Why a guy with no legs doesn't use a wheelchair [CC]
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- People often ask me why I don’t use a wheelchair more often. So, I decided to make a video on that topic and show you guys what using a wheelchair typically entails for me. It is definitely a necessity sometimes, but for day-to-day activities, it just doesn’t seem worth the trouble.
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It seems to me that the Boosted Board is way easier to handle than the wheelchair.
Roll tide
Fish Freak it’s faster than most wheelchairs but the downside is you’re at the level of a dog. I’ll take the wheelchair
Well could always. Put electric motor That could raise and lower. The wheelchair to the heights do you like? Sort of like a lowrider problem solved
With some kind of spring suspension or air suspension
Thanks for having captioning on your videos. I only have 26% hearing so I barely hear diddly squat. You're interesting so I subscribed :)
Welcome to the channel! And I'm glad someone is using the captions! :)
@@RowdyBurton , Oh I'm sure alot more than me use them Rowdy. There's literally thousands of us deaf people out here in the world. Alot of people try to hide it though, or just don't want to admit it. I'm very open about mine and chew out people on channels that don't have captions. hahaha! I'm outspoken a little too much though. lol!
Wendy Solo lol you tell em girl
Hearing people use them to. For instance:
people who have difficulties with english or when you have to be quiet and don't have headphones or when your surrounding is very noisy.
@@juno5301 Yeah, you have a good point J. I didn't think of those people at all.
Yes that looks like more trouble than it's worth!
Hi Rowdy! Always like seeing vids from you. I cant say that I can relate to your situation, but I am curious. I hope that's normal. When I was in high school, me and my circle of friends were called freaks. And in time, we embraced that term and even started calling ourselves that. We were the fantastic freaks. One blind, one albino, one with spina bifida, one with no neck, and one with a skin condition that made his skin super sensitive even to a touch. The blind one was me. I wouldnt trade in those fantastic people for anything. (I'm legally blind but I have some vision, just very blurred) Maybe that's why I like you..You would have been one of us back in the day. And I think you're frikin awesome for embracing life in spite of. That's what life is all about. Have an awesome weekend Rowdy. 🤗
Highschool was pretty normal for me, as far dealing with any bullying, kids were much crueler in lower grade school haha. Sounds like a pretty cool crew you had in school :D and I couldn’t agree more, gotta live life! Have a great weekend as well!
Regular people r fucking boring anyways, excuse my french lol
Most those people just want to fit in and act cool in front of their friends by calling people freaks and stuff. Pisses me off so much like looking different literally doesn’t change their personality.
Hey I hope I don't come over disrespectful or anything I'm just curious. If you're blind (or have a very blurry vision) how do you type your comments on a UA-cam video and how do you pick what you watch on UA-cam or any other streaming platform?
@@manoudreams there are features that are built in in nowadays operating systems and software like browsers, it reads the text on screen aloud, with robotic or some more appropriate voice
also can be used if you don't wanna look at screen or maybe have some audiobook expirience
I can totally understand why you use your skateboard and boost board after watching this video. Such a hassle for you x
Until I watched this video, I too wondered why you didn't use a chair all the time. Now I see why..... it takes a *lot* more time getting it in and out of the house, in and out of the car, etc. Much easier to just use your boosted board. It's too bad there isn't some middle ground. As you get older and your elbows get more arthritic, the day may come when you do have to use it full-time. But at that point? You can get a house/apartment with a ramp, a van with a ramp, etc. You've done a remarkable job of dealing with what life dealt you, Rowdy. I salute you.
I was going to ask the question of why you didn't just use a wheelchair sometimes, then this video was recommended. I completely get it. Your new vehicle will definitely help out with this for sure, but this does look like an exhausting ordeal.
I admire the level of independence you allow yourself to create. A lot of people myself included don't even want to walk 5 blocks with two legs and you do so much and all by yourself you are more capable than most people. You are not disabled, you very able and the happiness you seem to have just been yourself I love it!. I love to watch your videos just to get uplifted by you.
That just raised my anxiety level. I suppose I would choose to not use one as well. Unless I had to. I enjoy your videos Rowdy. I wish the whole world was filled with people like you. You’re such a good person. I believe that, all the mean, Q&A’s are due to the fact that, you are more awesome then they will ever be. I thank you for sharing your life with us. Ok, and I have to admit that you’re quite handsome as well ☺️.
