How to use a standing frame

Resources for users and therapists

The resources listed below explain how to use a standing frame correctly. Useful for both therapists and people with MS, they provide written and visual information to complement physiotherapy face-to-face sessions.

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Useful resources

How to use the standing frame: downloadable PDF booklet
A useful read including a section on how making small changes to your posture or the equipment can help to make standing in the frame more comfortable

How to use an Oswestry standing frame (YouTube video)
This step-by-step video covers all the things you need to know about how to use the frame safely

Exercising in the Oswestry standing frame (YouTube video)
This video looks at ways of exercising when using the frame. It also demonstrates how the exercises can be progressed over time

When more help is required to stand in the Oswestry standing frame (YouTube video)
This video describes how to achieve a standing position if someone is unable to assist themselves into a standing position independently and how small adjustments can be made to achieve a comfortable standing posture

I want to do it right (YouTube video)
Watch this video to hear how people with MS altered their standing programme to meet their individual needs

You have a good day, you have a bad day (YouTube video)
In this video, people with MS talk about how their experience of standing can change with fluctuations in their MS and how they cope with this