David Gillon

So my wheelchair fitting included the wheelchair tech confirming that my pelvis is rotated right side forward and elevated on one side (he didn't say which), to the point my right knee sticks out an inch in front of the left. I actually suspect I know what's causing the twist, I've a habit of sitting with my left foot tucked under me. Ironically I do it because it makes me feel more stable and offloads my SI joint. I've been thinking some more about the problem in the past couple of days, firstly in respect of whether I need to do anything about it and secondly in relation to the chair.

Bendy types, any thoughts on the general implications? Flag it up to GP given all my sitting issues? Or just file it under 'Bendy bodies are borked'? One of my bendy friends on FB pointed out it could be scoliosis, which might make it something I should get looked at. I've had functional (i.e. non-structural) scoliosis in the past, and it clearly gets worse at times with things being pulled up on the left (I got home from one train journey last year, lay down to stretch out and discovered I'd suddenly acquired a 3" leg length discrepancy (there's normally a very slight one), which faded away over the next couple of days. On the probably-not-scoliosis front, the tech noted my shoulders were level and my navel on the centreline (well, when sitting anyway).

Wheelie types, any thought on the implications for chair/cushion? I asked about cushions, given they had me sitting on a chair* that happened to have a Jay Lite on it (and trying to plant the idea he should specify that), and he said they'd probably give me something he called a 'pudgy', which sounded like your basic memory foam block. I'm going to argue they should at least be specifying something contoured, but all thoughts gratefully received.  I will buy something better if need be, but I'd prefer to argue them into providing it (he did say I could come back to them if I was having issues). I think the difference between us on cushions is he's only concerned with the cushion as a means of preventing pressure sores, where I'm a low risk, while I'm looking at it in combination with the chair as a combined system to avoid irritating my bendy pelvis, where I'm demonstrably very high risk, but not for something that's one of their performance metrics.

** And even with the Lite I was having some pain sitting, though that was something that had appeared before I transferred onto it.