C6 Quadriplegic - Bed Mobility & Transferring

I demonstrate my methods of bed mobility and bed transferring:
-chair to bed
-using spasticity
-leg-by-leg
-the egg roll
-long sit
-prone position
-bed to chair

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Tags:

• c6
• quadriplegic
• bed
• mobility
• transferring
• wheelchair
• paralyzed
• prone
• position
• egg
• roll
• spasticity
• spasm
• long
• sit
• sleep

[paddleskipaddle]

Excellent video, I'm injured at c7

[garrettjasongreer]

@paddleskipaddle thank you and hi!

[psftrr]

Thank you for your answer, I think your youtube-vids can be very very useful.

I have some other questions for you...

1) Can you get dressed by your own? Can you show us how you do it?

2) Can you take a shower independently?

3) Do you need to use a catheter?

[garrettjasongreer]

@psftrr

1) Yes I can dress myself in bed and in my chair. My next video will show how I dress in my chair.

2) Yes I can shower independently and will show that sometime in the near future. However, I still need assistance with the insertion of my enema during bowel program.

3) Yes I self-catheterize using a catheter and bag set. I will also demonstrate this in an upcoming video.

[garrettjasongreer]

@psftrr no worries I was just having a laugh. However I'm not in any rush to make a video about my spasms. They are not that overwhelming I just have a few spasms that I can use functionally and some spasms that are tough on me. Mostly, my spasms want to straighten me out like a board or my core just becomes rock hard. I have also had some spasms that have completely tossed me out of my chair. But I never have those "restless leg syndrome" type of spasms.

[ruz2g]

awesome...stay strong & positive -Ruz2g

[justintex1]

I sleep on my stomach and side also for the same reason.  Do you always us an enema? How often? I take ducolax that way i dont have to have any one shoving anything up my butt.. I have had to give my self an enema before and that was a sucking disaster. Any other suggestions.

[justintex1]

After you get in bed at night, how do you cover up and get out from under the covers in the morning. That is always a problem.

[fazer386]

Excellent techniques, thanks for sharing. I'm a few years post with the same injury level. You appear tall and fit. Do longer arms help? 

[Counterbrilliance]

It would be so much easier with a hoist! lol.

[eml05002]

Hi Garrett, I'm a PT student studying right now for some exams. I appreciate you uploading a video like this I haven't had a chance to work with a patient with a C6 injury and wanted to say thanks for sharing. Like to see you using the spasticity to your advantage!