Strictly speaking, a wheelchair is nothing else than a shoe!!!
It is not owned by yourself, but by your medical supply store.
Refurbishment and reconstruction are only allowed to be done by the medical supply store for insurance reasons
Except for cleaning you are not allowed to do anything officially…!!!
However I also recommend regular greasing and oiling (see older blogpost).
With a newly prescribed wheelchair you are usually allowed to select the colour, but this is the utmost individuality you can get.
Of course a wheelchair has to fit primarily from a medical point of view, but where is it written that it should not look stylish as well.
The look of the wheelchair reflects the soul of its owner… ommm…
I really have to work on my meditation… eh, medication, well, this is a little bit right however…!!!
The easiest way to change the appearance of your wheelchair is to fix spoke protector discs with motif on the running wheels.
The original reason for spoke protector discs is that such a “buckled finger” like me doesn’t clamp his fingers in the spokes.
Children get these quite expensive discs with logos from football clubs or motifs from Princess Lilifee and other kids characters paid by the health insurance, and the kids are very proud how great their wheelchair is looking.
As old guy you have to pay the discs yourself or drive around with the original health insurance shopper look.
Depending on the company, you have a choice of dozens of motifs “ready-made”, but you can get almost every picture printed on the discs as well.
Believe me, I have seen quite weird things.
You can let your creativity “run wild“.
I have now got my own discs produced, in fact according to my own design with personal reference:
With such an eye-catcher the wheelchair is not so much seen as medical device anymore and can even ease some situations. Especially kids react unbiased to the motif and don’t have any fear of contact.
I have got the discs produced at an innovative family company (contact on request at rollinator@eigude.de).
If you are on 25.-27. April 2013 visiting the REHAB in Karlsruhe, keep the eyes open if you discover my motif at one of the booths
A physiotherapist noticed once with expert’s eye that the lion is an above-knee amputee…
I was just in this moment in the swimming pool, forgot to move the arms and was almost drowning.
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Tags: Grip, Minitrac, Wheelchair, Wheelchair Tyres, Tenerife, Tips and Tricks
Ich werde dort sein und die Augen offen halten