Prescriptive powered add-ons are where the seriously transformative potential of electronics meets manual wheelchairs – in style. Big names such as TriRide particularly specialise in producing these sorts of products. For active manual wheelchair users, these can take accessibility to new heights. That’s literal new heights in the case of the mountain-terrain adapted TriRide models, such as the Special Compact HT Allroad shown above. It’s a bit of a beast, as you can probably tell just by looking at it. And, also notable, is the level of customisation available with this, and many other models. Indeed, even a tetraplegic configuration is available on request. What the application of high-end powered technology to manual wheelchairs allows for is remarkable. Users will be able to experience and enjoy a new lease on life.
High Performance On and Off-Road
As you can imagine, the world of prescriptive powered add-ons is constantly producing more advanced mobility solutions. New models regularly come onto the market. As always, we at Lifestyle & Mobility will be keeping up to date with the latest in add-on developments, striving to ensure that our customers get the biggest and best selection out there.
Lately Sunrise Medical have released some new and exciting powered options for manual wheelchair enhancement. As you would expect, given the level of power which some of these products can put at your fingertips, a lot of R&D goes into them. A case in point would be the Empulse R20, shown at right.
Obviously, safety is paramount with these items. For this reason, Lifestyle & Mobility’s experienced assessment team offer free in-home demonstrations and assessments whenever possible. This isn’t just to make sure that you are safe when using one of these machines, but to ensure that you’ll be able to get the most out of your new mobility product.
The highest of performance standards and the best of modern engineering are not only confined to off-road products, of course. That R90 is ideal for use on manmade surfaces, whilst the Permobil Mototronik, can do a bit of on and off-road.
There’s some seriously impressive stuff to discover when it comes to prescriptive powered add-ons – so, why not start your journey today, with Lifestyle & Mobility!