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Equipment Barriers and Solutions (Mobility)


Barriers

Solutions

Simple/Low cost

Involved / High cost

Spaces between the equipment are too narrow

Ask staff to move one of each type of equipment to the end of the aisle where there is extra floor space

Rearrange equipment to provide 36 inches of clear floor space in front of strength equipment and between aisles of cardio equipment

It is difficult to transfer onto strength training equipment

 

 

 

Ask a staff member to assist you to transfer onto equipment. Use an assistive device, such as a transfer board, to make moving from your wheelchair to the equipment easier

Purchase equipment with removable or swing-away seats to allow a wheelchair user to stay in their chair
PICTURE: A wheelchair user, can access this strength training equipment, without transferring, because the seat swings out of the way.

Man in a wheel chair using an upper body cycle at a fitness center
Many upper body cycles allow for use without having to transfer out of a wheelchair

 

No equipment is available for cardiovascular exercise for someone who can only use their arms

Work with staff to find other ways to increase your heart rate, such as using free weights or pushing wheelchair on the track (if they have one)

Purchase a hand cycle-type ergometer that offers upper body exercise

PICTURES: Wheelchair user using a hand cycle-type ergometer. Woman seated in a chair using a hand cycle-type ergometer

Wheel chair user exercising on a table-top upper body cycle
Wheel chair user exercising on a table-top upper body cycle

 


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