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…
Going Beyond the Wheelchair
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…
Standing Out
How standing can impact development, function and goals for kids.
As Lisa Kenyon, PT, DPT, Ph.D., PCS, joined our Google Meet interview, I caught a glimpse of her workstation, which included an elevated platform, perhaps large enough to hold a laptop. “I’ve been standing for my other meetings today,” she said, taking a seat at her desk. Before our interview even began, Kenyon was demonstrating…