Joint Pain in Wheelchair Users can be a source of real concern, affecting ones’ ability to fully enjoy each day.

However, there are ways to control the pain. Here are some options available to wheelchair users with joint pain, to give relief and better alleviate the pain.

Exercise: Particularly of the upper body to strengthen and keep those arm, shoulder and chest joints and muscles supple/ flexible. Regularly doing this, your body will be able to withstand better, the stress that manual wheelchair use puts on the upper body…

Parkinson’s – A progressive neurological condition, which causes the loss of nerve cells in the brain, so that the brain is unable to produce enough of the chemical called Dopamin.

Without dopamine, you may find that your movements become slower so it takes longer to do things.

With Parkinson’s, the symptoms do get worse over time. But research has shown that those people who get involved and who face up proactively to their condition, have a far better quality of life than those who don’t.

Here are 25 Tips to help you do just that – Engage with your Parkinson’s, Understand it, Study it, Face up proactively to it. So you can have a far better quality of life…

If you don’t like the expression “Confined to a wheelchair”; If you see your wheelchair as an important tool that makes it possible for you to live a full and active life, Then this will surely bring you great cheer!

How would you like a set of wheelchair you can fold into your travelbag? Well, it’s nearly possible to own one now!

As a paraplegic, my wheelchair enables me to live a full and active life. But any wheelchair-user will tell you that trying to get a pair of 25in diameter wheels into a car can be a real pain.

They have to be lifted over one’s lap, a difficult manoeuvre, especially if it’s wet and you are trying to look smart. Not to mention stowing them in aeroplane lockers…

Hip Fracture is a common result of falls, especially among the frail and the elderly. The elderly are also more prone to suffering Alzheimer’s disease – Especially in cases where poor eyecare has been observed.

Alzheimer’s disease patients are more than three times more likely to fracture their hip than other older people and more likely to die as a result, according to US research.

An acceptable level of vision is a requirement for many of [the] activities that have been found to lower the risk of diseases and accidents.

To maintain mental and psychological health as we age, it is important to find ways to prevent sensory change, and to adjust to its’ weakening if it develops.

You can encourage your elderly to maintain good eye health by getting regular medical checkups, giving up smoking, and managing conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure that can damage the eyes. Also, eating a healthy diet will protect their eyes.

Correcting and adapting to poor vision from cataracts, glaucoma, retinal disorders and other eye problems among our elderly, are most likely to lower their chances of developing life altering diseases and accidents…