Hi Rowdy 👋🏻 I just discovered your channel and I just wanted to say that you seem like a really cool person and you’re truly an inspiration!!!
Yes! Thanks for this video! Although I do not have your exact situation, I understand how using a wheelchair could present obstacles especially with how you're used to getting around on your hands. I have cerebral palsy and I choose most of the time not to use my wheelchair in my home. I crawl around on my hands and knees.
I’ve been watching all your videos rowdy
Glad to hear that!
Meanwhile, in Norway, you would've been equipped with a free motorized chair and a heavily subsided car complete with automatic docking for said chair. That is actually covered by taxes, no insurance needed.
I fully get why you choose not to use the chair, though. It's much easier to get around in a society not adapted to chairs, with a booster board and your hands. Lugging that chair in and out of your car is also probably not worth it when you have more flexible means of transportation.
yeah and theres no shortage of doctors and engineers from sub-saharan africa either. norway is so enriched! i want to move to a socialist country whose population is being replaced by foreign minorities to further rich politician's agendas.
@Deimonk ah yes, as an american you'd prefer getting shot by a cop.
@@maartensabbe3844 america is better than europe XD
>paying 52% income tax to get "free" stuff 😍
thank you for sharing you life with us. Courage is what makes a man.
Rowdy please show us a video of you at work. Thanks for helping us to understand your life. You're so cool ✌
I no longer work with Serquest sadly and they also just moved to a new location haha
@@RowdyBurton Thanks for your reply Rowdy... Just please update us on any job ventures. 🙂
I was looking at your old vids (cuz you don't make many new ones) and found this one. Wow, what a chore, the car gets beat up, the chair gets beat up, and you get beat up. Hope you figure out something new soon.
Thankyou for explaining it rowdy
Maybe use the wheelchair more to save wear and tear on your body and extend the time u can rely on your arms
Yeah I think it is a very good idea to protect your elbows more. The boost board appears a great way of getting around for you.
Hi Rowdy, I love your videos! I can see why you don't use your wheelchair that much, it's so time consuming and it looked like you were exhausted by the time you got to your desk! I should be using a cane when out and about but I hate it because it slows me down and I've tripped over it more times than I can count! Thankfully I haven't ended up on my face! 😂
Thanks for sharing ~ I look forward to the next!
Cathy Langan haha, you need a quicker cane eh 😅 bad joke lol
Also thanks for tuning in!! :D
@@RowdyBurtonGreat joke, but oh gosh, with my two left feet I'd be in traction! 😂
Have you ever considered having a chair type seat on your boosted board?
Either fixed with screws or even better with a quick attach Latch, kina like how ski boots get mounted with a clip.
If it was detachable that might be nice to have the option but usually sitting down isn't as comfortable as standing or leaning on my nubs.
Is it possible for you to get a kind of custom body wheelchair that you could sit in and just wheel around? It seems so inefficient with the chair and with things like the onewheel/boosted board you're still putting pressure on your arms and elbows. I feel like it wouldn't be too terribly hard to come up with something a third of your current chair's size that's possibly collapsible and you can just easily throw in and out of your car/house. Maybe hear what some of the people at that convention can do!
Also did you get a new camera? Lol I can't tell if it's my new phone or if your video is just better quality today 😂 anyways you have very nice freckles! Which I didn't notice until today lol
Alexandra Defreitas I've been thinking about possibly making something custom more and more. I think that's what it will come to. It's the same camera lol, sometimes I use my phone which is the same quality. I use an iPhone 7+ and a DJI Osmo. Thanks lol :D
@@RowdyBurton Hi Rowdy , just want to say love your video's , what work do you actually do ?
I truly believe that the booster board looks way easier to use a way lighter. I understand where you're coming from on this.
Wheelchair is a huge pain in the ass! Know what you really need is the Rowdymobile - a custom drone you can fly
always nice to see your videos
All I can say, is WOW YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏
You are super fit. Impressive!
I am a quadriplegic, so it feels the same when others tell me to get an electric chair. It limits me more than a manual one. I can say it is more convenient for company rather than the use of an ordinary day. People have good attentions but most of it would make our vitals worse and atrophy our muscles.
I do not mean to put into perspective, but them in Hollywood are suffering greatly for having it all that life consist more sitting for them. When they use prescription, they can't control their vitals as well. They drop hard dead.
