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Bottom’s Up Bars® (BUB®)

Advocate Medical Services is proud to be the exclusive international distributor for the The Bottom’s Up Bars® (BUB®). Everyone who uses a wheelchair understands the physical and mental challenges associated with getting up from the floor into the chair and vice versa without someone there to assist in the transfer.

The Bottom’s Up Bars® (BUB®) make it possible for a wheelchair user to independently move down to the floor from the chair or up into the chair from the floor, without needing to ask for a lift - creating an overwhelming sense of accomplishment via the ability to achieve a task which never before seemed possible.
 

BUB® improves:

  • Strength
  • Coordination
  • Functional Skills
  • Self-Esteem
  • Confidence
  • Independence

 

BUB® improves exercise - Activities are safer without the risk of falling from a bed or table:

  • Range of motion increases
  • Ability to practice yoga
  • Participate in weightlifting
  • Stretching

 

 

BUB® improves recreational - Suited for indoor or outdoor:
  • Swimming/Scuba
  • Diving/Hot Tub
  • Gardening
  • Camping
  • Sunbathing
  • Picnics
  • Watching TV
  • Playing with children/pets
  • Floor Games

 

 

BUB® improves safety:

  • After a fall, it is easy to get back into the wheelchair
 

According to Larry Upright, a 25-year old spinal cord injury survivor,

“I can remember like it was yesterday my first trip in my wheelchair. As I wheeled out of the front door of my house, I neglected to remember that 6-inch step into and out of the house. You can’t even imagine the embarrassment I felt sitting on the ground wondering how I would ever get back into my wheelchair. In the past, I have spent hours on the floor waiting for someone to help me back into my chair – or I have injured myself struggling to climb back up on my own. The Bottoms Up Bars® could have diffused these situations; it should be a basic piece of equipment for anyone with a spinal cord injury.” 

Bottom’s Up Bars® are $399 each plus shipping.
For more information or to order call
Advocate Medical Services today at 877-968-7267.