Diy Parallel Bars For Physical Therapy

A common spacing is around 60 cm 2 feet apart to accommodate the different shoulder widths of everyone using the bars.

Diy parallel bars for physical therapy.

Homemade versions or parallel bars are easy to make economical durable and functional. Cut four lengths of the wooden posts at 4 feet long. The ones seen in this instructable are 21 apart and 4 tall give or take because of bar placement. The best way to figure this out is measure your shoulder width.

Load capacity under normal physical therapy use. Intended for physical therapy use only not for gymnastics use. In this step you ll want to determine how tall you want your parallel bars and also how wide apart you want the bars to be. This version is obviously more involved than the pvc design but the extra work and cost will yield a really nice looking set of parallettes that are strong enough to handle just about anything you throw at them.

Lay one of the 10 x 10 cm 4 x 4 inch boards flat on the floor then lay another parallel to the first. Width adj 1 1 2 one piece stainless steel handrails. Decide how far apart you want your parallel bars to be spaced. Raise your p bars by inserting the poles and couplings between the bases and bars.

Parallel bars are a common piece of gymnastics equipment that builds coordination strength accuracy agility and balance.