Do any of you know of any resistance exercises for the legs for people in wheelchairs?

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Answer by FreeSpirit
Below is a couple website that give exercise for people in wheelchairs. Hope that helps. It is important for people to exercise, especially people in wheelchairs, to prevent the body from wearing down.

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Answer by Maria
Water Ballon Toss- this is great because it’s hot outside now and they will have fun with it (whether they drop it or not).

You could also do a rally race to a finish line…..maybe basketball, not sure how much access you have to these kinds of facilities but most organizations will help you out with things like this for free.

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Answer by leener
High population of retirees

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Answer by Nani
Do volunteer Work in a nursing home or in a hospital. If you ever have to be a patient in most hospitals, you will have to ride in one when you are discharged. They really are fun. When we took care of my grandma, my boys would fight over riding in her wheelchair, when she was laying down. I have a friend who is dreadfully afraid of Libraries! It’s very serious for her. She is just now able to go in for short periods of time and she is a grown mother of two.

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Retried Prichard Employees Protest
PRICHARD, Alabama – But, Prichard City Council again rejects partial pension payments Former police and city workers in Prichard are upset and angry. Pensioners who haven’t been paid in two years thought the city would pay up Thursday. But, that didn’t happen. About fifty Prichard pensioners and their supporters came on foot and in wheelchairs for a protest. They carried signs saying things like …
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CJPS In Deal For Wheelchair Technology
Auburn Hills-based CJPS Medical Systems said Thursday that it has entered into an exclusive worldwide technology license agreement with Independence Technology LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company, to manufacture and distribute a novel power-assist technology to enhance manual wheelchairs
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Columbia Crest holds wheelchair parade
MOSES LAKE – Residents at Columbia Crest Care & Rehabilitation Center in Moses Lake paraded in their wheelchairs Monday to celebrate National Nursing Home Week.
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Trap Shooters on Wheels
The Sittin’ Ducks is practicing for league competition. Unlike the other 26 teams, these men shoot from wheelchairs.
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Answer by novice
I am legally blind and I am hearing impaired…so:
A lot of buildings which I have to enter do not have a wheelchair ramp right next to the steps—you have to go to another side of the building to access it with a wheelchair. When I need an elevator I am at a total loss….the elevators got a ding-dong sound when they come but not loud enough to distinguish when background noise is at a high level(as is the case in most hospital buildings). Additionally, rotating doors often are placed at an entrance with no door at the side to choose–again, you have to go somewhere else in the building to find a normal door. Sidewalks are often rough—they are not well maintained and I can see how people in a wheelchair have a hard time getting forward on them—and at some curbs there is still no wheelchair ramp making it impossible for persons in wheelchairs to croos a street. Street lights are pretty much the worst: I think that they should have a beeper so that blind people know when to cross—hearing impaired people can often hear the beep with hearing aids on, but if they are totally deaf, I don’t really see how they can make it in busy areas……looks to me like a lot of work still needs to be done…..

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