Nada Chair - Cerebral Palsy Message Board

KarimsMUM · 07-27-2007, 02:46 AM

Has anyone heard of this?? My sons physio mentioned it to me and I purchased one online. It is actually designed to give back support to adults who sit at the computer a lot. But my son is only three and we have adjusted it.
It's not actually a chair but a padding that goes around your lower back and attached to that are straps that loop around both feet so the child can sit straight with legs out front to stretch the hamstrings. My son loves it and it really works. The straps have a lot of room for growth so it would fit up to approx 10 -12 yo. It's hard to describe (or I'm just bad at it) but I'm sure if anyone is interested you can check it out. They are made in Australia but mail worldwide.
It's a great therapy tool if they are sitting quietly with a video or to practise side playing with crossing arms.
I don't normally promote things but have found this great to avoid w sitting and I used it after botox to limber him up.

batty · 07-28-2007, 01:45 AM

Thanks for the info Karimsmum, I have passed this info onto my physios to see if it would work for my son (I was bunglemc but had to change my avatar name due to restrictions, almost too scared to post anything anymore!!)

KiwiMumandSon · 08-15-2007, 10:06 PM

Thanks KarimsMum, I have a 21 month ols son Timothy who is spastic diplegic. I ordered the nada chair, the Kiddy-up version of their website and it arrived yesterday. I had a go with it myself last night to see how it works and it sure does stretch muscles! Today I sent it down to our neurodevelopmental therapist to have a look at and to get some kind of program in place to use it without overdoing it. We'll see what happens but it looks like it will be useful, so... thanks!
Donna

KarimsMUM · 08-16-2007, 12:09 AM

Glad I could help, I also use it in conjunction with leg braces which I got from Karims specialist team. He uses it to do side playing. A great excercise is to put a box of cars on one side of his legs then an empty box on the other side and get him to transfer from one to the other. Space the boxes from his legs as far as he can reach without tipping over. Good luck with everything!

KarimsMUM · 08-16-2007, 12:11 AM

And also did you notice how handy it is to zip it all into its own carry bag. If your child attends kindy you can even take it there to use when they are sitting in group time.