“My muscular weakness is mainly in my shoulders, and therefore it is difficult for me to raise my arms. This definitely limits my reach. But I have a lot of strength in my hands. And with LEVO, my reaches has been extended as I now can rest my arms on the armrests, run the chair up to standing position and then reach for the things”, Catrine explains.

Catrine lacks a protein that helps rebuilding musculature, and the illness really intensified during the teenage years. But as she says, she is curious by nature and she wants to try everything out, and therefore she completed a datamatician education and has now worked within data processing for 4 years.

“At my previous workplace, I used the LEVO chair to reach manuals, diskettes and CDs on the shelves. It was really nice to be able to reach things myself without asking for help all the time”, Catrine says with a smile.

After 4 years in charge of data processing, Catrine had to stop as it became too hard for her physically, but also because she wanted to do something new.
Today Catrine is still in the data processing industry, but she works from home now. She lives in a house with her boyfriend, Jan, and their two cats. Jan has a 7-year old boy from a previous relationship who stays with them every second weekend and he can make things really move in the little house.

"Less stiffness in my body during
the 5 Years I've been using LEVO"

Besides her LEVO chair, Catrine uses a transport wheelchair when she is going places. But during the day she will be sitting in her LEVO, and she uses it frequently to change position, as it is very important for her to change position during the day.

“I experienced less stiffness in my body during the 5 years I've been using LEVO. I couldn't do without my LEVO if the alternative would be a chair from which I couldn't get up to standing position. I also think that the comfort is great, and it's very wear-proof. It is, for example, strong enough to be pulled up and down the stairs”, Catrine says.

Catrine's car has been equipped with a swivelling seat. In order to be seated in the driver's seat, she runs the LEVO chair up to standing position, and with some help she can turn around and seat herself in the driver's seat. Also this function makes LEVO a stable helper for both Catrine and her carers as it reduces the efforts involved in transferring and manoeuvring.

Catrine uses the LEVO chair stand-up function when toileting, and therefore she needs no lift to take her from wheelchair to toilet. She can also wash her hands standing up.

With LEVO Catrine has got an indispensable help in everyday life, and especially the carers can avoid a great deal of manual lifting. “There is no doubt that LEVO gives me a higher degree of freedom and independence. And it is definitely also an efficient relief for my carers”, Catrine concludes.