Walking with braces and crutches outside (Wheelchair user) (Paraplegic)

[cream981]

will you ever be able to get surgery to fix it? u r amazing but i just feel bad for you :( please respond

[WheelzOfFortune]

@cream981 As far as I know, there is no type of surgery that would fix the issue at this point.

[cream981]

will you ever be able to get surgery to fix it? u r amazing but i just feel bad for you :(

[susancish]

Well done you even more! I know walking with SCI injury is even harder than with polio!

[susancish]

you walk very well considering what you have to use - i was wondering if you had polio? I had polio 50 years ago and have always had to wear braces from the chest down ever since - but I was never as good at walking as you are - well done!

[WheelzOfFortune]

@susancish Hi and thanks for the comment. =) I do not have polio nor did I ever have it. I used a wheelchair and braces/crutches because of a spinal cord injury.

Have a good one!

[niggaplease1219]

Haha, you're going fast as hell on the crutches. Just a question, do you enjoy your crutches? Like do you feel as if you have increased mobility? I know they can be a pain, I'm not disabled, but have been on crutches the last four months from multiple tibia breaks. Thanks for reading :)

[WheelzOfFortune]

@niggaplease1219 Hoooo, boy. No. I don't really enjoy being in/using my braces.  They are a pain in the butt. However, I realize that they are helpful in terms of maintaining a health body, so that is why I still use them.

[j27steiner]

Incredible work buddy. I'm a quad myself so I can totally appreciate the difficulty. Keep on keepin on!

[WheelzOfFortune]

@j27steiner Thanks =)

[antonio1jh]

I have heard of a lift but over here I think it usually refers to an internal wedge in the footwear, apparently some people wear them just to be taller!

[WheelzOfFortune]

@antonio1jh Yeah, they certainly do. I think that is what it is called. Maybe I'm wrong.  *shrug*

[antonio1jh]

You never did tell me if the right shoe was heavy and get that hip lock fixed before you end up in a heap!

Any snow your way?

[WheelzOfFortune]

@antonio1jh It doesn't feel any heavier than the other when I'm walking around. ...and no, thankfully there was no snow in my area.

[ABSPTA]

You are so awesome! I have been watching your videos and am completely blown away. I stummbled on to them looking for something else, all I can say is WOW! I am a Student Physical Therapist Assistant and I hope I can one day help someone to be able to live as well as you seem to be with your paraplegia.

[WheelzOfFortune]

@ABSPTA Thanks for the kind words and good luck with your career!

[CandideSF]

East Coast Summers....so nice and warm....no mosquitoes?

Might be divots in the lawn...and all those roots to swing over....at least the street looks perfect for a stroll...thanks

[handihomo]

why do you not learn climbing a stair? you have big nuscles in arms ti do that!

[mapleclose]

Your hip-hop look, Joseph is stupendous .. just like you always are :)

[WheelzOfFortune]

@mapleclose :-p Thanks!

[MsKirstag]

@Wheelz The guy who talks in the video is right, you do look good from behind ;)

I help out at the riding for the disabled club near where I live. I showed one of the boys who attends some of your videos and the comments you have received as he had been feeling pretty down about his wheelchair recently and just wasn't himself. He loved them an went home and watched more!! I've even started seeing his cheeky personality coming through again. I promised I'd mention him in the next comment I poste

[WheelzOfFortune]

@MsKirstag LOL! That's my friend, Carl. He was staying at my house for the weekend.

I'm so glad to hear that the boy you know has been helped by my videos. Thank you for mentioning that. :-D

[antonio1jh]

The shoe with the thick sole is called a build up over here, what do you call them?

[WheelzOfFortune]

@antonio1jh A lift.

[antonio1jh]

Love the rear view of those fantastic shoulders! Is the buildup heavy?

[WheelzOfFortune]

@antonio1jh Thanks. What do you mean by the build up?

[crutchalong7]

As always, fantastic to watch (and enjoy) you and your adventures!

[WheelzOfFortune]

@crutchalong7 Thanks =)

[bobo81b]

Wow, you are really cruising along! Even with your good upper body strength, I bet it gets pretty tiring. I assume you've got special braces on so you can be supported on your legs? In any case, I am impressed - keep up the great work!

[WheelzOfFortune]

@bobo81b Oh yeah, lol, my braces are underneath the pants. I didn't want to walk around outside with just underwear on. :-p

[anthonykingatl]

Oh BTW - would you please stay out of the middle of the road with your forays? While you are nothing to write home about, you are still my dear youtube Wheelz friend. (LOL) Would not want to lose you from an itinerant speeding auto. Jeez! What is it with you super-crips?

[WheelzOfFortune]

@anthonykingatl (I stay in the middle because the sides of the road are tilted and it makes walking more difficult.) People can drive around me. *struts*

[anthonykingatl]

Oh BTW - would you please stay out of the middle of the road with your forays? While you are nothing to write home about, you are still my dear youtube Wheelz friend. (LOL) Would not want to lose you from an itinerant speeding auto. Jeez!

[anthonykingatl]

@ Wheelz - forgive me for offering an opinion on something for which I know nothing - but I think your crutches are too long. Wouldn't it be a lot easier to crutch if your arms were straight against your body. At any rate - you go my friend! PS - is there anything you can't do? Just curious.

[WheelzOfFortune]

@anthonykingatl It is very possible that I have "bad form" in terms of using my crutches as it has been a long long time since I had any supervised physical therapy.

[devman1950]

Somehow the hip hop look just isn't you..:( And I be the wheelchair is a lot easier than the crutches, right?

[shortrightleg77]

great upper body strength! u can go pretty well! Good for you!

[WheelzOfFortune]

@shortrightleg77 Thanks! =)

[frostychestnut]

Yo! Wheelz MC iz in the hood! Street style :-p

Just wondering: aren't your crutches too high?

[WheelzOfFortune]

@frostychestnut They might be. I think I need new ones, tbh. Before filming this video I noticed that the holes on the crutches don't match. *shrug*

[mike1837]

If determination was money you would be a multi millionaire!

[WheelzOfFortune]

@mike1837 Yes, if only.

[coaster7]

Brilliant walking......you should be in the Olympic Gold crutchwalkers' marathon! What a super neighbourhood too (see my Brit spelling there - haha!). Love your cool built-up boot - great there with your hip-hop pants! What a looker you are!

[WheelzOfFortune]

@coaster7 :-p Thanky.

[ij0511]

AMAZING How well you manage Swinging thorugh with both legs is exhausting work I rarely do it I am lucky I can mange to swing one leg at a time and I only have kafo's Does not the back part of your brace rub you ? You can see your torso moving up and don in it and like me you look as though you find it more difficult walking on grass You are to admired

[WheelzOfFortune]

@ij0511 No doubt. It is definitely harder to walk on grass. I was being extra careful, which slowed me down even more, because there are a lot of divots on my lawn.

[handihomo]

you walk also very speedly with crutches! cab you also clim stairs?

[WheelzOfFortune]

@handihomo I can, but it has been so long I probably would have to relearn. =\ I'm sure it is like riding a...err... :-p

[protrudingears]

Thank you for the video, very good one. I know that now, from what you are so muscular! :-)

My heart hurts when I see your paralyzed legs :-(

[klump1953]

super strong boy

super video

peter