1:25 Off the bed transfer 2:51 Toilet transfer 4:37 Shower chair transfer 5:48 Bathtub transfer 8:17 Car transfer 11:56 Trunk transfer 12:46 Couch transfer 14:14 Tall chair transfer 15:15 Floor transfer 19:45 In the bed transfer
Hi both of you, I'm a 49 year young first amputated single mom. Missing my left leg above the knee. I'm in revalidation now for 4 months and working on transfers. In and out of bed goes smoothly. The toilet transfer is a thing. How do you take your pants down sitting on the toilet?? I'm going to watch the other 2 episodes also. Thanks for this transfer video. Greetings from the Netherlands.
With all due respect, you'd be better off having a walk in shower and a chair with detachable or swing away armrests and do the side tranfer, just without the board.
Hey folks, I'm watching this video after 30 odd years of being paraplegic. When I was young, I did all the transfers as you show in this video. As a I grew old, my shoulders have deteriorated badly. My comment is to tell you something I wish I had known before: check your shoulders' health frequently, because for me it was too late when they detected that I had developed osteoarthritis as a result of age and abuse of my shoulders. Thanks for your amazing channel 🙂
Hi. You commented this a while ago, but do you think similar issues may come up for someone on crutches? And is there anything you'd recommend doing/not doing in order to prevent it?
@@LouBlueable I have no idea about the use of crutches, tbh. I've always been a full-time wheelchair user. I suggest asking a professional if there are some exercises that you can do, or habits you can develop to improve your shoulders' health. Osteoarthritis comes with age and it can happen to anyone. Check regularly your bone density, too. Since you ask, what I do not recommend is to neglect them. Try to keep a healthy weight to make things easier for your beloved shoulders. I hope this helps!
Thank God! Your video wasn't some OT, or PT trying to demonstrate this kind of stuff and they aren't paralyzed themselves! The dynamic is so different! Thank you, man!
I never knew how much work goes into just living for someone who cannot walk. Thank you for sharing. I’m feeling very fortunate but also sad that so many people have to work so damn hard to be independent. My respect and applause for your will and tenacity. You are amazing. I’m in awe. ❤️
You guys are incredible, my daughter is 3 and paralyzed but it’s so reassuring to know that she will be able to be independent and be able to work around her situation, very inspirational. Thank you guys again..
I have recently started to graduate to a wheelchair due to the spinal stenosis in my L5 S1. The arthritis is inside of my spinal column and slowly constricting my spinal cord. So now walking any distance or standing, my legs go numb and weak. I chose not to have any surgery because the success rate for my condition is only 50 to 58% and that will only last for a couple of years then the same issues will come back and then more surgeries, so I said no and opted to live with what I got and have a better pain management plan. This video is so helpful for me to practise transfers as my condition deteriorates. Thank you for sharing such a great video!
I know this video is old but I just got my first wheelchair and my whole life has changed and these videos are a lifeline right now. Thank you for doing what you do.
a quick tip for Jesi... I purchased some large plastic buckets and make two rows to fill the trunk with your stuff ... back row stuff not used too often and front row close to you for stuff you always use/ keeping a couple buckets empty for shopping items... leave space so you can slide buckets over to pull a bucket from back row... also measure truck space and bring ruler to store ... take time to figure this out... be sure buckets can fit inside each other... consider the trunk door vs the height of front row buckets so trunk will close easily... a little time and planning / a little money to buy the buckets Now you will NOT need to get out of your wheelchair to reach something... one of those stick grabber poles to grab a light item in back row might help too . lots of idea sharing is a good thing. Thanks to both of you for sharing with these vlogs...
29 dislikes ,i would like to tell them that please don't take for granted your ability to walk,i just hope that you will never ever need this videos to help your self with your daily tasks. I pray for you. Every day is a struggle for many of us that one day had no issues. Thank you for making the vids,a great help.
Thank you for not shying away from how you guys go to the bathroom!! As someone who is an ambulatory wheelchair user due to fatigue, I only recently learnt that people who use wheelchairs due to paralysis even once they're well adjusted to using a wheelchair, still have to use a catheter etc for them to go to the toilet. I feel like thats something that isn't talked about enough and many non wheelchair users aren't educated on!!
Thank you so much. My husband recently had a stroke (age 72, very fit) and he is in the early stages of rehab. He is coming home in three days, and this video gives me confidence that I will be able to help him regain his independence. God Bless You.
I've been in my wheelchair for 20 months, I can make all the transfers you guys do but I have a much different wheelchair. But I'm going to start rehab on the 15th of next month to get to walk again. I can stand in my walker but need to have someone close in case I fall. I'm alone and I'm 81 going on 60!!!!!!!!!!! I have a great attitude about my recovery, and I know I'll walk again. I live in Hawaii on the Big Island.
I am a physical therapist, but have been working with peds, (mostly with syndromes) for the last 25 years. This was very informative, as I never know when I might need this info. Absolutely love that you guys put yourselves out there!!! Thanks!
You both are amazing. This encourages so many to know you can be independent. Thank you for sharing. May blessing be in your life. I love you both for your energetic life that you live. Thanks for sharing the in and outs of the transformations in different situations. Being honest to never give up. Encouragement is the mind thing in life. Happiness is shown from you both. Love you guys for showing life will be amazing...just never give up. Blessing and love to you both. 💞🙏💞
As a relatively inexperienced ambulatory chair user who has coordination issues, I really appreciate the way you explain the movements and show different techniques. This definitely decreases my anxiety!
Great video! I have seen a few videos like this, but yours was very approachable. Often these videos seem quite clinical, even if done by a wheelchair user. I can imagine it was quite hard to actually break it down into the movements and not automatically do it quickly. When I learned to drive I had a terrible time learning to park, my instructor was useless. So my father took me to this field where one could practice, they had marked parking bays with tyres. He watched me and analyzed my movements and then how he would do it and was able to teach me easily! I guess your movements have become so natural to you, you had to think about what you are actually doing. I have experience pushing mostly elderly people in cheap wheelchairs, and it is quite common now for the adult children to take their parents out on a sunny afternoon to the park(yes, we all miss it!)from the care home. Often they have no clue how to handle a chair, and hardly ever do they have a seat belt on. Drives me crazy! It is so easy to fall out, even just tipping them out whilst going down (forward) a small curb. I know of one incident where the pusher stopped to take photographs, the chair rolled down a slight hill, hit a pebble, tipped the person out, she hit her head and consequently died! Gem Hubbard from Wheelsnoheels did a great video on how to/not to push chair. And Andrew, that explosion absolutely nearly gave me a heart attack!
