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I kinda hope it was for girls.... ;)

Tony!!!! Bad Tony!!! I kinda thought the same thing.... If it were for guys, OUCH!!!

Tony, you're bad! But who knows!

IMAGINE IF A GUY SLIDES OFF, RIGHT IN THE JEWELS!!!

Some people have such high tone in their legs that their legs automatically cross or "scissor." Adapted chairs like this both help keep you from sliding out of the chair and help keep your legs apart so you don't get decubiti from having the skin of your legs rub together all day and create painful ulcers. If you can imagine yawning and stretching your legs and arms, when you are at your most stretched out and your toes are pointing - that is how the limbs of people with spastic cerebral palsy are all the time. The brain sends a constant impulse to increase the tension or tone in your limbs, and so your limbs are never at rest - they are always hyper-extending, but your legs would be "scissored" and cross each other all day with no break. Very exhausting to the body, very stressful for your self-concept and how others see you when you have no control over the process, and sometimes painful, especially when skin breakdown occurs. Intrathecal baclofen therapy (a muscle relaxant is implanted in a device in the body and provides timed release of medication directly into the nervous system) is one of the coolest inventions in the world because it is one of the few ways in which your extremities finally get some break from the constant tension.

Truth is, y'all, you gotta be tough as nails to have a severe disability - it's often hard work just getting out of bed every day.

Wow thanks for all the information Lynnie, we can always count on you to teach us!

And Sketchie you can borrow my paddle for Tony. Heh heh

I agree with Jude, thanks for the info, Lynne! We now understand a little bit more about these things...

kinda reminds me of a crotch strap on a five point harness those can hurt too good info on the CP Lynne I have a mild case and it totally sux I cant imagine it being like you described

Thanks Lynne, we can always count on you!

You learn something new everytime there's a new gallery! Lynne you kick butt!

really awesome chair.

it mustve helped many people.
(:

My daughter had to use something very similar to this when she was smaller. Surgeries (many) have helped. And Lynne is right, it is a real work out just to get out of bed.

Here are some great examples of adaptive equipment from various companies and various countries. You can actually see how it is used:

http://www.cerebralpal...?iType=426&iAd=8

http://www.freedomwheelchairs.org/sponsor.htm

http://www.dinf.ne.jp/...15005s3/z1500520.htm

http://www.unitedrehabwaco.com/clients.asp

http://www.abledata.co...=19327&top=13124

decubiti, oh my. Look this up in Google images. YIPES! Don't do so while eating or just after if you're the queazy type.

looks lonely kinda..

Ooch! if you go forward.Watch it.You too,girls.



If you're not tough at the beginning of you're debility you will be at your end.

The disturbing thing I want to know is - who or what aroused this chair? I thought the place was abandoned.

its called sit and slam it hay
thay had to have some fun to do sence thay closed the cooking classes/ and cut up the hot dogs and put them in the beans

Lynne,I-think-your-right.This-looks-almost-like-a-Tumble-Forms,but-made-out-of-wood.

Can you imagine sitting on one of those without looking first....

*SQUUUICH* OUUUUUUUUUUUUUCHIIE!

Man...talk about taking one for the team...