| A manual wheelchair is an excellent solution for | | | | seating options, with seats resembling car driver seats |
| anyone whose physical problem, injury, or illness | | | | or "pilot seats", or seats which resemble office seats. |
| affects only their ability to walk but not their physical | | | | Because you don't have to step up onto a platform, a |
| condition in general. People with mobility problems | | | | power wheelchair can be a better option than a |
| caused by other conditions may require extra help in | | | | power scooter even if you are capable of walking |
| order to remain mobile and independent. These people | | | | with a cane or walker but need a motorized device |
| may require motorized wheelchairs, scooters, or | | | | for longer distances. Comfortable recliners are also |
| power-base chairs. | | | | available with an electric lift for people who have |
| Motorized wheelchairs come in three basic designs: | | | | trouble standing from a sitting position. The chair |
| power wheelchairs, motorized versions of manual | | | | pushes you forward to a standing position, where you |
| wheelchairs, power-base wheelchairs, heavier wheel | | | | can then walk with a cane or walker. |
| bases with a mounted chair, and scooters, a platform | | | | If you don't have any trouble sitting and standing and |
| with a motor and chair in back and a steering | | | | you have the necessary arm strength and coordination |
| mechanism in front. | | | | but due to your physical condition cannot walk |
| A physical therapist or doctor can help you decide | | | | extended distances or push yourself in a manual |
| what kind of mobility device you should use if your | | | | wheelchair, a power scooter may be right for you. The |
| physical condition includes a lack of muscle strength, | | | | steering apparatus requires some arm mobility, but if |
| motor skills, or coordination which lowers your mobility. | | | | necessary you can buy a model designed to be |
| If you are currently in physical condition to walk short | | | | operated with one hand. If you have no arm mobility, a |
| distances you can use a power scooter for longer | | | | power wheelchair can be operated with minimal hand |
| distances, but if your doctor thinks your condition may | | | | strength and coordination. Weight can be a factor for |
| worsen in the future, you may want to get a power | | | | some wheelchair or scooter users, but heavy duty |
| wheelchair now instead of later. Power wheelchairs | | | | models are available. Heavy duty power-base |
| are more compact and easier to use at home, do not | | | | wheelchairs can be purchased which carry more than |
| require strength or motor ability to operate, and without | | | | 600 pounds. |
| the platform and steering apparatus, you can sit in a | | | | Talk to your doctor about your mobility situation and |
| power wheelchair as easily as in any other chair. | | | | what you can do to keep moving. Just about any |
| Not being able to easily get in and out of a power | | | | mobility problem can be solved with motorized |
| scooter is a good reason to get a power wheelchair. | | | | wheelchairs, scooters, and power-based wheelchairs. |
| Power-base wheelchairs and scooters have similar | | | | |