I’m not paralyzed, but every morning I wake up with pain in my body, and especially my legs. You guys definitely have your work cut out for you. Thanks for posting another excellent video. I was at the store today, and there was a guy trying to get the person behind the deli counter’s attention, and he was in a wheelchair. I got their attention and she was able to help him. I thought about the difficulty of being so low to the ground and not being visible.
it would be nice if the chair portion of the wheelchair raised UP! so, up and down while briefly stopping to talk to someone in a store or reaching for something would be a great improvement...
Jackie Costa those do exist. But they tend to be much bulkier and heavier than a regular daily chair. And insurance usually won’t assist in paying for one either.
Hey Richard. Another nice video, Congrats! See two different injuries levels do the same things is very nice. When think we of you, w/ complete core control, doing things we might think: "wait, this guy can easily do it because he has complete core strength and he can walk,etc.." ; but then Jesi, T4, comes "I can do it, hold my beer". I'm a T1 so I enjoyed a lot watching the way she does things. Keep up the good work with your channel! 💪🏼💪🏼
Yeah I knew I had to bring someone to collaborate with this video because my transfers are “Easy” because of all my advantages. I had a quad coming but he couldn’t make it.
@@Wheels2Walking sad he didn't participate, honestly. It would have been nice to see him in what comes to core control. Most of the videos I see are lower levels than mine so... Maybe you should consider to do it later. 😅 Thank you!
This was awesome guys!! You both have been inspiring so much since the beginning of my injury. I’m coming up to 1 year post injury in the next few weeks and this video just inspired me to continue to try to do a floor transfer ♥️🙌🏼 thanks y’all!
Me: Is a perfectly adaptable, strong, and very well adjusted wheelchair user who knows all the basics and more. Also me: watches this video on how to transfer
A decade with my disability and nobody bothered to teach me any of these. Had to figure it out myself and now I realize the reason it always feels unsafe is because my technique *is* unsafe and now you've shown me safer technique. Thank you!
You are both amazing! I had a fairly serious injury bout 2 years ago (not spinal) and your videos have been such a help for keeping positive. Thankyou xx
I'm suffering from transverse myelitis, and while the therapy hospital taught me some methods of transfer, this video showed many new methods I hadn't seen before, as well as some great tips to improve the ones I already knew. Thank you so much for putting this out there.
Hi, I'm also suffering from TM for the last year. It's a rare disorder, but know that I'm rooting for you and all disable people to live an independent life.
Hi, I'm also suffering from TM for the last year. It's a rare disorder, but know that I'm rooting for you and all disable people to live an independent life.
This is a great video! Thank you for teaching to others on how to be independent, I walk but my My brother was in a wheelchair his whole life until he died a couple of years ago, and this video reminds me of him, on how independent and free he was, he got the polio when he was little and lost his walk gradually, My brother gave me a life lesson by always being super positive, strong and funny he was always making jokes, he even joked about his condition and I remember saying to me whenever I was sad for something "You better put it up together bitch or I will stand up from here and kick you in the balls" I miss my brother! He was such a great guy!
I don't have a spinal injury, and this is a random video for me, bur I have to say it's great. I have worked with spinal injury for many year's, and it's great that there is a channel giving amazing advice.
1000 thanks to both of you. I was never shown how to make the transfers. I can do some things by "learning by doing", but I'm totally glad I found this video now 🙃👍
Hi guys, your video is such an eye opener. I'm new at being a wheelchair user and the suppliers never gave me any information on how to use a chair. Not only that, I'll be moving into an appartment soon and I'll be living alone. Friends and family are worried that I'm going to get stuck on the floor. You have shown me that with a bit of thought, practice and coridge I too can live a normal life. Thank you so much.
Hi Pam. I have a condition called HSP, haredutrie spastic paraplesiger ( I hope I've spelt it right as I also have dislexier). The symptoms are similar to ms but without remissions. I've lost a lot of feeling in my legs and feet so not being able to feel the floor makes hard to walk. Then there's the fatigue and all the joys that come with it. My doctors tell me that I'm in denied, I'm not, but I lough at it. Turning into a joke is my way of coping. That's for asking. It's good to share.
@Pam Rolls By hi Pam. I've just reread my text to you. It reads That's for asking ( so rude ) whitch was meant to say thanks for asking. I hope I did not offend you.
Great video, (and the series). I’ve been full time in my chair since 2016. I have MS and my strength and mobility have gone progressively worse since 2016, and I’m now spending more time in my electric chair than my manual. But if I picture myself back in 2016, I would have REALLY valued these videos. I agree completely with you on all of the independence points. Love your energy
Don’t understand how a person can afford all custom wheelchairs and cars. Medicare doesn’t pay. Like to see videos on people who use regular wheelchairs. If you know anyone, encourage them to do the videos please. I’m old now however if I was younger these videos would have been priceless! You’re helping so many! Thank you both!
These are wonderful to watch. I get to see a glimpse of where I could have been after my accident last year where I was lucky enough to have only broken my ankle. I wouldn’t be able to really transfer or do anything in my old apartment being on the second floor with no elevator, and my new place in the attic of my family’s house. Everything has stairs and I’d be stuck at home trying to figure out life. Thank you for showing the world your perspective on life
Great video guys. Most of my transfers are very similar and use a slide board too, mainly to get into my car & onto a showerchair. My main problem is getting back in the wheelchair after an epic fall having funky MS leg spasms. I rely on my wife to get a few old wheelchair cushions and and place upto three cushions beneath my butt 1 at a time to build me higher to push back into my chair. Gonna rewatch and get myself back into my chair using your methods. Love indepence and great to see how others do this. Cheers again, brilliant stuff.
I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). I can walk a bit but getting in and out of the bath is a nightmare. I need a bath so I found this extremely helpful. I can't wait to try it out. Thank you so much from Giggling Star
These videos are so good! I love your clear communication and straight forward Ness, I always look forward to your videos. I don't use a wheel chair but as a product design student I'm always interested in how people overcome different problems so hopefully I can make things more inclusive. Hope everything is going okay, glad to see you're recovering well from the accident.
