The Vertiflex MOBILE by Synetik ErgoCare has been named a 2025 Mobility Management Product Award winner in the Mobility: Standing Frames/Standers category by Mobility Management. The Mobility Management Product Awards program honors outstanding product development in Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) and accessibility. Daphnée Lalonde-Larocque, Special Projects & Compliance Coordinator at Synetik ErgoCare, sat down with Mobility…
Mobility Management Product Awards: Vertiflex MOBILE, Synetik ErgoCare
Going Beyond the Wheelchair
Why everyone wins when kids are consistently positioned
While so much of seating focuses on wheeled mobility, much of life happens out of the wheelchair. That’s especially true for children, whose daily environments can include home, school, cars and caregivers’ homes, where activities such as sleeping, eating, bathing, learning and playing still require functional, safe support. This summer, Mobility Management hosted three clinical…
Small Base, Big Possibilities
An early-intervention power chair reimagines family-friendly mobility.
So many early-intervention mobility needs have been met by enterprising creations such as Permobil’s Explorer Mini and the University of Delaware’s groundbreaking GoBabyGo adapted power toys. But David Savage, ATP/SMS, RET, seating and mobility specialist at Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., still saw a gap for very young children who lacked independent mobility…
October 2025: Seating & Positioning Handbook
Read about how the future of seating and wheeled mobility: • How 3D printing technology can create custom seating systems. • A new family-friendly perspective on early-intervention power mobility devices. • Positioning beyond the wheelchair: the importance of 24/7 support. You can read the digital edition by clicking on the magazine cover below, or by…
June 2025: Managing Microclimate
Microclimate is an inescapable factor in every wheelchair seating system, and, like pressure, needs to be assessed for each wheelchair rider. But what exactly is microclimate, what are its potential consequences, and who is most likely to be impacted? In this Mobility Management digital edition focusing on microclimate, read about … • the factors that…
Jenx Begins Consultation Process to Cease Manufacturing Operations
The U.K.-based company has for decades specialized in pediatric positioning systems.
Jenx Ltd., known for its specialized pediatric positioning products, has announced it’s started “a formal consultation process regarding a proposal to close” manufacturing operations. “The proposed closure follows a sustained period of financial pressure on manufacturing, which has been echoed in U.K. manufacturing businesses supplying all sectors in recent months,” Jenx said in a July…
Mobility Management Webinar: Clinicians to Discuss Pediatric Positioning Beyond the Wheelchair
The Aug. 12 webinar will cover lying posture care management, standing, gait training, and sitting outside of the wheelchair.
Wheelchairs and wheelchair seating get most of the attention in seating clinic — but pediatric clients also spend much of their day outside of their wheelchairs as they interact with friends, classmates, teachers and family. In an upcoming Mobility Management webinar — starting at 12 noon Eastern time, Tuesday, July 12 — a trio of…
Take Mobility Management’s Survey on Pediatric Seating, Wheeled Mobility
The survey is open to clinicians, ATPs, and other seating and wheeled mobility professionals and service providers.
Mobility Management is seeking Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) professionals to participate in a new survey on pediatric seating and wheeled mobility. Seating clinicians, Assistive Technology Professionals, rehab technology suppliers, rehabilitation engineers, seating and wheeled mobility professionals working for manufacturers or service providers, industry/association advocates, funding/policy specialists, and seating and wheeled mobility technicians are eligible to…
Sunrise Medical Announces New Colors for Manual Wheelchairs, JAY Backs
The new palette launched May 12; discontinued colors will continue to be available for spare parts for five years.
Sunrise Medical has updated its color choices for QUICKIE adult manual wheelchairs, ZIPPIE pediatric manual wheelchairs, and JAY backs. The new palette will be available across the manufacturer’s North American, European, and Asia-Pacific markets, Sunrise Medical said in a May 12 announcement. In introducing the set of 24 color/pattern options, the company said it is…
Circle Specialty Names New Director of Sales
The Brooklyn-based company specializing in pediatrics has hired an industry veteran.
Circle Specialty’s new director of sales is a Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) industry veteran. In a Dec. 31 press release, Brooklyn, New York-based Circle Specialty announced it has hired John Morgan, best known for his long tenure with positioning/mobility manufacturer Freedom Designs. “Morgan brings over 27 years of experience in the durable medical equipment industry,…