Ekubeni uthembele kwintuthuzelo enikezelwa sisitulo sakho esinamavili yonke imihla, kubalulekile nokuba usinyamekele kakuhle. Ukusigcina sicocekile kuya kuqinisekisa ukuba uya kukonwabela ukusisebenzisa iminyaka emininzi ezayo. Nazi iingcebiso zokugcina isitulo sakho esinamavili sisebenza kakuhle.

Ukulandela iingcebiso zokulungisa ezichazwe apha kuya kuqinisekisa ukuncitshiswa kweendleko zenkonzo kunye nokuphepha ingxaki yokulinda ukuba kugqitywe ukulungiswa. 

Okubaluleke ngokufanayo kukwenza ucwangciso lwemihla ngemihla nolweveki nganye ukuze ugcine isitulo sakho esinamavili sikwimeko entle. Ngelixa usenza njalo, cela amalungu osapho lwakho ukuba akuncede, ingakumbi ukuba kunzima kuwe ukugcina ulungelelwano oluzinzileyo xa ucoca isitulo.

1.Izixhobo zakho

Ukuze izinto zibe lula ngakumbi kwaye wenze ukugcina isitulo sakho esinamavili sombane kube lula, tyala imali kwisixhobo okanye ukuba sele unezixhobo ekhaya, ziqokelele ukuze wenze isixhobo sakho esinamavili. Wakuba uqokelele zonke izixhobo ezifunekayo kunye nezinto zokucoca, zigcine kunye kwibhegi evalwayo okanye kwibhegi onokuyivula nokuvala ngokulula.

Incwadi yakho yesikhokelo sabakhubazekileyo yombane ingacebisa izixhobo ezithile, kodwa kuya kufuneka uqinisekise ukuba ezi zixhobo zilandelayo nazo zifakiwe:

- Isitshixo sika-Allen 

- Isikrufulu sePhilips 

- Isikrufululi esinentloko ethe tyaba 

- Ibrashi encinci yokucoca 

- Ibhakethi yamanzi okuhlamba 

- Enye ibhakethi yamanzi okuhlamba (oko kukuthi ukuba awusebenzisi isicoci sokutshiza) 

- Ithawula

- Amalaphu amancinci ambalwa 

- Ibhotile yokutshiza enesixhobo sokucoca esithambileyo 

- Isixhobo sokulungisa amatayara esitulo esinamavili esisebenza ngombane 

Qiniseka ukuba usebenzisa isepha engabizi kakhulu kodwa ethambileyo. Uza kuzifumana ezi kwiindawo ezininzi ezithengisa izixhobo. Ukuba isitulo sakho esinamavili esinombane sinamabala aqinileyo, ungasebenzisa i-dilute agent enamandla ukucoca. Nceda ukhumbule ukuba ungaze usebenzise isicoci esinamafutha kwisitulo sakho esinamavili esinombane, ingakumbi kumatayara.

2. Ukucoca Isihlalo Sakho Sabakhubazekileyo Sombane Yonke Imihla

Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba uhlambe yonke indawo ebonakala kwisitulo sakho esinamavili esisebenza ngombane yonke imihla. Ungakwenza oko ngesicoci se-spray okanye ngebhakethi egcwele amanzi afudumeleyo anesepha emva kokuba ugqibile ukusebenzisa isitulo sakho esinamavili esisebenza ngombane ngaloo mini.

Ukungcola okungajongwanga okuqokeleleneyo okanye ukutya okushiyekileyo emzimbeni okanye phakathi kwemiqolo emincinci kuya kubangela ukuba i-wheelchair yakho iguge ngokukhawuleza kunesiqhelo.

Ukucoca ezi ndawo akuyi kuthatha xesha lide ukuba kwenziwa yonke imihla. Emva kokuhlamba isitulo, siphinde usibeke phezu kwaso ngelaphu elifumileyo. Emva koko womise ngetawuli eyomileyo. Qinisekisa ukuba akukho ndawo ifumileyo kwiindawo ezincinci.

Ekubeni usebenzisa isilawuli rhoqo, ukungcola neoyile evela kwiminwe yakho kuya kuqokelelana kuso. Sula konke kucoceke ukuze ukungcola kungaqokelelani kwiindawo ezilawulwa ngombane nangobuchwepheshe zesitulo esinamavili sombane.

3. Ukugcina ibhetri yakho yesitulo esinamavili sombane

Musa ukulibala ukutshaja ibhetri yakho yombane yesitulo esinamavili, nokuba ibingasetyenziswanga usuku okanye ixesha elide. Ufuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba isitulo esinamavili sisebenza ngokufanelekileyo ukuze sisetyenziswe ngosuku olulandelayo. Ukuyinyamekela kakuhle ibhetri yakho ngaloo ndlela kuqinisekisa ukuba ubomi bebhetri yakho yesitulo esinamavili buyandiswa.