Jessie when I saw your first video I was first one for me you're having a problem getting off the floor and back in your chair I thought you I cried with you since then I have watched a lot of your videos an thank you thank you so very much
Bless you, bless you !! This just now pooped up in my feed, and I'll be voraciously watching and rewatching...I've only fallen out of my chair about 7 times (2 times it fell over with me in it !) So this truly is life-changing knowledge. Thank you for sharing !
You guys are very inspirational !! Amazing 👏 👏👏👏👍👍👍👍I came here for mom who's in a wheelchair. Thank you so much for this video !! This video is great to watch when we feel like there are too many impossible things & start losing hopes ! You guys have very strong arms !! 💪 💖💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💕💞
Hi Richard and Jess, Thank you for your great videos about wheelchair use. I am a left leg below the knee amputee and I am using a wheelchair. My prosthetic is still a few weeks away. Your videos have been great showing me how to transfer into and out of my wheelchair. Jess, thank you also for showing how to cook whilst using a wheelchair.
My disability is not sever, and I can stand to get like in bed, or in my chair from the floor is easy. but I am glad you guys showed how to do the mounting in and out of your chairs for those who need it. For the girl, she gets around so easy. It is so Awesome to see!!
I'm so very happy to find your blog. I'm also a handicapped person from Philippines. My wheelchair is very heavy. 25 to 27 kilos. Very hard to maneuver. Your wheelchair is only in my dreams. Keep safe always Bro. and Sis. God bless you more.
Great video! Love to learn from you and this is really cool! I have some tips on a few of the transfers that help it make easier for me and maybe helps someone else. The first one that helps me is the floor to chair transfer, I push up with my knuckle. Because it makes your arm longer and it can make a difference pushing up that last little bit! Second one is on to bed transfer; when you sit on the bed, it's annoying to grab your legs and put them on the bed. So what I do is, I grab both of my legs at the same time and let my body fall backwards on the bed. That way I use my bodyweight to lift my legs on the bed! You can use the same thing coming out of bed in your chair.
Thank you!! I'm a recently separated/divorced wheelchair user regaining my independance after a 20 year marriage to a well-intentioned able bodied enabler. I needed to find your video!! 🤗
One of the best & easy to adapt video I have seen, Thank you to both of you....I use an inflatable bath lift chair which is invaluable in the getting in and out process without having to use the upper torso to take all of the strain which prevents rotator cuff damage.
Thanks so much. It is refreshing to see demos of the moves done by folks who DO feel the pain, or challenge. Don 't show me fully mobile individuals show me, an above-the-knee amputee with a history of three strokes "all" I have to do to accomplish 'X'!
I wanted to see how hard the floor transfer is from a non injured, pretty fit person perspective. It's hard. I can get my shoulders and hands pretty high up behind me but putting weight on them enough to actually do basically a backwards straight bar dip is tough. My shoulders complained a bit. Also, I noticed that no matter how much I tried to not use my legs at all, I ended up putting weight on them or just using the extra stability from sliding my socks on the floor, almost like a crutch. So yeah, props to you guys that do this everyday, honestly, it's not as simple as it looks.
I work in a spinal ward and really want to know how good people can do after they go home. I have never thought you guys could be so amazing before I wathced this video.
Hmmm ,I’ve been transferring since 1979. Kudos to you and all para’s for the fortitude,strength and courage to do our lives everyday. Keep moving,because the older you get the harder it gets. ✌️❤️
Great video! This answers a lot of questions for me. My wife had a hemorrhagic stroke in July 2020 and has lost a lot of the use of her left side. She is gradually gaining more use and strength in her left side but this video will help me to help her gain more independence. One main thing that you both have that she does not (right now) is core strength. She is overall weaker on both sides after the stroke but her left side core is maybe only 25% of what it was. Thanks for making these videos!
Not a wheelchair user, but a CNA. I used to work on a rehab floor, and some of what took place in the video definitely looks familiar. I worked with a much older population, so it was nice to see a video with younger wheelchair users in a different setting. Though I may not be the intended audience for this video, it is helpful. Thank you.
I’ve been a T12 complete since childhood, and it never occurred to me to sit up in the trunk, to access the whole thing, can’t wait to go shopping now because this is gonna change my whole life . Lol 😂 but seriously thanks for that tip
I´m a halfblind (0 left eye, 30-60 focus in tunnelvision right eye) blacksmith and I´m not ashamed to say I lost a armwrestling match to a fella in a wheelchair. All that moving you have to do with your upper body can give some pretty impressive musculature!!! Good seeing a video about it, I didn´t know half of it! Take care and have a good summer!!!
Being close to the wheelchair stage. I am currently using a Zimmer frame. I thank you for the demonstrations. You two are fairly young and strong in the upper body to facilitate the transfers. As people age and their overall arm and shoulder strength is depleted there must come a time when additional help is required. You certainly covered the essential daily requirements and it was a most interesting film. Thank you.
“the last thing we want is our wheelchair to go through the window”. that sums up why we all listen to these people. no bs….just bedrock truth and solid advice. i dont know of higher level of service. thank you!
Great video! I'm not paralyzed. Instead, I'm afflicted with "sympathy pains." My legs and butt hurt whenever I see someone with certain kinds of deformities or paralysis. Like when Jesi was getting into the bathtub and her foot flopped - zoing! goes my legs and butt. I wonder if I worked in a facility where everyone was "deformed" some way or another, if I would ever get over it. All respect to people who successfully live with these extra challenges.
Yes the wheel Chair is necessary and useful, it is however a huge pain in the but! I am not independently mobile now as I have a NECESSARY 4 wheel drive pickup parked on a gravel/dirt driveway it is difficult to move on the gravel/dirt surface, greatly compounded by seasonal snow and rain. My 79 years also make this difficult the acquired injuries of back, shoulder knee also cause real and difficult problems to overcome, just as they did before I lost my best leg. For all means and purposes I am house Bound. Living alone out here in the mountains at the end of the road is difficult, difficult enough to consider turning my face to the wall and giving up once in a while. That isn't going to happen, so I find your video quite helpful, Loading and unloading my wheel chair into my truck I have found requires, the use of crutches or a lightweight folding chair. reaching out folding the chair and hauling it into the rear compartment of the "extra cab" doesn't work well, I need some sort of support like crutches or even a light weight folding chair to facilitate the loading/unloading of this accursed wheelchair. Any suggestions you might offer would be appreciated. I can't cook without major difficulties as stoves cupboards, and counters are to darned high. I find the loss of my leg feels worse than what the loss of my life would have been. I often wish I had bleed out in the bottom of the canyon in my wrecked truck rather than having to try to survive in the present conditions I find myself in. Best Regards, Go With God.
