5 Questions You Need to Answer Before Getting a New Wheelchair!

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5 Questions You Need to Answer Before Getting a New Wheelchair!

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Hey guys!
Every made a purchase and then realize you didn't give it enough though?
Yeah me too. Like a million times.
And when its a wheelchair that you have to be in every day for the next 5 years its SUPER annoying.
I recently got a brand new wheelchair and I mostly did a good job of thinking about important factors when choosing and measuring the wheelchair, but there were a few things that I neglected to think about.
I wanted to save you guys the headache so I put together a list of the 5 QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ASK BEFORE ORDERING A NEW WHEELCHAIR.
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@elizabethr.9359 9 ай бұрын

A tip I have is before adding things to your chair new look on secondhand sites to see if someone is selling it cheaper. I wanted to have the option of having push handles on my aero z so I just bought secondhand height adjustable bolt on ones and saved $120 vs getting them from Tilite. I also chose to go with no extra charge brakes because for the money I can just upgrade to nicer scissor brakes than if I chose it as an option initially and I get a pair of normal brakes. An upgrade I did do was the side guards and tires because it was the same price or higher aftermarket so definitely do your research!

@blindwheels 2 жыл бұрын

Another consideration is if you use public transport, is there buses, streetcars, subways? what size castors are you going to need. Another, is your level of hand/arm function.

@staceem Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you!🙂✨

@EmpoweredPara Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@CinkSVideo 2 жыл бұрын

I would add that simple and relatively inexpensive upgrade at the time of purchase can be a very expensive upgrade later. I wanted to change my plastic guards to aluminum that are better anchored. $63 up charge if I had bought with the chair. But they were $475 (a discounted amount) as a purchase months later. So…I’m still using the plastic ones.

@EmpoweredPara Жыл бұрын

that is an awesome point! I had no idea!

@donalddolan7709 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I might add thinking about adjustability. When I got my first wheelchair, when they set it up for me, I, of course, didn't know anything about chairs and thus they picked all options. When it came, I found that it was set up such that I couldn't lower it at all. It had that ability to adjust height, but at it's lowest setting, I couldn't get under my desk or my kitchen table. I know you mentioned height but I always wished that I had some adjustability in a lot of the settings so that I could "fine tune" it as I came across things that warranted it or as my needs changed.

@EmpoweredPara 3 жыл бұрын

I will be talking about that next week in the wheelchair measuring video!

@nancylanderson8012 Жыл бұрын

This was an excellent and informative video. Thank you.

@EmpoweredPara Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@philcarter3789 Жыл бұрын

Hi love your hair color and cut Cheers Phil

@QuadLife101 3 жыл бұрын

Such good tips! Great things to think about. Thank you!

@EmpoweredPara 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@SassyWitch666 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you , thank you, this is so helpful!

@EmpoweredPara 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@coltonmorgan3610 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to drop a comment real quick just let you know that I appreciate the videos. especially this one. I have not forgotten about you but you will remember I have been extremely busy with pre-testing and surgery and all kinds of other stuff here lately. So when I get a chance I will be catching up on my KZfaq videos

@EmpoweredPara 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about you yesterday! I was gonna message you to see how things were going! You don't have to watch every video lol. I know you have a life!

@coltonmorgan3610 3 жыл бұрын

@@EmpoweredPara I'm doing okay this surgery has helped quite a bit. Two of them are now done the one on April 16th and April 23rd now if I can just get through the rest of the recovery from those two I'll be good to go. of course there's the one on June 7th and that whole recovery process but I'll live

@EmpoweredPara 3 жыл бұрын

@@coltonmorgan3610 it will feel so good when it's all done!

@andybernal9690 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info, take care.

@EmpoweredPara 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@cpr58 8 ай бұрын

well, first off they have sent me to the wrong kind of therapist I was sent to a physical therapist. I will be an ambulatory wheelchair user some of this for now does not apply but is good to know.

@morgancalvi6675 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure that BS handle is meant to be anything but for hanging clothes. I grab the steering wheel and pull myself in. Just a thought.

@EmpoweredPara 3 жыл бұрын

I tried that and almost fell lol

@morgancalvi6675 3 жыл бұрын

@@EmpoweredPara 😳...well, we certainly don't want that...I just would want to make sure that isn't going to fly off the car while you're yanking on it. That would truly suck. I used to do that with mine and I found out it's for suits.

@EmpoweredPara 3 жыл бұрын

@@morgancalvi6675 lol. I have heard that from more than one person! I don't use it very often thankfully!

@morgancalvi6675 3 жыл бұрын

@@EmpoweredParahey, I have two spinal cord injuries. Just thinking of you...I mean you have a family. Just please don't put a lot of weight on it and make sure you know what it is...I mean is it a hanger or a grab bar? Trust me, I was devastated when I got my second injury. I still am. It's been 2 years and the second one is miserable because I worked soooo hard to get things back and now they're gone 😭..including bladder function and my hands. I played the piano...and now that's gone.

@EmpoweredPara 3 жыл бұрын

@@morgancalvi6675 yeah it would be devastating. Thank you for the wise warning! I'll try to use the steering wheel instead!