Thanks for sharing!!

Glad you found it helpful, it’s one of my favorite tricks!

That is tricky! Some of the problem solving would require a little more about what type of arm movement if any you have. It’s possible to rig something up using your shoulders if you can elevate your shoulders or possible at the elbow. Where there’s a will there’s a way!

@@EquipMeOT LOL.. it's the way that keeps getting me. So, I have some movement (not much) in my left arm but it is numb. My Right arm I have NO muscular control from my shoulder to my wrist. So, the problem come when I get either arm in a shirt and try to get the shirt around my back to get the other arm in. I've tried many things and, will frankly, I am out of ideas.

Sorry I didn't add this before; but I have the same problem with pants. There are VIDS showing people on a bed working them up. Yeah, that kind of works, but what do you do when you didn't have a bed to lay on? You have to go to the bathroom in a public / business toilet? Sorry, I am new to this and never thought it would happen to me. You can't get a straight answer from the medical people so I am really just putting it out there for anyone to answer. How do you do this when you are not in a "Sterile Environment"? THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY AND YOUR TIME POSTING THIS VID! Typing takes the personal expressions out of a conversation and it can be misread as negative or demeaning. THAT IS NOT HOW I AM POSTINGING THIS! Thank you for your time!

So I’ve been thinking about it a lot. If your waist band of you pants had a custom loop sewn into it in a strategic location, would you be able to hook your hand or forearm through it to pull? I’ve done this with some of my quadriplegic clients.

@@EquipMeOT Will, not really. I can get them up to my backside. That's where I loose the ability to pull them any further. With my left arm I can lift 1lbs. and my right I am still trying to be able to just lift the arm (which I can not do). What I have found that works is I get my thumb (using both hands individually) under the waste band in the back and using my bathroom sink to hold my hand I squat down working them up. I continue to switch hands until I have them up. This does take some time. The other thing that I have found to work is backing up to a kitchen chair that has a high backrest and getting one side hooked on the chair and squatting down; again, alternating sides until I get them up. The other thing I am doing is using suspenders and larger waste size pants then I need. I leave them buttoned and work the pants up my body. I put hooks over my door that are down a little lower then shoulder height. Using these hooks I loop the suspenders on them and squat down and work them over my shoulders. Using this method combined with the one above is "WORKING". But... LOL.. When you go outside your house, you don't have all these things at your "convenience". Try going to a restaurant and using the bathroom. LOL.. Now, think about that conversation you have to have with the guy that just bellied up to the urinal as you ask for help getting your pants on. LOL.. I know!!! your LYAF ROTF. LOL.. think about being in there alone while trying to use one of the technics above and a guy walks in and see you. You just can't explain you way out of it.

You’re welcome!

You're welcome 😊