89 percent of wheelchair users globally experience pain or discomfort, new study reveals
New research by the Toyota Mobility Foundation has unveiled insightful findings into some of the issues and experiences faced by wheelchair users, including almost 90…
NHS spends over £14 million a year unnecessarily on walking aids, new investigation finds
From data obtained by the Press Association, new statistics show that hospitals spend millions every year replacing unreturned, unusable or missing crutches. Under the Freedom…
Local CCG withdraws shared wheelchair service from care homes to ‘save’ £37,000
Following the discovery that the Posture and Mobility Clinic in Greater Manchester was struggling to afford equipment and meet national waiting time targets, Heywood, Middleton…
Mother of the bride able to attend her daughter’s wedding thanks to important wheelchair add-on
Lit Smith has recently attended a family wedding thanks to her FreeWheel all-terrain add-on from Gerald Simonds. Lit has a rare condition called SCA 1,…
The OT’s Perspective: When walking aids are no longer suitable
What happens when walking aids aren’t enough? Stuart Barrow shares an occupational therapist’s perspective. Stuart Barrow, Promoting Independence About a year ago, I wrote an…
New ‘try before you buy scheme’ launched for innovative backrest cushion
Cooling backrest cushion start-up wheelAIR is giving people the option to try out the wheelAIR before they buy it with its latest ‘try before you…
wheelAIR keeps wheelchair tennis champion cool during US and French Open
Gordon Reid, a professional wheelchair tennis athlete, has recently been using wheelAIR’s cooling backrest cushion to help him with his performance. The 27-year-old has reduced…
Loopwheels produces clinical indications document to prove its product helps wheelchair users
Through an evidence-led approach, Loopwheels is showing healthcare professionals why its wheelchair wheels can help reduce damaging vibrations wheelchair users experience by up to 70…
Backrest to deliver cooling and supportive solution to users
Seating specialist Consolor has partnered with healthcare start-up wheelAIR to create a new backrest which aims to offer users postural support and keep them cool…
“World’s lightest wheelchair” offers bespoke and comfortable solution for users
Küschall has set out to deliver the world’s lightest wheelchair called Superstar, which has been designed to give users optimal levels of posture and comfort.…