Wheelchairs
Drive Medical General Use 2" Gel "E" Wheelchair Seat Cushion, Dark Blue, 18" x 16" x 2"
(Health and Beauty) Drive Medical
Release date: 2009-11-06
Designed for clients who are at low risk for skin breakdown
Standard Size 18"x16"x2"
Top of cushion cover is water resistant and vapor permeable
Price:
$66.30
$27.23
Answers
i'm looking for a professional one, and i found plenty at 1800wheelchais.com but dont know which is best... air, gel, foam... any ideeas?
I used to work as a nurse and for people who had this issue, we used the very expensive gel pads..the thick ones, and those seemed to be best at both preventing pain and keeping the person from getting open areas from prolonged sitting.
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Gel Foam Seat Cushion and How it Will Make Your Life Better
Gel seat cushions are recommended by leading othropedits and general practitioners of medicine around the globe. And not only do these seat cushions help relieve back pain the also help you to sit for a much longer duration in the same place. Not only are these gel seat cushions a boon to those individuals already suffer from back problems such as in that case, spondylitis, scoliosis and the like; they are extremely beneficial for everybody else in their daily use.
The biggest complaint that many patients report is the pain that they feel at the point of contact. This is the point where the tail bone meets whatever surface an individual is seated on. The reason that this is such a widely reported phenomena is because the point of contact is where the body exerts the most weight as well as the pressure on the seat of the chair. Not only does sitting in the same spot for prolonged periods cause extensive discomfort and fatigue, it can also, over repeated days was in the back condition that you may be suffering from. In some, more extreme cases this pain can exasperate into a new condition by itself, this means that even if you were not suffering from a backache you may now be on the part of contracting a chronic back condition.
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