A central theme for conversation seems to be independence. What level am I. What I can and can’t do independently. How people walking around perceive me. Most people in wheelchairs are constantly striving to be more and more independent throughout their daily lives.
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After a sudden injury, people newly confined to wheelchairs are often hesitant to venture away from their geographic comfort zone (ie: home, local community). In general, they fear the uncertain. If a sudden injury (ie: paraplegia, quadriplegia, amputee) has left you disabled in a wheelchair, chances are you haven’t ventured too far from home. I strongly suggest taking a vacation..
Read more ...While visiting New York City this past winter I realized that Manhattan is a perfect urban environment for wheelchair exercise, and I video taped a couple miles of terrain from my TiLite TR’s perspective.
Read more ...Sadly, these robo-legs remind me of the old original original original Nintendo “power glove”… When first introduced to the market there was much hype and it looked highly impressive, but the daily functionality was absolutely lacking…
Berkeley Bionics introduced “eLEGS” within the last year. eLEGS is an exoskeleton for people paralyzed in wheelchairs. I apologize in advance for being a realist, but here goes…
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Two friends and I just got back from skiing in Whistler, BC. I’ve never sit-skied a bigger mountain ever. It took a gondola ride and 4 separate chairlifts to get to where we wanted to ski. It had dumped snow (around 2 meters) a few days prior to our arrival, therefore the snow was plentiful to say the least. The best part of the entire ski trip was purchasing a single 2010 Volkl Mantra from a ski shop who had broke the other. The owner sold me the single Mantra for $50… sweeeeeet deal! And, if that wasn’t good enough, he switched my binding to the ski for no extra charge. In my world, we’d most definitely call that an “8 meatball special”.
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