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Wheelchair Cushions Are Important To Make Wheelchair Ride Comfortable by Jenny Jag
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Wheelchair Cushions Are Important To Make Wheelchair Ride Comfortable by JENNY JAG
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| Article Posted: 11/02/2011 |
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Wheelchair Cushions Are Important To Make Wheelchair Ride Comfortable |
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The wheelchairs are considered to be a boon for all those people who cannot walk or for all those people who are physically disabled. The wheelchairs are used to provide these disable people a sense of freedom that gives them liberty to move around freely. The electric or the wheelchair power have added wings to their freedom as with the help of these electric wheelchairs they can move around simply by pressing a button. The power wheelchair also provide an additional facility of wheelchair lift with the help of this facility people can lift themselves above the ground surface so that people can go to an elevated surface without anybody’s help. The physically disabled people spend most of their time in wheelchair therefore the wheelchair ride must be made comfortable so that they can move around to places with ease. There are different wheelchair accessories available nowadays that can be used for making the wheelchairs comfortable. The accessories which can be used to make the wheelchairs a comfort item are wheelchair cushions. The seat cushions are considered to be the most important wheelchair accessory. The seat of the wheelchair must be properly constructed as poorly designed cushions may result in poor posture or may cause pressure sores on the body. A good wheelchair and seat cushion are must for the patient suffering from neuromuscular impairment and good wheelchair are also helpful in maintaining correct posture for all these patients. The properly designed wheelchair assists respiration and blood circulation in the patient’s body. Therefore wheelchair cushions are very important accessories that pools out positive benefits for the patient. The wheelchairs must be selected cautiously and the cushions must be designed in such a way that matches up with the patient’s figure so that it does not make them feel uncomfortable on the wheelchair. The cushion must always be placed at the back of the patient so as to make them sit erect and provide them safe and comfortable ride. There are wheelchairs that are provided with contoured seats but these seats are not comfortable because any movement if taken on these seats creates a lot of pressure on the patient’s body. Therefore these types of cushions are very uncomfortable and these cushions are quiet heavy and bulky and cannot be adjusted according to the changing needs of the people as well. The cushions must be such which recognizes the normal movement of the sitting bones that takes place on a routine basis.
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