I say this not to judge. Our bodies are like air bags. What we do impacts us. Going surgical to remove imperfections that was created by lifestyle can make the body sick. What what measure it was gain the same must be use to lose.
You were born into the world like I think, so it is more an adaptions. You must improvise and pave your own paths. You have a positive spirit, so it must be fun for them helping you.
I probably need to learn and love Jesus more. His story is like ours. He was shaped in inquity and had no worldly attraction, and He showed us how we can have nothing in the world and have everything in God.
Jesus had legs but He walked on water. I like to believe He was on edge of falling apart but did what He needed to do to keep near the Father. All things are possible with Him.
I like to believe there is nothing wrong with you but with us more. I was an athlete that had to relearn everything at 18. It is a tough road but I am becoming beautiful inward like you as Jesus was.
God bless. I lie not. Jesus returns, and I say with a smile. I can say without a doubt He talks from Heaven. God Father and the Lord Jesus be with you.
Yea, people often have the best of intentions but have trouble relating. Best wishes to you!
I use a powerchair and have a wheelchair accessible vehicle so I just drive into the car and out again. I find I'm much more independent and can go out all day without worrying if my arms were going to be too tired to wheel myself along. I hate being pushed too so it was a very easy decision.
secret squirrel Yeah, I’m in the clan that loves my wheelchair! I feel freedom using my wheelchair although I can walk for very short distances because I just cannot do that without fainting and being in pain
I had to chuckle when you were bringing your sports chair inside and lifted the body up and over and rolled on your back to bring it in, because I was thinking that is how I would do it but with some samurai sounds as I did. :D
Sorry if I missed a video bro but what type of work do you do? It looked like a pretty cool place !
Nicholas Hargarther I work with a couple of videographers, basically our whole nonprofit does story telling for other nonprofits and folks just trying to make a difference. I plan to do a video about it really soon.
@@RowdyBurton thanks for the reply man! That's pretty awesome though. Sounds like you get to do something quite enjoyable.
Only you know what's best for you. ✌🏻
Hi. That looks very exhausting. Is there some type of rack but you can put on the back of your car like they use for bicycles? Or maybe there's some other sort of rack that would be specifically for wheelchairs that wouldn't block your trunk. Sometimes prosthetists are super creative and you might brainstorm with one and see if there's something they could create to make it easier for you. That doesn't seem like it would be a complicated project for somebody who is always thinking about making adaptive devices. So anyway that's just a thought. Your videos are very interesting and informative and you seem like a very decent guy. Thanks for sharing.
Ciao mi sei mancato la tua persona positiva mi rendi contento a vederti sorridere anche davanti ai tuoi problemi che tu sai risolvere un abbraccio con il ❤cuore 👍
You’re so positive, do you ever show your girlfriend in videos? I love her voice just curious what she looks like
No, she hasn't been in any yet
Here she is
instagram.com/p/Bq5iYphF7nY/
Thanks!
Andy Freeman she’s wearing a one wheel hat🤔
Hi Rowdy. Man I wanted to pull the chair up the stairs for you. Your so chilled. Love that about you. Necessity is the mother of invention, maybe you could design something just for your ease and comfort. Then market it and become a millionaire.😀 Stay Cool guy😘 I will be watching to see you on shark tank.😜
Dude! What happened to your windshield?
Just from a wreck, haha
What time stamp I don’t see anything
Anonymous 6:20
I can see why you wouldn't want to use a chair regularly since it seemed like a lot of extra steps. Did your co-workers worry something was wrong when you showed up in a chair since you normally don't use one? I liked the video of your kitchen showing how you've upgraded it to make cooking and meal prep a bit easier; any other plans? Are you handy with that kind of thing?
I told them I was using it that day to make a video, but ya me coming in with my chair would be the same as anyone else coming in with a chair, like 'what the heck happened to you?!'
have you ever though of using elbow wraps, it alliviates a lot of stress from the joint
I have more recently since more people are bringing it up.
Ill probably try some kind of wrap in the future. It does seem promising.
@@RowdyBurton it is worth it.
One time I had severe elbow pain to the point where I couldnt even lift 5lbs without screaming of pain and those wraps got me through
You seemed exhausted carrying the chair around
Valentina Colmenares ya it’s a little bit of a workout lol
I'm sorry. But this beautiful man has a name.
