Comments on: motorized wheelchair

By: Tammara

Tammara — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:42:23 +0000

I bet that someone who is confined to an old manual wheel chair has probably got some massive arm muscles and could probably put a regular person to their knees with a handshake… using their hands and arms all the time like that.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:43:01 +0000

Right. And if a person really wanted to buy one of those old electric wheel chairs I am almost positive that all they would have to do is to go to Ebay and search for one there. That place has anything you could ever think of.

By: Sudie

Sudie — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:42:20 +0000

I believe that the electric wheel chair was the progenitor of the modern day mobility scooter. But I think that you can still find a few of those old type motorized wheel chairs at some of the older nursing homes and places like that.

By: Cher

Cher — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:42:23 +0000

I remember as a kid those visions of all those Vietnam veterans coming back to the states in wheelchairs. That one guy in particular, Bo Gritz I think his name is. Is he still alive? I think he ran for president or something didn’t he?

By: Hattie

Hattie — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:42:18 +0000

Yea I remember those games too. The basketball games are what I remember in particular. How those guys could propel their wheel chairs with their hands, stop on a dime, catch the ball and then shoot it in the basket was just amazing to me.

By: Barton

Barton — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:42:27 +0000

I remember when I was a kid they used to have those special Olympics for people in wheelchairs. At the time they only had manual wheelchairs and that was a lot of work for those people.

By: Francesca

Francesca — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:42:14 +0000

That last person is right. There are plenty of workout routines that you can find on the internet that are custom made for those people who have mobility issues. Just do a search for exercise routines or something like that.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:42:12 +0000

Look old guy: you are just taking advantage of the new technology, there is nothing wrong with that is there? If you need to get some exercise, then go get some. You don’t just have to do workouts from that chair you’re in!