Handling Curbs in a Wheelchair

This is a quick video explaining some tips to get up and down curbs when a wheelchair ramp is not available.

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  • @starskullyrulz2421
    @starskullyrulz242111 жыл бұрын

    hey man you are such an inspariation for me! I have been in a wheelchair for 9months now and I'm 13 years old, I also have a condition in my spine from t5 to t9 area and I had slowly started to give up on myself about 2 months ago but from watching your videos has made me have a big boost in my cofidence and I thank you for that!

  • @mason_branstrator

    @mason_branstrator

    Жыл бұрын

    This is so sick, man is 23 now… how the time flies. Hope you are doing well sir 🙏🏻🤞🏼🤞🏼

  • @YoInJal
    @YoInJal7 жыл бұрын

    this helped a lot, thank you!! it wasn't a skill they taught me coming out of the hospital since I had a folding chair and was a bit larger, so wheelies and pop ups were not things i learned in inpatient almostv years ago. I finally got a rigid frame last june, but my husband wouldn't let me practice wheelies until I lost one of my anti tip bars, then forgot the other in my dad's car, lol. A friend finally helped me get wheelies down, but now I have no one to help practice curbs with. I'm too scarec falling to try it alone, but at least I know what to focus on when I'm able to!

  • @dachadoodle7146

    @dachadoodle7146

    5 ай бұрын

    Just get someone to practice with or just start slowly and go faster until you get up and also try it on smaller ones first Also, practice falling out of your chair and breaking the fall with your hands and maybe rolling and then pulling yourself back up into the chair so like in case you fall It’s also easier to go backwards and just lean forwards and let the back wheels drop down on the way down.

  • @FifaProInc
    @FifaProInc12 жыл бұрын

    I'm in a wheelchair, and im always getting upset about life.... but you have made something good out of life, your'e my hero and inspiration!

  • @Vosara
    @Vosara4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the quiet, accurate and great exercises and tips! Great lessons. Thanks Brian!

  • @88zwthomp
    @88zwthomp12 жыл бұрын

    I have always followed ur videos. Craig is where I did my rehab! Accident June 09' Got out Feb 10'. Craig is a great place. C6 Quad. Got hand surgery next month at Swedish to gain function back in my right hand! Thanks for the uploads!

  • @justintex1
    @justintex112 жыл бұрын

    you make it look so easy. Wheelies is something I have never learned to do. Wish I could but I have fallen and busted my ass. Good videos appreciate them.

  • @cathlyn205
    @cathlyn205 Жыл бұрын

    Being a 66 year old woman brand new to wheelchair life,(I’m not paralyzed, but if I walk more than short distances i stuffer severe pain and falling and looking like I fought s band of gorillas and lost), I so appreciate your videos! I just popped my first wheelie in this ultra light weight (ha) fold up chair, my first rigid frame chair should be here in about 4-5 weeks , we ordered it yesterday. So thanks for all your videos, they have been a great help to me.

  • @joshm3989
    @joshm39892 жыл бұрын

    Thx bud... Im pretty new to my manual chair. Your tips help me get through and around everyday obstacles. Much appreciated.

  • @marneysmithies8558
    @marneysmithies85589 жыл бұрын

    thanks for posting so many great videos, well done. I am sure they will help a lot of people who are new to wheelchairs, or physiotherapists and such. plus a good refresher for people like me 30+ years as a para. Cheers

  • @zaclynch7080
    @zaclynch708017 күн бұрын

    been in a push wheelchair with cerebral palsy for 14 years and I'm 17 years old. I can get down 1-2 stairs and I've been trying to get the skill of going up kerbs and steps and have never quite been able to do so without grabbing something and pulling myself up there or with someones help. but this video looks like it'll help.

  • @juliakhestanova708
    @juliakhestanova7087 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much! I am getting ready for my board exam in OT, and one of the practice questions is how to teach the client to handle curbs! this is very helpful! I've been watching your video thru 2 years of school. Good luck with everything!

