Regardless of how well-trained your therapist is or how familiar he is with wheelchairs, you know yourself better than anyone else does. And for this reason, you ought to be the one to make the decision on what wheelchair to purchase. You may know of someone who owns a wheelchair from a rehab center, support group or senior organization who can offer you pointers on how to choose a wheelchair based on their knowledge. On the other hand, you must constantly bear in mind that every person is not the same. They can inform you what is best but it may not work for you.

Study and find out how to select the wheelchair that will best fit you. You can ask for product information from the manufacturer as well as acquire information from forums on the Internet. For the interim, you can mull over the subsequent factors below:

• The door widths of your home
• The angles in your home that have sharp turns such as  where your hallway turns into different rooms
• The areas around your toilet bowl or your bathtub
• The clearance of knees to the tables and desks
• Height of shelves and cabinets that you need to reach
• The floor surface in your home (concrete, tile, carpet or packed soil and grass)

You must also think about your means of transportation and the vehicles that you will use.

• Try to consider the size of the vehicle's doors
• The size of the vehicle's trunk
• The public transportation that you will use

Failure to make a thorough inquiry and reflection of these pointers can provide you undesirable results. You may be put in very unlikable situations because of restricted mobility due to the wrong wheelchair. Even worse, your wellbeing will be in jeopardy, such as when going to the shower or toilet. If your footrests are fixed, it will hamper you from getting close to the tub or the bowl causing you to carry yourself. This can be awfully hazardous. You should in no way rush in choosing a wheelchair. It is even prudent to try out as many as you can prior to purchasing so you can be confident that you will obtain the ideal one for you.