Ty, ty, ty! Though I'm not paralyzed, I require the use of a wheelchair full-time. Transfers techniques I have bumbled through independently & with the help of very kind but able-bodied OTs. God love ''em, but it isn't the same. What you conveyed is so much more valuable. I will be watching more.
You guys are hilarious and educational. Thanks. Had a lot of questions since my aunts husband ( now my uncle ) flipped his army vehicle back in the day and wondered how they live their life.
Amazing video! I'm impressed! That was awesome how you got off the floor. I can't do that. I have a very different disability, I haven't got good use of my arms I have severe M.E. it's a progressive and debilitating neurological disease, but it affects almost every bodily system, including muscles, heart, hormones and so many things, and so I am unable to self propel, or push up in my bed, so I use an electric wheelchair and a hospital bed. But I still manage to live independently. I live alone in a specially adapted house. At the moment I am mostly bed bound, because I did too much the other day and ended up having a relapse. Despite that, I am so excited I will be test driving some new power chairs on Wednesday, because my condition has got worse. I hope the new wheelchair will be better for my spine, plus it has a rise function so I will be able to get up at kitchen units it will be safer for using the cooker, because I have spilled boiling water on me several times. Not the whole pan thank God, it reclines, and I think it has a standing position. Plus it will have the much needed head and neck support. Cannot wait. It's a different dealer and I have heard so many good things about them. So yes the occupational therapist is bringing three power chairs on Wednesday, she will do a detailed assessment and it's good because it will be a chair tailored to my needs. I don't have any carers or anything. I manage most things myself. I would struggle having carers in, because I value my independence so much, I wouldn't cope. Most people don't understand that. I like pottering around at my own pace. I rediscovered art again, and I am hoping to be well enough again to paint. I also love music and have started learning music production on the rare times I am strong enough. Excellent video. So inspiring to watch. Thank you for sharing💖
New sub here! When I transfer from bed to chair in the morning, I parallel park my chair to my bed, then just scoot my bottom across into the chair. Going to the bathroom for me is a little different because our bathroom is elevated. However, it's elevated enough to where I can just crawl from my chair to the bathroom floor after parallel parking again. Then I just crawl to the toilet, lift my bottom up, and lift myself onto the toilet. Going back to the chair is just like transferring from chair to bathroom, just the other way around. When I get into our shower stall, I go in bottom first, pull my legs in, lift my bottom up and plop it into the shower chair. It's a little cramped but it works. Lastly, when I go from chair to bed, I have my own little way of doing it. I'll pull up to the bed facing the head of the bed, pull my body intot he bed, which somehow spins me around so that I'm facing the foot of the bed, then I just lay down, pull my covers up, and off to dreamland I go.
Although I am a pro at Transferring I enjoyed your video and took some tips. Also I have to tell you that I felt totally exhausted for you watching this omg if people knew the energy it takes to just take a shower or put chair in the car. Thank you so much for making this video.
You guys helped me a lot through your videos I've been watching them a lot and you guys putting yourself out there like that means a lot to me anyway because people that has any kind of disabilities and I'm learning disability or whatever people like to poke and prod on that and you bring another side to it that I enjoy watching it means a lot to me much appreciated keep up the good work everybody
1:25 Off the bed transfer
2:51 Toilet transfer
4:37 Shower chair transfer
5:48 Bathtub transfer
8:17 Car transfer
11:56 Trunk transfer
12:46 Couch transfer
14:14 Tall chair transfer
15:15 Floor transfer
19:45 In the bed transfer
I found the car transfer really helpful, especially loading the chair into the backseat from the drivers seat.
Hi both of you, I'm a 49 year young first amputated single mom. Missing my left leg above the knee. I'm in revalidation now for 4 months and working on transfers. In and out of bed goes smoothly. The toilet transfer is a thing. How do you take your pants down sitting on the toilet?? I'm going to watch the other 2 episodes also. Thanks for this transfer video. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Esmee van de Krol I usually hook my thumbs in my waistband, and then rock my hips back and forth whilst pulling the pants off.
Esmee van de Krol hello! I take my pants off from the chair. instagram.com/tv/B-FCaelJG-f/?igshid=d84ejl074xz4
With all due respect, you'd be better off having a walk in shower and a chair with detachable or swing away armrests and do the side tranfer, just without the board.
Hey folks, I'm watching this video after 30 odd years of being paraplegic. When I was young, I did all the transfers as you show in this video. As a I grew old, my shoulders have deteriorated badly. My comment is to tell you something I wish I had known before: check your shoulders' health frequently, because for me it was too late when they detected that I had developed osteoarthritis as a result of age and abuse of my shoulders. Thanks for your amazing channel 🙂
Hi. You commented this a while ago, but do you think similar issues may come up for someone on crutches? And is there anything you'd recommend doing/not doing in order to prevent it?
@@LouBlueable I have no idea about the use of crutches, tbh. I've always been a full-time wheelchair user. I suggest asking a professional if there are some exercises that you can do, or habits you can develop to improve your shoulders' health. Osteoarthritis comes with age and it can happen to anyone. Check regularly your bone density, too. Since you ask, what I do not recommend is to neglect them. Try to keep a healthy weight to make things easier for your beloved shoulders. I hope this helps!
@@2010ymg Thank you! I will keep that in mind.
I'm not paralyzed, but I love that videos like this exist. Interesting to watch and get a view into someone else's life.
jetting along Same
Yes same here. I was in one for two months. But I'd loose what's of my mind if it were permitted.
same i’m not injured
Obviously your fetish..
Thank God! Your video wasn't some OT, or PT trying to demonstrate this kind of stuff and they aren't paralyzed themselves! The dynamic is so different! Thank you, man!
I never knew how much work goes into just living for someone who cannot walk.
Thank you for sharing. I’m feeling very fortunate but also sad that so many people have to work so damn hard to be independent.
