Floor transfer instructions page 2 7.
Floor to chair transfer amputee.
Push up to get both feet on the floor.
Reach backward for the arms of the chair.
Published on mar 23 2009.
Work to get a knee up with the foot flat 8.
I ve fallen and i can get up.
Amputee bk floor stand transfer.
Wheelchair to couch transfer techniques.
With the elbow locked shift most of the body weight over onto the hand and arm on the floor.
Something like a couch can be used as a middle support device to allow you to easily transfer from the floor to the chair.
Use your arms to support your weight as you lift yourself up and back into the chair.
Carefully begin to turn in order to sit on the chair.
Yourself down into sitting.
Unlock the brakes and wheel away from the bed so you can swing the wheelchair s leg rests back into place.
When you first attempt a transfer from the floor the wheelchair seat it is easier if you use other things for support in between the floor and the chair.
Practice going from the floor to chair.
With one hand firmly grasping the armrest on the same side6 bend forward and reach down for the floor placing the other hand on the floor.
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This video details how i transfer to and from the floor as a paraplegic.
You want to have the chair on the edge of the sofa as close as possible.
Hold onto the chair at all times.
Secondly i also outline how to return to uprig.
Raise onto knees by propping hands on chair.
You can support yourself during the transfer by holding onto the hand rim of the wheel on the opposite side of the couch.