Long-term incorrect wheelchair posture will not only cause a series of secondary injuries such as scoliosis, joint deformation, wing shoulder, kyphosis, etc.; it will also cause respiratory function to be affected and increase the residual air volume in the lungs; these problems are slowly formed Everyone is not paying much attention, but it is too late to find these symptoms! Therefore, the correct way to ride wheelchairs and electric wheelchairs is a big problem that every elderly and disabled person cannot ignore. In fact, this is why the price of wheelchairs ranges from one hundred yuan to several thousand yuan. Good and expensive wheelchairs have taken these factors into consideration when developing and producing them. In order to solve these problems, wheelchairs are designed to have corresponding humanized functions.
Keep your hips as close to the back of the wheelchair as possible:
If some elderly people hunch their buttocks and cannot get close to the back of the chair, they may bend their lower back and risk sliding out of the wheelchair. Therefore, according to personal conditions, it is more comfortable to choose an “S”-shaped wheelchair or electric wheelchair with adjustable backrest tightness.
Is the pelvis balanced:
Pelvic tilt is an important factor that causes scoliosis and deformation. Pelvic tilt is caused by poor seat back cushion materials of wheelchairs and electric wheelchairs, which lead to incorrect sitting postures. Therefore, the material of the seat back cushion is also very important when choosing a wheelchair electric wheelchair. Everyone can observe that the seat back cushion becomes a groove after three months of riding for a wheelchair of 300 yuan or a few hundred yuan. This kind of wheelchair or electric wheelchair is inevitable for long-term spinal deformation.