Thts gt to be a pain in the arse having to take the wheels off to put it in the car and then put thm bk on wen u get oot the car again
I don't know what it would take to make a custom lift for his back seat, but I'm sure someone out there could make one easily enough
You need wheel chair ramps in your home and the car.😎😑
I would suggest having two wheelchairs, keep one in the car and one in the house! and then someday trade your car in for a van with a wheelchair lift and build a ramp going up to your house!
I do keep my red chair in my car but I still hardly use it lol
THERES A UFO (TRIANGULAR CRAFT) At 7:09!!!! FLYING WAY FASTER THAN ANY OF OUR PLANES FLY .... I run a ufo website myself and that was a great little catch. Rowdy if u dont mind I'm going to have the footage enhanced and stabilized. HELL OF A CATCH ROWDY!!!!
When I saw this comment I decided to make a video about this about this clip, kind of as an excuse to tell my own UFO story, check the video Im posting today. Feel free to use the footage if you disagree with my conclusion. =)
Rowdy your arms are amazing and cut!
I prob wouldn’t use the chair either sooo much of a hassle. Get an electric skateboard
I have one. It's what i normally use.
Rowdy Burton oh ok I was wondering how you moved do fast on that :)
It just seems like the wheel chair is a hassle that you have to drag around and not that useful
You do sometimes
if you don't have a wheelchair with you how do you open doors? I'm guessing you can't reach the handles but maybe im wrong
I can reach the handle just fine without a chair lol
6:52 Your Windshield seems a bit broken :D
Hey Rowdy. Now that you have the new van, can you just "throw" the wc in the back? Will it fit? Is it easier? I know this was filmed before you knew anything about the van coming, but I just re-watched it now. Keep up all the cool stuff you're doing.
I actually have yet to try that!
Why don't you just get one of those drivable chairs where you use a control stick Like in a video game. And a car that is specially built for having a chair like that in it. That would solve the car problems a ramp to get in and out easy and you can park on the handicapped space. Add a ramp to your front door and a elevator to the stairs and you never need to move from the chair except to sleep or go to the bathroom.
How come you don't use elbow sleeves or braces to help support the joint
I can;t get sleeves to stay on, and haven;t found a brace that helps yet.
@@RowdyBurton ya I could see them Being a pain in the ass. Hopefully you find a brace the works if the time ever comes you need one
They make lightweight chairs where the wheels come off now. With your ad $ you should be able to buy one now
Your one wheel sponsors need you pushing how bad wheelchairs are I get it though
yea i do need a lighter chair for sure. I've had that one forever
That red one you use is like a hospital chair. Get a TI Lite. You know deep down you're gonna need one sooner or later and I get it, your pride. But dude, there are chairs that are mobile as hell and you'll be closer to face to face with people. It makes a difference
@@user-em8yy1dl7s I actually have no sponsers haha, not yet anyway
There's no doubt you have sponsors man. Nothing wrong with it and I know you're genuine as a guy, but --The one wheel first video you did made it obvious you were funded from the get go. There's an agenda behind the scenes bro dont lie.
Stem cell shots in the elbows may help
I'm really interested in doing that soon!
@@RowdyBurton Recently got stem cell shots and I feel years younger, though the first week may fuck with you cause of the body changes
Oh wow I see how inconvenient it is.
Have you looked into getting those super lightweight chairs
Haven't heard of them!
Maybe a stupid question, but could you use the sports wheelchair as a regular one, like for the office or for other situations (non sport)?
Technically yes, but because it is a sports chair, it has a very wide base and can't fit through normal doors.
Rowdy Burton Ah, I didn’t think of how wide the wheels are (even though I know they are tilted).
Sports wheelchairs are SPECIALLY made for that purpose Nina Sorum compared to a n ORDINARY one ( miss Shane luke )
How come you don't use elbow sleeves
I'm gonna get some
why wont you build a little chair on the boosterboard?
It's not comfortable for me to sit for long periods of time (I get too squished).
@@RowdyBurton oh i see. love your channel :]
We’re you born without legs or with legs hmmm
We should talk about everything but your issue..
You rock man ! Skål !!! 🍺🍺🍺
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You talk a lot I love it
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Aren't you a handsome man? I think you have to be careful with your elbows. I have cubital tunnel syndrome in both elbows which makes it feel like you've always banged your funny bone - and it's not funny at all. It's a wear and tear condition and before I watched this video I saw another couple of yours and worried about your elbows!
Rowdy send me over your email address.