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NEWS
Apple Watch to Track Wheelchair Users’ Fitness
Move over, Fitbit; the Apple Watch will be counting wheelchair pushes and measuring wheelers’ fitness with an app update later this year. While many people have tried adapting fitness trackers to assess wheelchair activity instead of counting steps, there is nothing like technology set up for that very purpose. It will even calculate calories burned when you change surfaces, since wheeling on a rug uses more energy than gliding on a hardwood floor.
TRENDING NOW
When People Ask, ‘Can You Have Sex?’
The next time a complete stranger taps you on the shoulder and asks about your sexy times, just send them to this surprisingly well-written article on Broadly, a women’s news channel on vice.com. It features interviews with knowledgeable women and men with disabilities and gets all the details and imagery right. A NSFW miracle!
PRO TIPS
That Crunching Sound in Your Back is Not Good
If you have localized low back pain, a change in spasticity, or an audible grinding or clicking in your spine, you might have “Charcot spine,” a progressive disentegration of the vertebrae below the level of sensation. The condition causes instability, worsening scoliosis and severe sweating and dysreflexia. Some people have found relief with surgery to fuse vertebrae and straighten the spine.
Standing Wheelchair Story Needs Your Expertise
This is a chance to share YOUR pro tips. Have you tried or purchased a standing chair? What have you learned that you can share with other readers? Contact writer Maureen Gazda, and let her know that you’d like to be interviewed about your experience.
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