  • @danielapinzon2035

    @danielapinzon2035

    6 жыл бұрын

    Julia Khestanova p

  • @maggiemartinez4320
    @maggiemartinez43208 жыл бұрын

    That helps a lot Brian. I always have a hard time with getting up and down curves. This was very helpful thank you

  • @ParalyzedLiving

    @ParalyzedLiving

    8 жыл бұрын

    Practice practice! I'm telling you this is one of the best skills to have.

  • @paullaw6988

    @paullaw6988

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Brian, how are you? Awesome job with your video! Keep em coming. You are a very kind man. Keep it up. Kind regards, from, PaulLaw.

  • @JackInAction
    @JackInAction9 жыл бұрын

    Great video! This video helped inspire me to make a curb jump tutorial! :) Thanks for the great tips! :)

  • @thenetherone1597
    @thenetherone15973 жыл бұрын

    Your video just put my sister back in action, Thankyou very much

  • @MommyCassReborns
    @MommyCassReborns4 жыл бұрын

    thank-you this is super helpful. I am an ambulatory wheelchair user and no one teaches me this stuff! welp I just might give it a try on a small curb.

  • @isaacrashid3331
    @isaacrashid33319 жыл бұрын

    Good video mate, really helpful thanks

  • @ParalyzedLiving
    @ParalyzedLiving12 жыл бұрын

    Feel free to click on my username and select "send private message." I will be happy to answer any questions!

  • @samthescotsman
    @samthescotsman9 жыл бұрын

    i have cerebral palsy and i can not and probably never will be able to hold a wheelie while stationary but i have managed to keep my casters up for 5 pushes in one go so im getting there. i also have really big casters so that helps with uneven terrain. plus when im out in my chair i always have someone there so the can help me in an emergency. when im on my own i have a big road legal mobility scooter

  • @BEAViS_1221
    @BEAViS_122112 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your new videos :)

  • @bowtiebabe12
    @bowtiebabe1212 жыл бұрын

    Awesome job with the videos! Keep em coming! =)

  • @pheenix135
    @pheenix1353 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this, my multiple conditions have got me to the point where I literally can't leave the house unless I have my wheelchair, and I'm not good enough with it on curbs etc to do it without someone pushing me

  • @ParalyzedLiving

    @ParalyzedLiving

    3 жыл бұрын

    Practice makes perfect but be careful as you are learning. Having someone spot you at first is always a good idea.

  • @pheenix135

    @pheenix135

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ParalyzedLiving thank you I will 😊 Also going to find a safe place to practice as my road is on a slope

  • @kotonohakatsura6930
    @kotonohakatsura69304 жыл бұрын

    I always came back to check my skills.

  • @Kronikman07
    @Kronikman0711 жыл бұрын

    Hey man, you are a huge inspiration to me. I had gotten into my accident in the middle of August in 2012. Right now I just don't have the drive to do any of the stuff I need to to better myself but after watchin you I totally need to, and I was super embarrassed with doing things that paraplegics do. I think I'm a t12 complete, I have an muscles and back muscles but have no feelif right around waist line. I actually would like to talk to you a lot, if you could mssg that's be cool,I'm outta spce

  • @shitonyourtoothbrush
    @shitonyourtoothbrush6 жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks so much for posting this. I was reading about this technique in one if my occupational therapy books and was a little confused but this cleared things right up.

  • @brams734
    @brams73412 жыл бұрын

    hi..... u are so inspiring

  • @donnajillsharpe-myers1987
    @donnajillsharpe-myers19875 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Man. I'm new at this and you made it look o easy. Has anyone ever put skater trucks on the front to make it a smoother ride? Cheers mate

  • @Deepin210
    @Deepin21012 жыл бұрын

    Great to see you back.....have you put back on the sporty rims?

  • @newby1627
    @newby16279 жыл бұрын

    Can you do a video on how to hold the wheelie after coming off the curb. Tis would be practice for tackling stairs. Thanks.

  • @anneharrison1849
    @anneharrison18495 жыл бұрын

    The coming down tip is really useful, I had no idea it was supposed to be done that way, so I'd have avoided all but the smallest. However I'm doing the right thing for going up, but could probably only do the smallest of the ones shown, I don't know if it's realistic for me to hope I can learn it, I can get the wheelie high enough but not that and momentum. I would guess being an average height woman I'm significantly weaker in the upper body than you.

