- Really?
- Oh, I could go a mile.
- You could wheelie like that?
- Oh yeah.
I betcha I could do it now with a little practice.
- You never rode motorcycle, huh?
- Why?
- Because you'd probably be a good wheelier.
- I don't know.
Are we ready?
- [Cameraman] Yup. - You'd have to do that.
When you're in high school
once you get married, you're too smart to do stupid.
Hi, I'm Bob Schrupp, Physical Therapist,
and I am Brad Heineck, Physical Therapist,
Together we are the most famous Physical Therapist's
on the internet.
- In our opinion, of course.
And look at this.
This is a true feat of skill.
It is a balancing act isn't, Brad.
Yeah. We don't recommend this
for people with wheelchairs though.
- All right, Brad, what are we talking about here today?
- This is something that if you're 40 and over
and you have parents that are having problems walking
and they just get a walker and you come
in the house and you see your mother or father go
like this and go like this to get out of the chair.
You're gonna want to correct it.
Which camera are we on here?
Okay.
- So basically it's a how to get out of the chair
when using the walker.
- Right.
This is very important because that's gonna cause a fall.
- Yes, it will.
So the thing we're talking about is simply hand placement
is the number one rule.
And when you stand up.
- Brad can I cut you off for just a second?
First choice of chair is important.
- Okay.
- So you don't want to be in a chair without arms.
- Right.
- And ideally you wanna have a chair
with extended arms on it.
- True.
- The further out they go,
the more likely you're gonna be able to push
up from it and get way to the edge.
- Sure. Correct. You bet.
- Now, so if you need a chair like this, this is perfect.
This is a great chair, but on a wheelchair
a lot of them have what they call desk arms.
- Yep.
- The desk arms go up to about here and then they dip down.
- Yeah.
- And the reason for that is so they can get under tables.
The table bump here you can't get under the table.
So it's kind of a trade off.
You have to decide if you're going to have trouble getting
out of this wheelchair, you need to have the long arm.
If you don't, then you can maybe have the desk arm and
push off from the back.
- Sure.
- So take it away about that.
- Okay.
So you got the arms like Bob was talking about
and you simply need to push off.
And like Bob said, scoot forward hands here.
And you're gonna push lean forward
and get up one hand at a time to the walker.
And then the same is going backwards.
One hand and then one hand and then sit down.
- [Bob] Usually have them back up
until they feel the chair up against their legs.
- Right. Exactly.
- And when getting up what's the cue
that we often give them Brad?
A nose over the toes.
- Nose over the toes.
- Yeah.
- So it's here nose over the toes, hands on the arm rest,
push up one hand and then the other here.
I mean you can go both hands
but sometimes that'd be a little tricky
if their balance is off, which it may be with the walker.
And like Bob was saying, I like this,
I'm glad you mentioned that Bob
is make sure they back up right here.
You need to feel that chair.
And you got that in there.
Nancy, feel that chair right there
when they feel that's a cue.
- Yeah.
- They don't even have to look back so much.
Sometimes people are really looking back
and they cannot do that very easily.
And then the hands go down
and then the sit down very slowly.
You know, if it's going like this and they're plopping down,
you know that can be an injury to their back.
So make sure you know get some verbal cues,
nice and slow, take it easy.
- And the wheelchair is the same thing.
Again, if they have a couple, you know
getting their butt forward
they can walk it forward like this.
- Sure.
- Or they can lean back and slide it forward like this.
- You got it.
- And again, the same thing you're gonna lean forward
nose over the toes.
Again, very difficult to get up from a chair.
If you go try to go straight up.
- Yeah.
- So, but they all tempted to grab onto the walker.
So we cue people all the time,
lean forward and use your arms to push up.
- And again, if they are in a wheelchair
make sure the brakes are on.
- Oh, exactly.
- When they stand, and when they sit
because that's an accident waiting to happen.
Very easy to forget
if you have not been in a wheelchair very much.
So we'll do now video, another video
on how to get up with a cane.
- Right.
- And also with a crutch right?
- Right, and two crutches.
- So you can look for those.
- So just remember,
you've got parents that need a little assistance come
to our site and we're gonna help with a lot
of simple cues like this to keep them safe
and dry and keep coming to those family reunions.
- That's right, cool.
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