Lift Chairs and Muscular Dystrophy March 28, 2008
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If you suffer from muscular dystrophy than some of even the most remedial chores can be excruciatingly painful and hard. Muscular dystrophy can lead to decreased balance, frequent falls, and difficulty sitting or standing. Things that, to those without disability, seem so simple, like getting out of the recliner to go to the bathroom, can be extremely hard. Rather than having to hire a live in nurse or personal aid, a lift chair can provide a valuable service to those with muscular dystrophy.
Most lift chairs utilize a motor to raise and lower the cushioned portion of the chair. At the push of a button the user is raised or lowered and can literally be on their feet in a matter of a few seconds with no outside assistance. By using the attached remote control you can push a button and do what once was impossible and stand by yourself.
You should generally only buy new lift chairs, unless you really know the person it is coming from. Other wise you will likely just end up with someone else抯 worn out problem. You may save a little money up front, but if you end up having to replace the motor, or even just put up with marred and soiled fabric, than you are really doing yourself a disservice. In the case of a worn out motor you are also likely to end up paying more for the used chair than if you had just bought one new. You should also steer clear of lift chairs that use springs instead of an electric motor to lift you out of the chair. Often when looking online you may find an extremely discounted lift chair that uses the spring method to raise the seat. The spring method is extremely unsafe because of the way it can shoot and jerk the individual into a standing position.
If you suffer from muscular dystrophy or any other disability that makes it hard to stand or sit than a lift chair is for you. Lift chairs can literally change you way of life and allow you to concentrate on the more important things in life like friends and family.
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Nex Idea Contemporary Lift Chairs March 21, 2008
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Nex Idea, a Canadian based company, has been in the home medical equipment since 2000. They started out with only a single lift chair and now have several different models of lift chairs, in addition to importing mobility scooters, adjustable beds, and other medical equipment.
They pride themselves in leading edge styles and contemporary designs. Nex Idea likes to think of their chairs as recliners
that happen to be lift chairs. One of their best selling lines is the LUXE-5 it incorporates a movable head/back support that spans the length of the back and has inner and outer pockets built into the arm covers. The LUXE-5 is the chair pictured in this post. This chair has a very modern design, but they do offer a more traditional model as well.
Nex Idea uses fine Canadian wood that is kilm dried in all their chairs and has a high quality standard that they hold all their products too.
My Friends New Chair March 14, 2008
Posted by twitwoot in lift chairs.Tags: elder, elderly, golden lift chairs, health aid, lift chairs, power chairs, pride mobility chairs
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So who needs a lift chair. A friend of mine recently purchased a lift chair for when her mother comes and visits. Her mother is about 80 and has trouble standing and sitting. My friend does not have a lot of upper body strength so it was very hard for her to lift her mother out of her chair.
With the deals available online she was able to save about $500 and got an awesome chair. She went with the Golden Designer Series and got a leather chair that is probably one of the most comfortable chairs I have ever sat in. She got it thinking that she would mainly just use it for her mother or when she had company, but it is now her favorite place to sit and read. What makes it even better is that the chair uses an electric motor and is controlled by a remote, so there is no handle or human force used at all. I don’t think she even sits on her couch any longer.
I think I am going to get one now and my mother, who lives with my sister, only comes down a couple of times a year.
Lift Chairs –An Aid to Living a Functional Life March 3, 2008
Posted by twitwoot in lift chairs.Tags: arthritis, disabilities, disability, elder, elderly, handicapped, health, health aid, lift chair, lift chairs, liftchair, liftchairs, medical equipment, medical supplies, mobility
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A doctor would always recommend a chair lift to a mobility impaired patient. Immobility could be age related or due to medical problems such as arthritis, back pains, osteoporosis and many other diseases that could weaken the muscles and cause excruciating pain in the joints. Nothing could be more frustrating than feeling helpless. And this is what most people with mobility difficulties feel every time they need to move and fail to do so.
Lift chairs are chairs that are specially designed to help people with mobility problems on order to sit and stand from a chair with ease. With a push of a button, the mechanism will cause the chair to move into an upright position to enable the user to stand. If a user would want to sit, all he has to do is rest his back against the tilted seat, push a button and the seat would smoothly lower into a sitting position.
Getting old is a fact of life that no one can evade. Weakening muscles and movement difficulties are suffered by those who are advanced in age. Getting in and out of a chair would pose a problem to a once agile individual more so if the chair is quite uncomfortable. Asking for assistance, however, would be both embarrassing as well as confidence deflating.
A lift chair is a technological advancement that would make life easier for people recovering from surgery and undergoing therapy. Women who have just given birth would find a lift chair most beneficial as sitting on a regular chair would cause discomfort. Likewise, a lift chair would be beneficial to people who have had accident and still recuperating.
Those that have hip and knee joint problems as well as those that have weak muscles due to health related problems can make use of the lift chair. Needless to say, a lift chair would provide elderly people independence as the need to ask for assistance every time they would want to stand up from a seated position is eliminated. Lift chairs would make the work of a caregiver less tedious as they do not have to carry their patients in and out of their chairs.
Lift chair are beneficial not only to the elderly but also to the office worker who suffer from agonizing back pains as a result of sitting for long periods of time. People would oftentimes ignore the importance of correct posture when engrossed with work. Chair lifts would offer back support that consequently reduces back strain.
Lift chair can give the elderly some form of independence and people with mobility problems the chance to live normal lives.
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