| The InvaCare 9000 SL manual wheel chair. Call Us Toll Free (866) 8 CARE4U 9 am - 5 PM Pacific Time (which is Toll free (866) 822-7348) Manual Wheel Chair How To’s How to properly use a manual wheel chair or scooter may mean the difference between a pleasant experience and a fall. Just falling into the manual wheel chair, maybe acceptable for a standard chair, but for the manual wheel chair can cause serious injury. Always make sure whether you’re using a manual wheel chair, powerchair or motorized electric wheelchair or power or motorized scooter that the brake is on. Without the brake ‘on’ the chair or scooter can easily slip from out from under you. To get into the manual wheel chair or scooter backup to the seat with the seat properly oriented to catch you. If the seat is a swivel type, make sure that is also locked or fixed into position. Gently bend the knees and feeling with your hands for the seat, lower yourself slowly and carefully. It is usually best to have a physical therapist or physical aide show you how to properly use a manual wheel chair or scooter before your first use. At the very least, since all our products come with comprehensive manuals, please read the manual. This is for your long term enjoyment and comfort in using the manual wheel chair. Similarly it is also very important to make sure that a walker is properly sized. A walker with the handle bars too high will cause strain the shoulders and arms. A walker with the handlebars too low will cause forward leaning increasing the risk of falling and will cause back strain. So it is with the manual wheel chair. Adjustable height arms are not standard, so if you will be alternately working at a desk or will be making long commutes in your manual wheel chair, the adjustable arms will be of real advantage to you. Read more about manual wheel chair here, a, b, c, e Read more about motorized scooters here: a, b, c, d | 
