Wheelchair Skills - Learn how to do a WHEELIE!!
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- WHEELCHAIR SKILLS - LEARN HOW TO DO A WHEELIE!!
In this video I teach how to do a wheelie and I tell you how I learnt. I go through 3 different skills with the wheelie to practise which help you with learning future wheelchair skills.
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Thank you
Thank you for the lessons. I have been walking on crutches for 65 years and now it's time for a wheelchair. This is a difficult time and I need to learn from you younger people. I wish you a good life
I also need this wheelchair
Hi Em, greetings from south Africa.. Truly enjoyed your video.. I am a T8 paraplegic for a year now.. So still relatively new.. Please keep excellent content like this coming.. Much appreciated..
Thanks for mentioning dance moves! I am ambulatory but about to start using a wheelchair because walking has become unbearable. But i love going out to shows and partying and dancing and was worried how to dance still!
With a bit of practise you will find your own way of dancing in the chair and I personally love to break out the wheelie when I can and do some spins haha
@@EmQuattrocchi my manual wheelchair is too old and does not have that bar in the back it is however not a hospital wheelchair but looks more similar to those then yours.
Great video, I can't wait to try. I've been paraplegic for only 6 weeks but I'm unstoppable LOL.
And let's not forget that you are absolutly lovely.
Thank you so much 😊
That’s not long, it’s good to hear you have such a good positive mentality about it all.
Good luck and remember to try first time with a spotter !
I had not my own but a leaning chair, and this chair is not oké.. I wait for my own chair almost for half year now…. This is my first year in a wheelchair … I like your chair, red spikes ❤.. respect, a fall a lot of times when a practice a wheelie 🙈
I love red!!! ❤️
I hope you get your chair soon 🤞
That’s an amazing video Em❤️❤️
Thank you!! 😁
Thanks so much. I am an elderly ambulant wheelchair user with a rare condition known as HSP. Does it take upper body strength or skill to do a wheelie?
Informative but having a good time even though it is difficult. Love your presentation and attitude Em. Warrior princess-👩🏻🦽♿
Thank you! And once you get the wheelie down pat it becomes so much fun! 😆😆😆
Thanks so much for these videos. While I really liked this one, I can't see myself ever learning this as I can't see myself ever being brave enough to try it -- I worry all the time about falling and this looks like a great way to do that.
When I first started learning I was scared to do it but knowing someone was there to stop me from falling, that fear began to fade away.
If you do try it (hope you do) make sure you do it with someone you trust! It’s a lot easier to get over the fear if you trust the person spotting you.
@@EmQuattrocchi That's part of the problem -- I'm not a little slip of a girl. I weigh nearly 370 pounds. I don't really know anyone that I would trust to be able to keep me from falling. That's okay. Just another limitation to work around. Thanks again for all you do -- I've been learning a lot from you.
Definitely learn how to wheelie. Start slow with help from someone. It's really easy and opens up a world of mobility with this trick. Practice on carpet.. the carpet will make it easier because the wheels sink in a little bit. This is a must to know how to do in a wheel chair. And I promise you, once you get it, it's stupid easy.
Awesome job.
Thank you! 😁
Wow these are some cool moves Em 😎😎😎
Thank you! 😁😎
Thank you so much for this, as I’m a 55 year old male who just got admitted into my first wheelchair, as I’m losing my ability to walk.
My chair is the TiLite Aero Zed, which I got after two years of arguing at my insurer. Having gotten my chair just two weeks ago, I’m still learning the very basics. However I managed to wheel about two miles at the local mall, which I would never have walked previously with crutches and braces.
Thank you again for your channel, and your personality is just so pleasant here on CZcams.
Happily Subscribed.
Cheers and God Bless
I’m so glad to hear that you finally got your wheelchair, they do make life a lot easier for people who need them!!
I’m hoping your wheelchair skills have improved and your rolling around nice and easy.
Thank you so much and I’m so happy you like my videos!!
This is great for people who are learning these skills Em, but also for people to understand how much you have to learn, develop and practice when you become paraplegic. You are doing so awesome...
Oh and I recognise that gravel driveway footage 😂😂
Yeah I hope this video can help at least one person with their wheelchair skills!!!
Thank you very much. It's very important to paraplegia people.
Thanks, I hope my video helps people 😊
My left hand doesn't work that well . Can I use one hand when I do a wheelie
What a beautiful woman!
Thank you 😊
After 20 years as a para, im still trying. Inner ear problem makes the world spin when i tip back to much.
That’s good your still trying! I hope your inner ear problem gets better.
I can surely identify with that as I lost 70% of my hearing and suffer from Vertigo and balance issues back in 2015.
