grandmommyk
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- Joined
- Jan 30, 2011
- Messages
- 121
- Reason
- CALS
- Diagnosis
- 07/1995
- Country
- US
- State
- TX
- City
- Spring
A while back someone posted a link to a website that showed different slings. I was wondering if someone still has that link.
We have 2 lifts, a Trixie lift that the VA got us years ago and a hoyer that we got from the MDA loan closet. We also have multiple slings. I can use both lifts and have watched demos on the the internet as to the proper way to use them. My problem is that regardless of what sling or lift we use, the parts of the sling that go under the legs do not stay there once I start lifting him. I asked a PT at the VA about this and she said she had never figured out how to keep them from sliding up to what she referred to as "the ballpark area".
They don't seem to have this problem with the videos I watch on the internet, and I can't really see anything that I am doing differently.
Any suggestions?
Thank you,
Karen
We have 2 lifts, a Trixie lift that the VA got us years ago and a hoyer that we got from the MDA loan closet. We also have multiple slings. I can use both lifts and have watched demos on the the internet as to the proper way to use them. My problem is that regardless of what sling or lift we use, the parts of the sling that go under the legs do not stay there once I start lifting him. I asked a PT at the VA about this and she said she had never figured out how to keep them from sliding up to what she referred to as "the ballpark area".
They don't seem to have this problem with the videos I watch on the internet, and I can't really see anything that I am doing differently.
Any suggestions?
Thank you,
Karen