My respect and applause for your will and tenacity. You are amazing. I’m in awe. ❤️
You guys are incredible, my daughter is 3 and paralyzed but it’s so reassuring to know that she will be able to be independent and be able to work around her situation, very inspirational. Thank you guys again..
how is she doing now? i hope its all good
I have recently started to graduate to a wheelchair due to the spinal stenosis in my L5 S1. The arthritis is inside of my spinal column and slowly constricting my spinal cord. So now walking any distance or standing, my legs go numb and weak. I chose not to have any surgery because the success rate for my condition is only 50 to 58% and that will only last for a couple of years then the same issues will come back and then more surgeries, so I said no and opted to live with what I got and have a better pain management plan. This video is so helpful for me to practise transfers as my condition deteriorates. Thank you for sharing such a great video!
I know this video is old but I just got my first wheelchair and my whole life has changed and these videos are a lifeline right now. Thank you for doing what you do.
a quick tip for Jesi... I purchased some large plastic buckets and make two rows to fill the trunk with your stuff ... back row stuff not used too often and front row close to you for stuff you always use/ keeping a couple buckets empty for shopping items... leave space so you can slide buckets over to pull a bucket from back row... also measure truck space and bring ruler to store ... take time to figure this out... be sure buckets can fit inside each other... consider the trunk door vs the height of front row buckets so trunk will close easily... a little time and planning / a little money to buy the buckets
Now you will NOT need to get out of your wheelchair to reach something... one of those stick grabber poles to grab a light item in back row might help too .
lots of idea sharing is a good thing.
Thanks to both of you for sharing
with these vlogs...
29 dislikes ,i would like to tell them that please don't take for granted your ability to walk,i just hope that you will never ever need this videos to help your self with your daily tasks. I pray for you.
Every day is a struggle for many of us that one day had no issues.
Thank you for making the vids,a great help.
Thank you for your great video . Im 50 but new to my wheelchair. I wish you both well
Thank you for not shying away from how you guys go to the bathroom!! As someone who is an ambulatory wheelchair user due to fatigue, I only recently learnt that people who use wheelchairs due to paralysis even once they're well adjusted to using a wheelchair, still have to use a catheter etc for them to go to the toilet. I feel like thats something that isn't talked about enough and many non wheelchair users aren't educated on!!
Thank you so much. My husband recently had a stroke (age 72, very fit) and he is in the early stages of rehab. He is coming home in three days, and this video gives me confidence that I will be able to help him regain his independence. God Bless You.
Skipping the crucial parts of how do you pull your pants down and back up while sitting on the toilet. That's the hardest part for me.
I've been in my wheelchair for 20 months, I can make all the transfers you guys do but I have a much different wheelchair. But I'm going
to start rehab on the 15th of next month to get to walk again. I can stand in my walker but need to have someone close in case I fall. I'm alone
and I'm 81 going on 60!!!!!!!!!!! I have a great attitude about my recovery, and I know I'll walk again. I live in Hawaii on the Big Island.
You sound like a rockstar!
any update James? are you walking now?
Take care...happy You are going to walk
Well done both of you explained very well. Superb I am parapledgeya past 13 years so very useful information. Thank you very much.
I am a physical therapist, but have been working with peds, (mostly with syndromes) for the last 25 years. This was very informative, as I never know when I might need this info. Absolutely love that you guys put yourselves out there!!! Thanks!
Kimberly Amsel thank you for all you do! 🙏🏼
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You both are amazing. This encourages so many to know you can be independent. Thank you for sharing. May blessing be in your life. I love you both for your energetic life that you live. Thanks for sharing the in and outs of the transformations in different situations. Being honest to never give up. Encouragement is the mind thing in life. Happiness is shown from you both. Love you guys for showing life will be amazing...just never give up. Blessing and love to you both. 💞🙏💞
As a relatively inexperienced ambulatory chair user who has coordination issues, I really appreciate the way you explain the movements and show different techniques. This definitely decreases my anxiety!
Great video! I have seen a few videos like this, but yours was very approachable. Often these videos seem quite clinical, even if done by a wheelchair user.
I can imagine it was quite hard to actually break it down into the movements and not automatically do it quickly. When I learned to drive I had a terrible time learning to park, my instructor was useless. So my father took me to this field where one could practice, they had marked parking bays with tyres. He watched me and analyzed my movements and then how he would do it and was able to teach me easily! I guess your movements have become so natural to you, you had to think about what you are actually doing.
I have experience pushing mostly elderly people in cheap wheelchairs, and it is quite common now for the adult children to take their parents out on a sunny afternoon to the park(yes, we all miss it!)from the care home. Often they have no clue how to handle a chair, and hardly ever do they have a seat belt on. Drives me crazy! It is so easy to fall out, even just tipping them out whilst going down (forward) a small curb. I know of one incident where the pusher stopped to take photographs, the chair rolled down a slight hill, hit a pebble, tipped the person out, she hit her head and consequently died! Gem Hubbard from Wheelsnoheels did a great video on how to/not to push chair.
And Andrew, that explosion absolutely nearly gave me a heart attack!
😂😂 sorry it was too perfect 🤯
Guys, you have no idea how helpful that is to my education as a PTA student. Thank you so much!
Sameh Khayat 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
great video she is so sweet and inspiring i also learned make sure the brake is on you guys make a awesome team
anne kennedy thank you Anne 🤗☺️
I’m not paralyzed, but every morning I wake up with pain in my body, and especially my legs. You guys definitely have your work cut out for you. Thanks for posting another excellent video. I was at the store today, and there was a guy trying to get the person behind the deli counter’s attention, and he was in a wheelchair. I got their attention and she was able to help him. I thought about the difficulty of being so low to the ground and not being visible.
Redsorgum we are practically invisible to the world!
it would be nice if the chair portion of the wheelchair raised UP! so,
up and down while briefly stopping to talk to someone in a store or reaching for something would be a great improvement...
Jackie Costa those do exist. But they tend to be much bulkier and heavier than a regular daily chair. And insurance usually won’t assist in paying for one either.
Hey Richard. Another nice video, Congrats!
See two different injuries levels do the same things is very nice.
When think we of you, w/ complete core control, doing things we might think:
"wait, this guy can easily do it because he has complete core strength and he can walk,etc.." ;
but then Jesi, T4, comes "I can do it, hold my beer".