Praying for ya mate,
God Bless.
does this take a lot of upper body strength? or is it more just about finding the balance point? I'd really like to start self propelling instead of relying on electric chair but I am worried I won't have the upper body strength
The wheelie takes a little bit of strength but more balance. What needs more strength is pushing up hills!
Hey there. Cool video. Ive been practicing in the wheelchair that I have, which is a loaner from the NHS here in the UK, so its quite heavy being a self propelled one. A problem I seem to be having is that the chair wants to drag to the left a lot, like as if I'm spinning stronger on one side than the other. Is this something that you experienced when you first learned to use a wheelchair and if so, how did you overcome it? Cheers. :o)
A good test which I have been told to do before is this, on a flat surface do a push and let the chair roll,
- if it rolls to the left or right and not straight that means that the chair may need to be adjusted. Which means you need to take it to someone to adjust.
-If it rolls straight then it’s more likely to do with how you are pushing so perhaps getting more strength in the arm on the harder side or perhaps it’s the pushing technique you are using?
Hope that make sense?
The only time I have struggled with that is when I’m pushing on paths that aren’t flat and lean toward the road (if that makes sense) so I have to work harder on one arm to keep myself straight and work less on the other arm.
@@EmQuattrocchi Hey there. :o) Thanks for your response. Yeah, I had to adjust the breaks slightly when I got it, so it may be that there needs to be an adjustment to the forks or something - I will try what you suggested. The pushing technique I'm using is based on an oval (start,just past the top of the rim towards the back, push through, bring the hands up again, repeat). It may be that I need to use a slightly different technique.
I think the problem is likely to be that I'm trying to compensate for the camber of the road/surface, and I'm overdoing it - things are very rarely flat, as you say there is often a lean in them. The trick (so Ive heard) is to get on top of the camber if possible, to minimise the effect of the incline, so that is something I'm going to work on. I'm sure I'll get there, its only the second time Ive used it (still very much in the practicing stage an the moment)! Thankyou again for your response and I hope all is well, hon. :o) x
@@Feenix102 Sounds like you are pushing correctly, bringing hands back enough for a strong push forward.
When there's a big angle you can try just pushing on one hand and then letting wheel rim glide through other hand, doesn't always work but when it's angled enough and down hill works a treat 😁
hi i am paralegic i like that skills and your wheelchair looks beautiful what kind of wheelchair is that
Hi, thank you so much! I love my wheelchair 😀I replied to your other comment too, it's a TiLite wheelchair.
you welcome i appreciate your replies
I cant do ittttt
Give it another try with someone spotting? It took me a while before I could do it.
But if it’s not possible due to your functional capabilities then there might be alternative ways if you search on CZcams. 😊
new to in a wheelchair i still cant find the blance point any tips?
It took a little bit for me till I found it. You kind of just have to keep practising with someone spotting you. You can have a leader board for yourself to time how long you can stay up before your wheels drop back down.
Im sorry I don’t really have any more tips to help!
Very easy for me and run 5 km
That’s good they are easy for you 😁
can be hard for some
practice on carpet... not only is it soft if you fall back... but it's much easier to learn stalls because the back wheels get some stabalization from being sunk into the carpet a little bit.
Good suggestion! 😁
How do you do a wheelie when you have only one usable hand?
It would depend a lot on your trunk function, type of chair, set up of chair and body type if you would be able to do that. For example if the axel on your chair is more forward which means your chair is more tippy, it is possible to actually get into a wheelie with no hands. But with a chair that is tippier means it’s easier to tip back when going up hill and over bumps. It would be best to talk to one of your health care professionals or wheelchair suppliers to help you figure out what works best for you.
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I appreciate your video, but the chairs center of gravity is the first thing to discuss and adjust. So many people in chairs aren’t familiar with this and if the chair isn’t setup right, trying to wheelie seems impossible for the less confident. I’m able to get the casters off the ground without even touching the handrims. Enormous effort is needed to wheelie a bad center of gravity chair.
Yeah as I mention in the video everyone's chair has a different balance point.
That's because every wheelchair set up is different for everybody and if people want to look at changing their axel position to make their chair lighter/more tippy they should consult their physio or OT, but thank you! you have pointed out that I need to do a video on talking about the set up of the wheelchair and how it can affect your wheelchair skills.
I'm not a health professional haha just sharing things I have learned 😁
But I do realise now it was wrong for me to say everyone in a wheelchair should know how to do a wheelie because it is dependent on the individuals condition, they may not have the strength or control to be able to do a wheelie.
Thank you again!!!!
Em Quattrocchi Id suggest most users become familiar with adjusting their own chair. Wheelchairs are a very weird thing. Some see them as a medical device, some see them as a mechanical device, when I feel they are actually both. More often than not, a wheelchair supply company has minimally trained staff that adjust and tinkers with the chair. Learn and do it yourself.