{"id":3281,"date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t1281b77|8"},"modified":"2020-12-07T14:53:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T13:53:14","slug":"tip-go-down-a-curb-in-a-wheelchair-1281","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/tip-go-down-a-curb-in-a-wheelchair-1281","title":{"rendered":"Go down a curb in a wheelchair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u00c5ka nerf\u00f6r en trottoarkant med rullstol\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FZI6TRNzBAE?list=PLIMr-SaAYrMOqimQEQaBNwFfvzLYRr6Tr\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nUser drives down a curb (video)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Beskr\">The user drives until the castors are right at the edge, he grabs the push rims at the back, and drives out over the edge in a low balanced position and lands on all four wheels. Then he opens his grip and lets the push rims slide in his hands. He keeps his upper body fairly straight.<\/p>\n<p>Description of technique according to the book \u2018Drivkraft\u2019 [Driving force] by Ake Norsten, see below. The book is available in Swedish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bkom\"><strong>Users comments<\/strong><br \/>\nThe easiest and safest way to go down a curb is to land on all four wheels. For higher curbs and in narrow spaces, go over the edge balanced on the rear wheels and land on the drive wheels.<\/p>\n<p>For a description of more driving techniques, see the book \u2018Drivkraft k\u00f6rergononmi, rullstolsteknik &amp; metodik\u2019 [Driving force driving ergonomics, wheelchair techniques and methods] by \u00c5ke Norsten. The book is available in Swedish and may be ordered from Spinalis, <a href=\"https:\/\/spinalis.se\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spinalis.se\/?lang=en<\/a> or Aleris Rehabstation Stockholm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aleris.se\/rehabstation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aleris.se\/rehabstation<\/a>\u00a0(last checked December 2020).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53399\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53399\" class=\"wp-image-53399 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1281_77_2_600.jpg\" alt=\"User drives down a curb\" width=\"458\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1281_77_2_600.jpg 458w, https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1281_77_2_600-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-53399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">User drives down a curb<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technique for people with strong arms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":53399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[310],"tags":[461],"class_list":["post-3281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-about-moving-around-by-wheelchair-10","tag-authors_v8","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1281_77_2_600.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}