I'm a T1 so I enjoyed a lot watching the way she does things.
Keep up the good work with your channel! 💪🏼💪🏼
Tiago “hold my beer and watch this” 😛😛😛thank you for your support!
Yeah I knew I had to bring someone to collaborate with this video because my transfers are “Easy” because of all my advantages. I had a quad coming but he couldn’t make it.
@@Wheels2Walking sad he didn't participate, honestly. It would have been nice to see him in what comes to core control. Most of the videos I see are lower levels than mine so... Maybe you should consider to do it later. 😅
Thank you!
This was awesome guys!! You both have been inspiring so much since the beginning of my injury. I’m coming up to 1 year post injury in the next few weeks and this video just inspired me to continue to try to do a floor transfer ♥️🙌🏼 thanks y’all!
I use to watch you a lot when I was recovering from a smashed pelvis in 4 spots, you gave me a lot of inspiration brother 💙 glad your doing well now 💙
Me: Is a perfectly adaptable, strong, and very well adjusted wheelchair user who knows all the basics and more.
Also me: watches this video on how to transfer
SAME! lol
Right there with you guys! I find other chair users methods so interesting.
Me too
Koa The Manokit it’s so cool to see how everyone has their own system worked out!
Haha same!
Sure is a real nice thing for you to do these videos to help people with disabled. You both are very kind.
U both look so good ..and comfortable..god bless u ...
A decade with my disability and nobody bothered to teach me any of these. Had to figure it out myself and now I realize the reason it always feels unsafe is because my technique *is* unsafe and now you've shown me safer technique. Thank you!
You are both amazing! I had a fairly serious injury bout 2 years ago (not spinal) and your videos have been such a help for keeping positive. Thankyou xx
I'm suffering from transverse myelitis, and while the therapy hospital taught me some methods of transfer, this video showed many new methods I hadn't seen before, as well as some great tips to improve the ones I already knew. Thank you so much for putting this out there.
Hi, I'm also suffering from TM for the last year. It's a rare disorder, but know that I'm rooting for you and all disable people to live an independent life.
Hi, I'm also suffering from TM for the last year. It's a rare disorder, but know that I'm rooting for you and all disable people to live an independent life.
Very helpful video.
This is a great video! Thank you for teaching to others on how to be independent, I walk but my My brother was in a wheelchair his whole life until he died a couple of years ago, and this video reminds me of him, on how independent and free he was, he got the polio when he was little and lost his walk gradually, My brother gave me a life lesson by always being super positive, strong and funny he was always making jokes, he even joked about his condition and I remember saying to me whenever I was sad for something "You better put it up together bitch or I will stand up from here and kick you in the balls" I miss my brother! He was such a great guy!
Thank you for this Video ! I'm not disabled but i learn a lot to help my wife who needs a Wheelchair.
I love both of you. I could watch you two all day and night. I was involved in a hit and run accident in 2014. And got not help from anybody
I don't have a spinal injury, and this is a random video for me, bur I have to say it's great.
I have worked with spinal injury for many year's, and it's great that there is a channel giving amazing advice.
1000 thanks to both of you. I was never shown how to make the transfers. I can do some things by "learning by doing", but I'm totally glad I found this video now 🙃👍
Hi guys, your video is such an eye opener. I'm new at being a wheelchair user and the suppliers never gave me any information on how to use a chair. Not only that, I'll be moving into an appartment soon and I'll be living alone. Friends and family are worried that I'm going to get stuck on the floor. You have shown me that with a bit of thought, practice and coridge I too can live a normal life. Thank you so much.
Hi Pam.
I have a condition called HSP, haredutrie spastic paraplesiger ( I hope I've spelt it right as I also have dislexier). The symptoms are similar to ms but without remissions. I've lost a lot of feeling in my legs and feet so not being able to feel the floor makes hard to walk. Then there's the fatigue and all the joys that come with it.
My doctors tell me that I'm in denied,
I'm not, but I lough at it. Turning into a joke is my way of coping.
That's for asking. It's good to share.
@Pam Rolls By hi Pam. I've just reread my text to you. It reads That's for asking ( so rude ) whitch was meant to say thanks for asking.
I hope I did not offend you.
Thank you two for all the ways to transfer from a wheelchair to other area's in the day.
Great video, (and the series). I’ve been full time in my chair since 2016. I have MS and my strength and mobility have gone progressively worse since 2016, and I’m now spending more time in my electric chair than my manual. But if I picture myself back in 2016, I would have REALLY valued these videos. I agree completely with you on all of the independence points. Love your energy
Don’t understand how a person can afford all custom wheelchairs and cars. Medicare doesn’t pay. Like to see videos on people who use regular wheelchairs. If you know anyone, encourage them to do the videos please. I’m old now however if I was younger these videos would have been priceless! You’re helping so many! Thank you both!
I am a new wheelchair user. You guys are champions 🏆. Thank you.
You guys make this look so easy I can’t transfer at all and very thankful I can still stand I don’t know how I’d manage
These are wonderful to watch. I get to see a glimpse of where I could have been after my accident last year where I was lucky enough to have only broken my ankle. I wouldn’t be able to really transfer or do anything in my old apartment being on the second floor with no elevator, and my new place in the attic of my family’s house. Everything has stairs and I’d be stuck at home trying to figure out life. Thank you for showing the world your perspective on life
Great video guys. Most of my transfers are very similar and use a slide board too, mainly to get into my car & onto a showerchair. My main problem is getting back in the wheelchair after an epic fall having funky MS leg spasms. I rely on my wife to get a few old wheelchair cushions and and place upto three cushions beneath my butt 1 at a time to build me higher to push back into my chair. Gonna rewatch and get myself back into my chair using your methods. Love indepence and great to see how others do this. Cheers again, brilliant stuff.
I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). I can walk a bit but getting in and out of the bath is a nightmare. I need a bath so I found this extremely helpful. I can't wait to try it out.
Thank you so much
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I have EDS!!
@@Bea.Anne.Butterfield Pleased to meet you how long ago were you diagnosed with EDS or are you waiting for a diagnosis?
@@J0sefa-L0ve-Y0u Hello Yoite! Pleased to hear from you. Are you waiting for a diagnosis or have you been diagnosed already?
