The New Rifton Seating Worksheet
Rifton provides quality customer service and continually seeks ways to improve a customer’s experience when interacting with us. Recently we have improved our seating recommendation services to help...
Elena Noble, MPT
Blog Editor
Dynamic Seating and Pelvic Positioning
The human body is designed to move. Movement is vital in keeping the body’s systems healthy and functioning. Without movement, function is lost, muscles weaken and skin is at risk of breaking down. Conditions...
MOVE for Adults in Action in Bakersfield
Bakersfield ARC (BARC) MOVE for Adults program is the perfect solution for supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. On my first visit to Bakersfield, California, in 2008 to take...
The Rifton TRAM Named as Finalist in the 2013 Medical Design Excellence Awards
We are thrilled to announce that the Rifton TRAM has been selected as a finalist in the 15th Annual Medical Design Excellence Awards competition. The Medical Design Excellence Awards are the industry’s...
Evidence Update: Early Mobility in the ICU
Early Intensive Care Mobilization Proves Important Since introducing our Pacer XL gait trainer and, more recently, our Rifton TRAM, we have been introduced to a growing body of clinicians...
Guidelines for Functional Use of the Rifton Dynamic Stander
As its name suggests, the Rifton Dynamic Stander combines all the benefits of mobility with a supportive standing frame. It is far more than prone or supine standers which are passive positioning devices....
Rifton TRAM Aids Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: A Testimonial
Contributed By Mark Horning and Rachel LeBlanc [caption id="attachment_4532" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Grandpa Jim using the TRAM a few weeks after his stroke"][/caption] Our...
Merry Christmas from Rifton
Ben and Magda Barth, longtime Rifton workers, received a baby in August. This Christmas we bring you her story. Magda writes: As a shooting star blazes through a night sky, so Emily entered our world:...
A Perfect Christmas Gift
On December 20th a children’s charity in Pittsburgh is planning to give dozens of children in Pittsburgh an adaptive tricycle for Christmas. This wonderful program was launched on November 5, 2012 with...
Re-Evaluating Stretching for Contracture Management
Current evidence is challenging our traditional approaches to contracture management in children with cerebral palsy. Following is a brief review of the literature. Passive stretching, performed manually...