Several other human beings require wheelchairs for different uses. Few people use a wheelchair for short interval while others use it for lifetime. Which many other processes you use them might be different but one aspect is for sure, the present modern wheelchair is a modern miracle in design in comparison to 100 years ago.

Wheelchairs are of two varieties, first one is the power wheelchair and the second one is the manual wheelchair. Both have drawbacks & merits. The manual wheel chair is categorised into two classes, the rigid and the folding frame. The folding wheelchair can be folded easily (wheel against wheel) for simple packed carrying.

The demerit of the folding frame wheelchair is that it is more bulky than an one piece rigid frame. The one piece rigid frames have no scissor arms that are essential for folding hence, it is much light in weight. Rigid frames wheelchairs are sometimes referred to as sport wheelchairs.

We have powered as well as manual wheelchairs to choose. The benefits of each type of wheelchair are differentiated with demerits. The manual wheel chair gives the buyer a bodily workout in arm exercise. The power wheel chair gives you a 20 mile reach in easy travelling. However the executing gives no physical stresses at all.