These videos are so good! I love your clear communication and straight forward Ness, I always look forward to your videos. I don't use a wheel chair but as a product design student I'm always interested in how people overcome different problems so hopefully I can make things more inclusive. Hope everything is going okay, glad to see you're recovering well from the accident.
Jessie when I saw your first video I was first one for me you're having a problem getting off the floor and back in your chair I thought you I cried with you since then I have watched a lot of your videos an thank you thank you so very much
Bless you, bless you !! This just now pooped up in my feed, and I'll be voraciously watching and rewatching...I've only fallen out of my chair about 7 times (2 times it fell over with me in it !) So this truly is life-changing knowledge. Thank you for sharing !
This does motivate a lot of people, I encourage my mom to be independent as these guys are .....!!
You guys are very inspirational !! Amazing 👏 👏👏👏👍👍👍👍I came here for mom who's in a wheelchair. Thank you so much for this video !! This video is great to watch when we feel like there are too many impossible things & start losing hopes ! You guys have very strong arms !! 💪 💖💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💕💞
Hi Richard and Jess,
Thank you for your great videos about wheelchair use.
I am a left leg below the knee amputee and I am using a wheelchair. My prosthetic is still a few weeks away.
Your videos have been great showing me how to transfer into and out of my wheelchair.
Jess, thank you also for showing how to cook whilst using a wheelchair.
My disability is not sever, and I can stand to get like in bed, or in my chair from the floor is easy. but I am glad you guys showed how to do the mounting in and out of your chairs for those who need it. For the girl, she gets around so easy. It is so Awesome to see!!
I'm so very happy to find your blog. I'm also a handicapped person from Philippines. My wheelchair is very heavy. 25 to 27 kilos. Very hard to maneuver. Your wheelchair is only in my dreams. Keep safe always Bro. and Sis. God bless you more.
Great video! Love to learn from you and this is really cool! I have some tips on a few of the transfers that help it make easier for me and maybe helps someone else. The first one that helps me is the floor to chair transfer, I push up with my knuckle. Because it makes your arm longer and it can make a difference pushing up that last little bit! Second one is on to bed transfer; when you sit on the bed, it's annoying to grab your legs and put them on the bed. So what I do is, I grab both of my legs at the same time and let my body fall backwards on the bed. That way I use my bodyweight to lift my legs on the bed! You can use the same thing coming out of bed in your chair.
Great video! I've learned more about how to better transfer in the last 21 minutes than I have in 18 years!
Thank you!! I'm a recently separated/divorced wheelchair user regaining my independance after a 20 year marriage to a well-intentioned able bodied enabler. I needed to find your video!! 🤗
One of the best & easy to adapt video I have seen, Thank you to both of you....I use an inflatable bath lift chair which is invaluable in the getting in and out process without having to use the upper torso to take all of the strain which prevents rotator cuff damage.
Since 9 years, am living with nursing care and I really want to be independent now. Watching your videos giving a hope to me.
Thanks so much. It is refreshing to see demos of the moves done by folks who DO feel the pain, or challenge. Don 't show me fully mobile individuals show me, an above-the-knee amputee with a history of three strokes "all" I have to do to accomplish 'X'!
I wanted to see how hard the floor transfer is from a non injured, pretty fit person perspective. It's hard. I can get my shoulders and hands pretty high up behind me but putting weight on them enough to actually do basically a backwards straight bar dip is tough. My shoulders complained a bit. Also, I noticed that no matter how much I tried to not use my legs at all, I ended up putting weight on them or just using the extra stability from sliding my socks on the floor, almost like a crutch. So yeah, props to you guys that do this everyday, honestly, it's not as simple as it looks.
this video was very helpful. I am a power wheelchair user, and love to watch these videos, for information.
The explosion had me absolutely dying with laughter because I had it like pictures in my head 😂 omg was so funny!
This is INCREDIBLE. OMG I am speechless at how useful this information is. Guys, I love you both❤️
I work in a spinal ward and really want to know how good people can do after they go home. I have never thought you guys could be so amazing before I wathced this video.
Thank you for your generosity, sharing meticulous detail about the daily challenges for the mobility impaired. well done.
I love the video thank you for making it ❤️I was diagnosed with metastatic bone cancer on the spine and I am getting prepared for the wheelchair use .
Hmmm ,I’ve been transferring since 1979. Kudos to you and all para’s for the fortitude,strength and courage to do our lives everyday. Keep moving,because the older you get the harder it gets. ✌️❤️
Girl you transfer from the ground the best way!! Way too hard for me but I do hope to someday learn how to do it that way
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Thank you so much this is very helpful I’ve been paralyzed since July 5 been home about a month. This is definitely very helpful
Richard for you it's easy because you can Walk man, but is good demostración bot of you Jesi You are amazing
Great video! This answers a lot of questions for me. My wife had a hemorrhagic stroke in July 2020 and has lost a lot of the use of her left side. She is gradually gaining more use and strength in her left side but this video will help me to help her gain more independence. One main thing that you both have that she does not (right now) is core strength. She is overall weaker on both sides after the stroke but her left side core is maybe only 25% of what it was. Thanks for making these videos!
great video! I am an ambulatory WC user with MS and this is really helpful!
Not a wheelchair user, but a CNA. I used to work on a rehab floor, and some of what took place in the video definitely looks familiar. I worked with a much older population, so it was nice to see a video with younger wheelchair users in a different setting. Though I may not be the intended audience for this video, it is helpful. Thank you.
I’ve been a T12 complete since childhood, and it never occurred to me to sit up in the trunk, to access the whole thing, can’t wait to go shopping now because this is gonna change my whole life . Lol 😂 but seriously thanks for that tip
I´m a halfblind (0 left eye, 30-60 focus in tunnelvision right eye) blacksmith and I´m not ashamed to say I lost a armwrestling match to a fella in a wheelchair. All that moving you have to do with your upper body can give some pretty impressive musculature!!! Good seeing a video about it, I didn´t know half of it! Take care and have a good summer!!!
Thank you for your demos on transferring. You showed me the changes I need to make to be more successful.
Hi Margie. How are you?
I really enjoy the videos you guys do together, both your personality’s and attitudes are brilliant and so down to earth 😁
Winklexx thank you so much!