  • @charchartvm9935
    @charchartvm99354 жыл бұрын

    Wow nice maam

  • @keltiqrennee
    @keltiqrennee6 жыл бұрын

    gosh you make it look so easy I've tried and I fall it I don't know how many times and I just can't seem to do it and I can't seem to get the wheelies down either ARG

  • @Wheelygonzales
    @Wheelygonzales11 жыл бұрын

    I dont lean backward when going down a curb. I stay level with the ground. I feel that if i lean back when going down a curb im going over backwards for sure

  • @O23pSt
    @O23pSt10 жыл бұрын

    Good video

  • @kit4250
    @kit425012 жыл бұрын

    I can only pop my front casters up if I'm not moving. So i'm able to get the casters onto the curb but then I don't have enough momentum to get the back wheels up

  • @rindusty
    @rindusty11 жыл бұрын

    if possible...can you describe the motion you use to pop the wheelie while you are moving to build momentum. Is it just a quick fwd-bwd-fwd motion?

  • @nourdinaitmelloul2212
    @nourdinaitmelloul22124 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @evilrubberducky92
    @evilrubberducky927 жыл бұрын

    Hi how do you get the front casters off the ground? I have never been able to do it

  • @upperboard
    @upperboard11 жыл бұрын

    whats that yellow thing on your cushion side?

  • @beyoncefan2382
    @beyoncefan238211 жыл бұрын

    can you do that safely in heavier wheelchairs? i've only seen it done in chairs with the smaller back supports like what you are using. that looks so scary but good to know that it's possible to do if necessary

  • @Parawheeler058
    @Parawheeler05811 жыл бұрын

    Very nice. =) I think the highest to do safely for an average person is 4 or 5 inches. I did a 6 inch curb (up) and very nearly hit my face. Down I've yet to find something I can't do, so long as it doesn't hurt, haha.

  • @HabrenOdinsdottir
    @HabrenOdinsdottir5 жыл бұрын

    I'm really new to being in a wheelchair and I am utterly terrified of curbs and trying to navigate public transport. Any tips on getting over these fears? I'd really like to leave the house by myself.

  • @mrvideosfull
    @mrvideosfull12 жыл бұрын

    good video men..

  • @112rider
    @112rider11 жыл бұрын

    The step out of my house is probably 5-8 inches. But i use the doorway to pull myself in. And wheelie out

  • @drphillshoe
    @drphillshoe6 ай бұрын

    And for some reason, the TARDIS needs a ramp now...

  • @starskullyrulz2421
    @starskullyrulz242111 жыл бұрын

    @Leonardo Camargo cool thanks

  • @valterm5322
    @valterm532211 ай бұрын

    Hi Bryan! Thanks for your videos. I'm a paraplegic and I'm working myself on some tips to improve people's life. I'm now researching the tecnique you're showing in this video, but I have difficulties finding out the, or at least one of the people who first invented this method. Can you help me with this? Even just a tip would be very usefull.

  • @Mr_Techroid
    @Mr_Techroid4 жыл бұрын

    How do u deal with ramps going up? I can easily go down.. up is my issue with this type of wheelchair

  • @mauimastiff
    @mauimastiff7 жыл бұрын

    That's one thing I've a habit of stuffing up is kerbs you'd think after a lifetime I'd have it down but no think it's due to the curveture of my spine

  • @PaulDiLillo
    @PaulDiLillo10 жыл бұрын

    in my manual wheelchair I never attempt going up or down a curb in FORWARD, I always go BACKWARD in the wheelchair utilizing the BIG wheel's power to prppel me without any fear of tipping over!

  • @jackys267
    @jackys2674 ай бұрын

    Hi, thx for your great video. What is the reason you lift the front wheels when going down the curb? And also, i have small wheels at the back to prevent falling on the back of your head.. don't these form an issue when going down a curb? And last question, bumps are very painful for me, is there a way to go up slower? Thanks in advance!

