In our final 40 stories blog post, we hear about Ellie, a young girl who is hard at work developing not just her physical abilities, but her social and communication skills! Meet Ellie. Ellie is 6 years old and lives in Moray, Scotland with her mum, dad and big brother Cameron. Ellie is a big…
In this week’s 40 stories blog post, we’re hearing about Ava, who uses both the Jenx Junior + Chair and Standz standing frame for postural support! Meet Ava. She is 6 years old and lives in Essex, UK, with her mum Claire, dad John and little sister Fia. Ava loves swimming, sensory play with lights…
This guest blog is by Matteo Facciani, Product Specialist, Medimec International. Our Italian distributor Medimec facilitates the use of Jenx equipment throughout Italy; including Piccolo Cottolengo Don Orione! Read on to learn how they use equipment like the Jenx Standz 2 to provide postural support for children in their care. Piccolo Cottolengo Don Orione…
As part of our 40 stories for 40 years blog series, we’re sharing Adeline’s story, who is able to sit and play with greater independence in the Jenx Corner Seat. Adeline is a bright ray of sunshine! She is two years old, and lives in Melbourne, Australia with her mum and dad. She adores her…
This guest blog as part of our 40 stories series is from a research team at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust. They’ve been investigating a novel lying position for children and young people with neuro-disabilities, called the Breathe-Easy position, and have conducted a study assessing the feasibility and…
Guest blog by Catherine Barton, Paediatric PT, Potter’s House CBO As a paediatric physiotherapist doing some voluntary work for a charity in Kenya, the Potter’s House CBO, I have been involved in training local therapists about postural management and training local staff to make seats and standing frame from recycled paper and cardboard. I would…
Employee wellbeing should be at the heart of every organisation. When our UK distributor, Jiraffe, returned to a market-leading five-day despatch, we recognised that all of our employees had put a huge amount of effort into this achievement. So, we decided to celebrate! To match the five-day despatch time we had five days of celebrations,…
Guest blog from Luis Santos, Physical Therapist at Rahapoint, Jenx’s distribution partner in Portugal. First of all, I believe it is important for all of us – therapists, dealers, clients, and their families – to express our sincere gratitude to Jenx for their remarkable work over the past 40 years. They have consistently provided us…
Guest blog by Jamie Cockle, Paediatric Clinical Educator, Medifab Jenx standing frames have been at the forefront of my therapy toolkit ever since I started as a fresh faced, newly graduated Physiotherapist at Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital in Cardiff, Wales. Since then, my career has taken me to the other side of the world, continuing…
Guest blog by Debra Evans, Chief Executive, Disabled Living Disabled Living’s relationship with Jenx and Jiraffe probably started as Jenx was established. Back in the day, forty years ago, before the days of the internet, the Disabled Living Centres, of which there were over fifty around the UK, played a pivotal role in disseminating information…