Very nice video. I'm wheelchair user and your trick is vearya helpful! Thank
Being close to the wheelchair stage. I am currently using a Zimmer frame. I thank you for the demonstrations. You two are fairly young and strong in the upper body to facilitate the transfers. As people age and their overall arm and shoulder strength is depleted there must come a time when additional help is required. You certainly covered the essential daily requirements and it was a most interesting film. Thank you.
“the last thing we want is our wheelchair to go through the window”. that sums up why we all listen to these people. no bs….just bedrock truth and solid advice. i dont know of higher level of service. thank you!
Great video! I'm not paralyzed. Instead, I'm afflicted with "sympathy pains." My legs and butt hurt whenever I see someone with certain kinds of deformities or paralysis. Like when Jesi was getting into the bathtub and her foot flopped - zoing! goes my legs and butt. I wonder if I worked in a facility where everyone was "deformed" some way or another, if I would ever get over it. All respect to people who successfully live with these extra challenges.
That’s so good! Transferring to my wheelchair from bed on my own is something I would like to learn how to do.
You people are awesome I can’t stop watching
Thank you for teaching these transfer techniques for different places and situations.
OMG! This presentation was phenominal! Thank you so much!
Good Morning Manah
How are you feeling today?🌼🌸🌺
Yes the wheel Chair is necessary and useful, it is however a huge pain in the but! I am not independently mobile now as I have a NECESSARY 4 wheel drive pickup parked on a gravel/dirt driveway it is difficult to move on the gravel/dirt surface, greatly compounded by seasonal snow and rain. My 79 years also make this difficult the acquired injuries of back, shoulder knee also cause real and difficult problems to overcome, just as they did before I lost my best leg. For all means and purposes I am house Bound. Living alone out here in the mountains at the end of the road is difficult, difficult enough to consider turning my face to the wall and giving up once in a while. That isn't going to happen, so I find your video quite helpful, Loading and unloading my wheel chair into my truck I have found requires, the use of crutches or a lightweight folding chair. reaching out folding the chair and hauling it into the rear compartment of the "extra cab" doesn't work well, I need some sort of support like crutches or even a light weight folding chair to facilitate the loading/unloading of this accursed wheelchair. Any suggestions you might offer would be appreciated. I can't cook without major difficulties as stoves cupboards, and counters are to darned high. I find the loss of my leg feels worse than what the loss of my life would have been. I often wish I had bleed out in the bottom of the canyon in my wrecked truck rather than having to try to survive in the present conditions I find myself in. Best Regards, Go With God.
This was really help for me...iam from indian and a paraplegia patients to
Ty, ty, ty! Though I'm not paralyzed, I require the use of a wheelchair full-time. Transfers techniques I have bumbled through independently & with the help of very kind but able-bodied OTs. God love ''em, but it isn't the same. What you conveyed is so much more valuable. I will be watching more.
Thank you so much for the tips I'm only 3yrs post and still learning
Ryan Russell this life is a marathon not a sprint. :) I’m 5 years post and still learning. Be sure to celebrate when you accomplish something new!
Me : not on a wheelchair I can normally walk
Also me : adore watching these transfers
Ikr & I try them myself.
I can walk but never could learn to drive.
Thank you so much for sharing. My son, Steven, will learn a lot as he is a new wheelchair user.
You guys are hilarious and educational. Thanks. Had a lot of questions since my aunts husband ( now my uncle ) flipped his army vehicle back in the day and wondered how they live their life.
Interesting to watch, for my caregiver course. Love to watch it. Thank you🙏
You folk are inspirational - thank you for sharing, it shows how tough life can be for others.
i have full use of my legs, i'm getting a wheelchair for pain, but these videos are really interesting to watch
Amazing video! I'm impressed! That was awesome how you got off the floor. I can't do that. I have a very different disability, I haven't got good use of my arms I have severe M.E. it's a progressive and debilitating neurological disease, but it affects almost every bodily system, including muscles, heart, hormones and so many things, and so I am unable to self propel, or push up in my bed, so I use an electric wheelchair and a hospital bed. But I still manage to live independently. I live alone in a specially adapted house. At the moment I am mostly bed bound, because I did too much the other day and ended up having a relapse. Despite that, I am so excited I will be test driving some new power chairs on Wednesday, because my condition has got worse. I hope the new wheelchair will be better for my spine, plus it has a rise function so I will be able to get up at kitchen units it will be safer for using the cooker, because I have spilled boiling water on me several times. Not the whole pan thank God, it reclines, and I think it has a standing position. Plus it will have the much needed head and neck support. Cannot wait. It's a different dealer and I have heard so many good things about them. So yes the occupational therapist is bringing three power chairs on Wednesday, she will do a detailed assessment and it's good because it will be a chair tailored to my needs. I don't have any carers or anything. I manage most things myself. I would struggle having carers in, because I value my independence so much, I wouldn't cope. Most people don't understand that. I like pottering around at my own pace. I rediscovered art again, and I am hoping to be well enough again to paint. I also love music and have started learning music production on the rare times I am strong enough. Excellent video. So inspiring to watch. Thank you for sharing💖
New sub here! When I transfer from bed to chair in the morning, I parallel park my chair to my bed, then just scoot my bottom across into the chair. Going to the bathroom for me is a little different because our bathroom is elevated. However, it's elevated enough to where I can just crawl from my chair to the bathroom floor after parallel parking again. Then I just crawl to the toilet, lift my bottom up, and lift myself onto the toilet. Going back to the chair is just like transferring from chair to bathroom, just the other way around. When I get into our shower stall, I go in bottom first, pull my legs in, lift my bottom up and plop it into the shower chair. It's a little cramped but it works.
Lastly, when I go from chair to bed, I have my own little way of doing it. I'll pull up to the bed facing the head of the bed, pull my body intot he bed, which somehow spins me around so that I'm facing the foot of the bed, then I just lay down, pull my covers up, and off to dreamland I go.
Most useful and great demo for a first time viewer
Although I am a pro at Transferring I enjoyed your video and took some tips. Also I have to tell you that I felt totally exhausted for you watching this omg if people knew the energy it takes to just take a shower or put chair in the car. Thank you so much for making this video.
You guys helped me a lot through your videos I've been watching them a lot and you guys putting yourself out there like that means a lot to me anyway because people that has any kind of disabilities and I'm learning disability or whatever people like to poke and prod on that and you bring another side to it that I enjoy watching it means a lot to me much appreciated keep up the good work everybody