This video explains how i transfer from my wheelchair to the floor and back up.
Floor to wheelchair transfer techniques.
The first transfer technique jesi demonstrates is transferring to a couch and then transferring to your wheelchair.
If you have a wheelchair and the armrests can be removed then you can use a wheelchair transfer technique to lift your loved one off the floor as seen in the video below.
I am a t1 complete paraplegic.
You can progress towards placing your hands on the floor when you have mastered transfer from standing to high kneeling and return to standing.
Learn how to transfer from your wheelchair down to the floor and b.
When returning up from kneeling lean your weight over arms and push up with stronger leg.
Bring your other knee down.
Jump to 2 50 in video.
Hold onto the chair at all times.
Get your arm rest out of the way on the side next to the surface you are transferring to.
Scoot to the edge of your chair.
I m not gonna lie i m pretty proud of this moment this is arguably the hardest transfer for someone who is paraplegic this is the first time i have been able to do the floor to chair transfer on.
Floor transfers jesi recommends putting on shoes before doing a floor transfer to give yourself more stability.
Put your feet on floor unless your therapist tells you not to.
I have also used sturdy chairs like a dining room chair to demonstrate and train the floor transfer technique featured in the video below.
Bend your back knee down to the floor.
Work to get a knee up with the foot flat 8.
Raise onto knees by propping hands on chair.
Paralyzed from the armpits down.
Floor transfer instructions page 2 7.
2 person assist technique shown is a squat pivot one caregiver in front one behind allows for closer proximity of chair best done into a wheelchair or chair where armrest can be removed caregiver in front shifts his her body weight backward.
Carefully begin to turn in order to sit on the chair.