  • @ParalyzedLiving

    @ParalyzedLiving

    4 ай бұрын

    Hi! I lift the front wheels going down the curb because it’s important that your rear wheels land first. If the front wheels touch down first, it makes the chair seat tip forward which could dump you on the ground. Your anti-tip bars would definitely make it hard to navigate curbs. They can be flipped temporarily so they are pointing up which gives enough clearance. They are mostly for new wheelchair users and they can be removed altogether once you get comfortable finding your center of gravity/tipping point. I had them in the beginning but most people take them off after some time. Unfortunately, you really need to get speed/momentum to go up curbs unless you have someone with you. In that case, you can pop your front wheels up on the curb and have someone lift the rear with the push handles which is a much smoother transition.

  • @angelirvin21
    @angelirvin2111 жыл бұрын

    Hi I am getting my 1st Tilite soon and am interested in learning how to handle my wheelchair better. I have Cerebral Palsy which i different than paralysis, but I know your level of injury is at the chest. I have weak abs and I would like to know how to hold a wheelie

  • @ParalyzedLiving
    @ParalyzedLiving12 жыл бұрын

    Probably the 2nd to the last curb...I wouldn't try going up the biggest one for fear that I would kill my wheels and tires.

  • @Pamvian
    @Pamvian11 жыл бұрын

    What kind of wheelchair do you have?

  • @ForTheLoveOfBooksx00
    @ForTheLoveOfBooksx0012 жыл бұрын

    do your legs ever get painful sensations?

  • @sharonwalters3439
    @sharonwalters34395 жыл бұрын

    I'm a woman and I don't know how to do no Willie I can do a small curve like the one you're doing now getting up on it and coming down off of it but anything bigger than that it intimidates me and I've been wheelchair-bound for 12 years I pretty much mastered everything but a willy

  • @user-us4wo4fz9f
    @user-us4wo4fz9f9 ай бұрын

    Hi, I am working on a project to facilitate wheelchair users to use Map Apps Can I use the clip of this video? Thanks!!

  • @ahmednoor5957
    @ahmednoor59577 жыл бұрын

    I hurt my head try to do this

  • @kristihogue2357
    @kristihogue23575 жыл бұрын

    Hi. I’ve been in a chair for 3 years. Lupus attacked my spinal cord and I’m a T4. I have zero chair skills, I’m embarrassed I don’t know any! I get so freaked out w wheelies. I still have my “training wheels” on! Beginners tips?

  • @trailerc8598

    @trailerc8598

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sup bro I’m a t3 t4 I’m new to this

  • @dasalsakid
    @dasalsakid11 жыл бұрын

    yes, this video series is great. also contact me if you need more resources for SCI. there's the Reeve Foundation and a lot of groups like "Disability Coalition" on Facebook.

  • @amandapacheco1457
    @amandapacheco14576 жыл бұрын

    Bro you videos are amazing I get so much info from you man it really help please contact me have some real wheelchair problems and have some ? For you man

  • @emanatef6415
    @emanatef64156 жыл бұрын

    يارتنى اقدر اعمل زيك بس للاسف وزنى زياده

  • @muddogmikeable
    @muddogmikeable10 жыл бұрын

    My problem is when I come up to the curb I almost have to stop to pull the wheelie I have a quickie gt and pretty good at wheelies it seems you barley lean back and your casters come up is it me the chair ??????

  • @westdudecargill9978

    @westdudecargill9978

    10 жыл бұрын

    Your rear axle may need to be moved back to rebalance you . My Quickie was to far forward and when pushing forward would lift the front wheels .

  • @88zwthomp
    @88zwthomp12 жыл бұрын

    They look like Spinergy SPOX

  • @Ahmad-ep6sl
    @Ahmad-ep6sl8 жыл бұрын

    Is it possible to break the axle because i wana learned you're right there is no Wheelchier ramp evrywhere i go

  • @ParalyzedLiving

    @ParalyzedLiving

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ahmad Hijazi Anything is possible but I highly doubt it. I've been doing it for years with zero issues.

  • @Ahmad-ep6sl

    @Ahmad-ep6sl

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Paralyzed Living i have aluminium Wheelchier is it strong

  • @paullaw6988

    @paullaw6988

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Brian, keep up the good work with the video. Keep on practising. Keep up the good work. Kind regards, from, PaulLaw.

