Providing Movement Archives | Seating Dynamics

The Importance of Movement within a Wheelchair Seating System

Take a deep dive into why many are unable to move in a wheelchair and why it’s important to offer solutions that provide movement.

Movement as a Human Right

Movement within wheelchair seating is not limited to movement between locations, but movement of the body itself, a right we can’t ignore.

Supplier Interview – Dynamic Seating Down Under with Astris PME, New South Wales, Australia

Meet Venesha Moodley and Laurie Grace of Astris PME and learn how they are using dynamic seating in New South Wales, Australia.

Clinician Interview: Kaye Donec – diffusing tone, preventing breakage, and providing movement

Meet Kaye Donec, former Individualized Services Team Leader of the Adult Therapy Program at the Disability Services Department of Communities in Western Australia, and learn how she used Dynamic Seating in her career.

Darcy – Reducing Agitation and Providing Sensory Input through Movement

See how a Dynamic Rocker Back has not only satisfied Darcy’s need to rock in his wheelchair, but improved safety, sitting tolerance, function and decreased equipment breakage.

Sara: a mover and a shaker!

Sara has a diagnosis of cerebral palsy and seizures. She has a long history of destroying footrests with aggressive movement in her wheelchair, Dynamic Seating has helped.

Dynamic Seating To Provide Vestibular Input, Part 1

Dynamic Seating moves in response to client forces. Many clients move, not due to increased extensor tone, but rather for the explicit purpose of moving. We all tend to seek out movement. We are wired to move and movement has so many benefits. Movement can calm, arouse, work muscles and provide comfort by varying our position.

Dynamic Seating to Provide Vestibular Input, Part 2

Our last blog discussed how dynamic seating can provide vestibular input for clients. Vestibular input can, in turn, calm agitated clients and help sub-aroused clients be more alert. Movement can also increase comfort and general muscle activity.

The Importance of Movement for All

Movement is normal. We are born moving and continue to do so our entire life. Our bodies are designed to move – it is actually easier to move than to stay still! When movement is prevented or restricted, we experience negative physiological effects. Movement is a good thing, however many of us are not moving enough.