How to get off the floor...a work in progress.
/Getting off the floor is one of the hardest things I'm learning to do. It's a feat of physics and strengths. Not two of my strongest suits. I need to know how to get off the floor because, obviously, I'll fall at some point. Also, because then I can play with my nieces or my own children (hopefully, someday). Or because I'll fall.
There are a few different routes to accomplish this. There are assisted and unassisted. There is a method where I can get myself into a crouch between a solid/steady object and the chair. (See: https://dbgstrong.causevox.com/blog/videos-of-dbgs-progress-part-6) And then there's this way, which probably has some name, but I don't know it. If you want to see how this is properly done by people who have been in wheelchairs longer than 3 1/2 months, please google "wheelchair floor transfer" and watch an expert. Here, you get to watch me struggle. But this is part of the learning process. We did 4 attempts. Didn't film the third one, unfortunately.
Attempt #1 is a front view. My PT blocks part of the view while the therapy aide holds the chair. Watch the positioning of the legs, an important step to get this right.
Attempt #2 -- sadly, we cut off the floor work here, so you don't see the leg work or the bump up onto the foot plate. But you see that the the struggle is real.
Attempt #4 after a good third attempt. I'm exhausted at this point. It's not the prettiest, and I ask for help at the end. My right arm just can't find the "foothold" of where to stabilize itself and I don't have the strength to get myself up on my own.
This will get better. We don't have a lot of videos of the first few transfers except at in other posts below when I was going up on to mat. But this continues to improve significantly