अच्छा है सर जी
God bless you
@krisreckner Just look up scissor brakes. I've had them for a long time. You can probably find some on sportaid.com
That requires a lot of upper body strength and practice. Do remember to lock the wheelchair when you transfer as well. Cheers!
Yes a locked chair is a must.
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What is your neurological level of injury ??
U are inspiration for many 😘😘 great work
Do you have trouble breathing because you have no ab control? Doesn't seem like it at all. I'm probably misunderstanding mechanism, though (Does air distend the stomach, muscle in-sync with air, or both?). I'm not paralyzed, but your videos are still awesome for those of us that are curious. Thanks.
thanx I'm going to try!!!
I still can't get back into my chair by myself and its been 8yrs! but I think I might have a couple lbs. on ya lol n they taught me to flip my chair over and scoot my rear into it n throw me legs over n push over w/ my arm... it was very hard
Thank you for your educational video. So helpful and we appreciate your helping others. May your find comfort in the words of the Bible.
Isaiah 35:5&6: At that time the eyes of the blind ones will be opened, and the very ears of the deaf ones will be unstopped. At that time the lame one will climb up just as a stag does, and the tongue of the speechless one will cry out in gladness.
very good
@blackpearlv6 Ohh Ive actualy use them before and didnt like having to bend over to use them each time. I dont know what it was besides the angle, but it looked like it was a single bar that went across the bottom pretty close to the frame. Then then you operate it, it seemed like it went across the bottom and when you locked the one it looked like it was a bar that went across the bottom and locked both wheels at once. Id like something like that,
This kind of transfer works if you are young, thin, strong and LONG LIMBS.
Try it after you have been paralyzed for 31 years, gained a few pounds, have arthritis and the pain and spasms are so bad they can't get them under control.
I was 21 when I was in a car accident that left me a T2-T3 paraplegic and I'm 52 now. (Doctors told me I probably wouldn't make it to 40.)
Hate to tell you this, but paraplegia doesn't improve with age.
Good luck.🤞
you would know, i promise. it was the result of a spinal cord infarction. i woke up from surgery paralyzed fr om the waist down. the doctors were able to get my spinal fluid moving again with several lps but much of the damage was permanent. i had to learn to walk again and have lower extremity weakness amongst other problems.
hi sorry to hear that, what kind of surgery were you having? are you able to walk?
Like your christmas tree.
@saelz8 My diaphragm still works and allows me to breathe normally but my coughs and sneezes are very week since I don't get that extra "umph" from my stomach muscles. I also can't scream very loud and tend to run out of breath really fast if I try.
You are very inspirational and good looking may I add!😉
I've "tried" twice to do a chair to floor transfer, and both times I've wiggled to the end of my chair and chickened out. The second attempt was me trying to use your technique here, but I'm noticing on the rewatch your arms are longer than mine. I have to get flat to my legs to touch the floor with my arm, and I feel like I'm about to instantly fall, and I'm not balanced correct.
I'm T2 myself, and maybe it just false sensations I'm feeling, but I'm not feeling secure at all. Will keep trying though till I figure it out
I wonder if using an elastic band around your legs just above your knee would help with keeping your legs close while moving? For example the elastic bands for exercising.