I-United Spinal Association icebisa oku kulandelayo malunga nokugcinwa kwebhetri yakho yesitulo esinamavili:

- Soloko usebenzisa itshaja enikwe isitulo esinamavili

- Qinisekisa ukuba inqanaba lokutshaja aliweli ngaphantsi kwama-70 ekhulwini kwiintsuku ezilishumi zokuqala zokusebenzisa ibhetri

- Soloko utshaja isitulo esinamavili sombane esitsha ngokomthamo waso

- Qinisekisa ukuba awuzikhuphi iibhetri zakho ngaphezulu kwama-80 ekhulwini.

4. Isitulo Sakho Sabakhubazekileyo Sombane Sifanele Sihlale Somile

Kuya kufuneka uqinisekise ukuba isitulo sakho sombane esinamavili sikhuselekile kwimozulu kwaye sihlala somile ngamaxesha onke kuba ukugqwala kunokwenzeka nanini na xa isitulo sakho sichatshazelwa yimozulu emanzi. Izinto zombane ezifana nomlawuli kunye nomthombo wocingo kufuneka zigcinwe zomile ngokukodwa.

Nangona singazama konke okusemandleni ethu ukugcina izitulo ezinamavili zombane zingangeni emvuleni okanye ekhephini, ngamanye amaxesha akunakwenzeka. Ukuba kufuneka usebenzise isitulo sakho esinamavili sombane ngelixa lina okanye likhithika ngaphandle, kuyacetyiswa ukuba ugqume iphaneli yokulawula umbane ngengxowa yeplastiki ecacileyo.

5. Ukugcina Amatayara Akho Esemgangathweni

Amatayara kufuneka ahlale evuthelwe umoya kwinqanaba loxinzelelo olufakwe kwitayara. Ukuba awavuthelwanga kwitayara, khangela amanqanaba oxinzelelo kwincwadi yokusebenza. Ukuvuthelwa umoya phantsi okanye ukuvuthelwa umoya kakhulu kwamatayara akho kunokubangela ukushukuma okukhulu kwesitulo sakho esinamavili.

Okubi kakhulu kukuba isitulo esinamavili sinokulahlekelwa yindlela esihamba ngayo size sijike siye kwelinye icala. Esinye isiphumo esibi kukuba amatayara anokuguguleka ngokulinganayo kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo awahlali ixesha elide. Amatayara angenamatyhubhu athandwa kakhulu kwiimodeli ezahlukeneyo.

Apho itayara eqhelekileyo inetyhubhu yangaphakathi, amatayara angenamatyhubhu asebenzisa isitywina esigquma ngaphakathi kodonga lwetayara ukuthintela ukubhajwa. Xa usebenzisa amatayara angenamatyhubhu, kufuneka uqinisekise ukuba amanqanaba oxinzelelo lwakho afanelekile ngamaxesha onke.

Ukuba uxinzelelo lwetayara yakho luphantsi kakhulu, lunokubangela ukuxinana, nto leyo ebangela ukuba kubekho ukuxinana phakathi kodonga lwetayara nomphetho wevili.

6. Ishedyuli yakho yoLondolozo lweVeki nganye

Nantsi imizekelo yenkqubo yokulungisa yeveki nganye onokuyilandela okanye uyongeze kwinkqubo yakho yokucoca:

- Zama ukususa zonke iziphelo ezibukhali kuba zinokuba yingozi. Hlala kwisitulo esinamavili sombane uze uqhube izandla zakho kuzo zonke iindawo. Zama ukuchonga zonke iziphelo okanye naziphi na iziphelo ezibukhali. Ukuba zifunyenwe, zisuse ngoko nangoko. Ukuba ingxaki inzima kakhulu kuwe, yiyise kwingcali ukuze ilungiswe.

- Qinisekisa ukuba isihlalo sikhuselekile kwaye akukho zinto zikhululekileyo ezinokubangela ukuwa okungeyomfuneko okanye ukwenzakala okukhulu. Ukuba kuyimfuneko, qinisa iibholiti ezikhululekileyo macala onke esitulweni.

- Jonga iinyawo zakho xa uhleli esitulweni. Ngaba iinyawo zakho zixhaswe kakuhle? Ukuba akunjalo, yenza uhlengahlengiso olufunekayo.

- Hambahamba kwisihlalo sabakhubazekileyo ujonge ukuba akukho zintambo zikhululekileyo na. Ukuba kukho iingcingo ezikhululekileyo, jonga kwincwadi yakho yemiyalelo uze ubone ukuba ezi ngcingo zifanelekela phi uze uzibeke endaweni yazo efanelekileyo okanye uzibophe nge-zip ties.

- Jonga i-motor ukuba ayinazo izandi ezingaqhelekanga. Ukuba ubona izandi ezingasebenziyo, jonga incwadi yemiyalelo ukuze ubone ukuba kukho naluphi na ulungiso onokulwenza wedwa. Ukuba awukwazi ukululungisa wedwa, nxibelelana nevenkile yokulungisa.