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The Modified Jogging Stroller

THE PROBLEM:   A 6 year-old with cerebral palsy was unable to walk and her parents had been using a jogging stroller to take her to the beach and on rough terrain. She had outgrown the stroller and her feet tended to become caught in the front wheel spokes. New strollers did not come large enough to suit her and are expensive.

THE SOLUTION: The existing stroller was modified by installing a new higher seat cushion higher in the existing fabric seat. The cushion was fabricated, taped, and sewn using a piece of nylon plate (for rigidity) on the bottom, foam and canvas to cover. This seat assembly was supported by canvas that was velcroed to the sides of the existing seat. This allows the seat to be adjusted. A brick counterweight was taped to the existing footpads to balance the higher centre of gravity.

The existing rain canopy was too low for the patient seated in her new position so a new frame was made for the rain canopy. The new frame was bent out of steel wire (from an election campaign poster that sticks in the ground with printed plastic covering it, proving the political process can sometimes be productive in BC).

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