Wheelchairs

If you have an injury or a health issue that confines your mobility, you can achieve the self-reliance you desire with a wheelchair that's just right for you. Wheelchairs are produced for people of every size, shape, and age, and have features designed to meet the many diverse interests of users and befitting the various levels of assistance required. Important factors to consider when choosing a wheelchair is the type of terrain and the general climate conditions with which you have to cope. There are wheelchair components as well as wheelchair ramps and lifts that will make life easier and more convenient if you experience life on wheels, permanently or temporarily.

The two broad categories of wheelchairs are manual chairs, powered by the users, and electric wheelchairs, powered by batteries. If you have realistic upper body strength, you will probably be happy with a manual wheelchair, and it is only a matter of choosing one that fits you both physically and in terms of your own self.

A Manual Wheelchair Is Light and portable and Easy to Transport

If you can propel a wheelchair with your arms, a manual chair is the least expensive chair, has no batteries to recharge, and the fact that it is lightweight makes traveling with it and carrying it relatively easy.

The standard manual wheelchair has fixed armrests, and footrests that are fixed but can be altered up and down. These chairs are built of steel, chrome, or aluminum, and the material used affects both the weight and price of the chair.

A memory foam wheelchair is a good choice if you have hip or knee problems because it has a number of height footrests, allowing the legs to rest in various raised positions.

A wheelchair appropriate for a child must be suitable for the school natural environment and social setting of the child, and, if it is for long-term use, must be able to "grow" with the child. This means that it is not only important to find one with removable armrests and footrests, but also one that allows you to replace the cross brace and the front frame sections.

Lightweight chairs vary in weight from twelve pounds to forty-five pounds and were originally intended for Wheelchairs sports. Today, they have become popular for everyday use because of their cool look and the ease of shipping them.

Specialty chairs are built for people who need very large chairs or chairs that can assistance extra weight, or for people who can propel the chair with only one arm, or whose center of gravity is less frequent because of leg amputations. There are chairs developed especially for individual in nursing homes; chairs that can be operated by programmable joysticks, head controls, or are voice activated; and chairs for household use only. No matter what your special needs are, you can find a chair that is right for you.