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How to Support a Loved One with Mobility Needs

How to Support a Loved One with Mobility Needs

Mobility challenges can significantly impact the lives of individuals and their loved ones. Whether it's due to a permanent disability or a temporary injury, providing the right support and care is essential to guarantee their comfort, safety, and independence. In this comprehensive guide, here at Karma Mobility, we'll explore various ... Read More >
Wheelchair maintenance checks

Wheelchair Maintenance and Care Guide

Does your wheelchair need maintenance? All wheelchairs require a degree of maintenance to ensure they continue to operate in a way that suits your needs. This is vital to continue the safety, usability and performance, because an incorrectly maintained wheelchair can easily switch from being a tool to improve your ... Read More >
Navigating the Workplace: Wheelchair Users in the Professional World

Navigating the Workplace: Wheelchair Users in the Professional World

Creating an inclusive and accessible workplace environment is essential for ensuring that all employees, including wheelchair users, can perform their jobs effectively and thrive in their careers. Karma Mobility has explored several key workplace adjustments and accommodations that can greatly benefit anyone navigating the professional world as a wheelchair user ... Read More >
Promoting Independence: Assistive Technologies for Wheelchair Users

Promoting Independence: Assistive Technologies for Wheelchair Users

Living with a physical disability can present a range of challenges, particularly when it comes to mobility and independence. However, thanks to advancements in assistive technologies, the lives of wheelchair users have been significantly improved. These technologies not only enhance your ability to move with ease, but also promote greater ... Read More >
Disabled Camping: Planning for a Festival in a Wheelchair

Disabled Camping: Planning for a Festival in a Wheelchair

Festivals are for everyone, whether you’re a food fanatic, music maniac or simply a social butterfly. They are celebrations of life, music, and culture, bringing together people from all walks of life to revel in the magic of collective energy. For individuals with disabilities, these events can offer unique challenges, ... Read More >
Wheelchair Friendly Gyms: A Guide

Wheelchair Friendly Gyms: A Guide

Finding a wheelchair-friendly gym that caters to your specific needs and promotes inclusivity is an essential step towards maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle. However, as a wheelchair user, finding a gym that caters for your needs can prove to be more difficult than it would seem. Accessibility within gyms ... Read More >
What Does Mobility Impairment Mean for You?

What Does Mobility Impairment Mean for You?

Adapting to life with mobility impairment can feel overwhelming, particularly if the news has come following an unexpected injury or illness. At KARMA Mobility, we don’t believe in sugarcoating the difficulties that do arise when you find out that you have become or are going to be disabled. Instead, we ... Read More >
How to Maintain Good Posture in a Wheelchair

How to Maintain Good Posture in a Wheelchair

If you’re experiencing strain and tension in your back, shoulders or neck whilst using your wheelchair then you might need to adjust your posture. Good posture is critical to reducing repetitive strain injury, relieving pressure on your sitting bones, lower back, spine and hips. It also reduces muscle and bone ... Read More >
5 Top Tips for Taking an Accessible Holiday

5 Top Tips for Taking an Accessible Holiday

It can be easy to feel anxious when planning an accessible holiday. Whether you’re travelling solo or with friends, family or a carer, there are many things to consider that able bodied people wouldn’t ever need to think about. Holidays should be a chance to relax, soothe your troubles and ... Read More >
8 adapted sports for an active life

8 adapted sports for an active life

Exercise is a vital ingredient to living a healthy, happy life. It boosts your mental health, increases physical fitness and acts as a social activity to help you meet like minded individuals. If you’re looking for ways to keep active in a wheelchair, then one of the first steps is ... Read More >
The best accessible clothing for wheelchair users

The best accessible clothing for wheelchair users

The challenges you may face as a new wheelchair user can feel difficult to adapt to, particularly if the news has come following an unexpected injury or illness. You may feel like you’ve been given a new body, one that can’t achieve daily tasks as easily as it could before, ... Read More >
5 Top Wheelchair Accessories to Improve Your Mobility

5 Top Wheelchair Accessories to Improve Your Mobility

If you’re a wheelchair user with a busy, active lifestyle then the chances are ease of mobility is your top concern in day-to-day life. Sometimes it can feel like you’re limited in what you’re able to do from the confines of your wheelchair, but choosing the right accessories can help ... Read More >