  • @8605kittykat
    @8605kittykat12 жыл бұрын

    so what is the highest curb that you can get over, the curb at the very end looked like it could bust a bike tire no offence, my dad has been in a wheelchair for over 12 yrs now

  • @ReyOfLight
    @ReyOfLight10 жыл бұрын

    Practice practice practice :) Before you know it, you'll do fine without anti tip wheels and wheeling around like a pro!

  • @ParaTiffany
    @ParaTiffany10 жыл бұрын

    Usually going down backwards works well for me.... What about jumping up high curbs? Those curbs in the video are low...

  • @MatthewPeel

    @MatthewPeel

    8 жыл бұрын

    Bigger curbs work the same way. You go faster and make sure you pull your casters up high enough to clear the curb.

  • @glumGlumm
    @glumGlumm12 жыл бұрын

    Nice wheel chair. Those carbon fiber wheels

  • @PaulButtpwbutt
    @PaulButtpwbutt6 жыл бұрын

    isn't it easier when coming down the kerb to go backward ie. Big wheels first..

  • @Jana-fc4gl

    @Jana-fc4gl

    6 жыл бұрын

    Paul Butt It is but it takes why more time and doesn't work everywhere. That's how I currently handle curbs and I barely manage to get across the street before the traffic lights turn red again

  • @shak0920
    @shak09208 жыл бұрын

    hi Brian I am paraplegic and I am very impressed with your living. I am struggling with my weight can you help me in this case plz. I weight 52 and I want to 43kg. I am paraplegic.

  • @ParalyzedLiving

    @ParalyzedLiving

    8 жыл бұрын

    Check out my 2 workout videos. The arm bike is an excellent cardio workout for paras and it may help shed some weight. Eating better is you best bet overall.

  • @paullaw6988

    @paullaw6988

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Brian, excellent work out. The arm bike is an excellent workout. Keep up the good work with the exercise. Kind regards, from, PaulLaw.

  • @josepeixoto3384
    @josepeixoto33846 жыл бұрын

    for those practising: here's what i would CERTAINLY do: i'd wear a HELMET,a FULL FACE HELMET,to protect the back of my head; a friend biker will lend one. this came after i read the comments.,and it's instinctive.......

  • @chineseroller

    @chineseroller

    5 жыл бұрын

    Very Cool

  • @victims89
    @victims899 жыл бұрын

    dude why not land on all four wheels at the same time? seems like a unnecessary hit when the frontwheels´s touching the ground...

  • @victims89

    @victims89

    8 жыл бұрын

    safe how? when you can just fall backwards and hit the back of your head? and it´s the same hit even if you go down on the backwheels, and i cant see that you can have any speed while doing that which make the transportation rather halting...

  • @victims89

    @victims89

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Matthew Peel haha well it depends ive fallen backwards one time and that was because an idiot grabbed me from behind and said here let me help you while i was doing a weehlie but dude it takes to long just to go over a street. and if i want to go down stairs i usually turn around and then grab a hold of the eeh armrest? dont know the word in english and then just reverse down the stairs and it can be really fast.

  • @punky19761

    @punky19761

    8 жыл бұрын

    +thatisnotdead The only time I have fallen from doing a wheelie is one time in 4th grade when I thought one of my friends had ahold of me, so I let go. She didn't have ahold of me lol. I do the same method of going up and down curbs that Paralyzed Living does.

  • @RichardCheshire

    @RichardCheshire

    7 жыл бұрын

    it really doesn't matter as long as you don't land on your front ones first, it's good to learn to land on back wheels if you want to do multiple steps or avoid a pothole on the ground

  • @kotonohakatsura6930
    @kotonohakatsura69307 жыл бұрын

    :/ i hate this. No matter how hard I try I won't be able to do this. Because i have also problems with my visions . ;/

  • @comicstwisted
    @comicstwisted7 жыл бұрын

    parkour!

  • @ghantasalarupa1708
    @ghantasalarupa17084 жыл бұрын

    Hallo I want this wheelchair

  • @casanova1588
    @casanova158811 жыл бұрын

    good vedeo .are u married my freind

  • @hamilton2861
    @hamilton28618 жыл бұрын

    if ure paralised how do u feel like shitting?????