Backrests

Designed for movement, built for support.

The Spex Vigour Mid Back Support is designed to provide the perfect combination of support, comfort, and mobility for active wheelchair users. Its contoured shape offers essential lower trunk stability, helping to improve spinal and pelvic positioning without restricting movement.

Engineered for versatility, the Vigour Mid is compatible with lateral trunk supports and other positioning accessories, making it an excellent choice for individuals requiring mild to moderate postural support. The adjustable back angle and seat depth allow for easy fine-tuning while the user remains in their wheelchair, ensuring an optimal fit.

The Vigour Mid Back Support is constructed with a lightweight yet durable shell and features a dual-layer cover. The merino layer naturally regulates temperature and the lycra layer adds durability, breathability, and easy maintenance. Whether for everyday use or an active lifestyle, the Vigour Mid provides reliable support that moves with the user, offering confidence and ease in daily activities.

Stay Cool and Supported with the Spex with WheelAir Back Support.

Discover the ideal combination of active cooling and advanced posture support with the Spex with WheelAir back support. Engineered for wheelchair users who value comfort, control and adaptability, this system provides on-the-spot customisation with the reliable Spex Contouring Cube System, while WheelAir’s six cooling settings keep you cool and dry all day. Lightweight, low-noise, and USB-C chargeable, it’s support and comfort—elevated.

Simplistic to Sophisticated. Effortless to Elaborate. Clean to Complex.

Easily solve upper torso positioning needs for most wheelchair users with the Spex Classic Surface Back Support. 

The Surface Back Support incorporates the classic Spex contouring cube system to allow on-the-spot customisations for torso comfort and asymmetry needs, whilst also providing greater stability for the user’s upper body and lower trunk.

Greater stability in the trunk can allow for improved head and neck movements, and greater contact surface can aid with pressure distribution for comfort. The contouring and immersion ensures that individual body shape and comfort needs are easily responded to with the Surface Back Support.

Supporting complex postures through adaptive Profile Curvature System.

The Adapta² Back Support meets the needs of wheelchair users with complex postural presentations including lordosis, anterior pelvic tilt, and prominent gluteal shelf. The back support splits the rigid aluminium shell into two different sections that can be adjusted to achieve a natural contour to position and support the pelvis and spine. The Adapta² Back Support can provide the shape needed to support the user by contouring the rigid aluminium shell, rather than the foam padding.

Spex Seating currently supply rigid back supports with contour-adjustable padding to support users with complex postural support needs. The new Adapta² Back Support is designed for users who require a back support surface with profile curvature adjustment to accommodate their trunk contour. These needs can be accommodated without excessive foam padding, making it easier to manage temperature and other related issues. The contoured surface remains supportive and holds its shape when the seating system is tilted or adjusted.

Fully adjustable, non-removable back support hardware.

For users up to 136kg (10-15″ back support) or 180kg (16″+ back support).

Enabling freedom without compromising posture and comfort, Zygo is a back support with inbuilt laterals designed for full-time self-propelling wheelchair users.

Active wheelchair users don’t want to be held back – they want the freedom to go places and do amazing things.

Zygo back support systems are lightweight, easily adjustable, easy to install and remove, more breathable and more personalised.

Zygo back support systems give you more comfort, flexibility, personalisation, and freedom to move – enabling you to go places, achieve more, and be whoever you want to be.

The back support is an integral wheelchair component for appropriate seating position and trunk support. It plays an important role in increasing comfort and function for wheelchair users.

Sitting over extended periods of time can cause discomfort and accelerate the development of spinal deformities. Manual wheelchairs are usually supplied with sling-style back supports which do not provide appropriate postural support, nor adequate pressure relief, for some full-time wheelchair users. Rigid back supports are recommended for improved postural support and comfort.

Spex Seating aimed to design the Zygo back supports with suitable shapes and sizes for most active users, without any major adjustments or customisations.

A mid height shell with a supportive deep contour provides…

• Support for the pelvis, lumbar spine and thoracic spine
• Deep contour suitable for users with limited trunk mobility and strength
• Different height options allow the shell to reach the mid-thoracic or upper-thoracic region

Enabling freedom without compromising posture and comfort, Zygo is a back support with inbuilt laterals designed for full-time self-propelling wheelchair users.

Active wheelchair users don’t want to be held back – they want the freedom to go places and do amazing things.

Zygo back support systems are lightweight, easily adjustable, easy to install and remove, more breathable and more personalised.

Zygo back support systems give you more comfort, flexibility, personalisation, and freedom to move – enabling you to go places, achieve more, and be whoever you want to be.

The back support is an integral wheelchair component for appropriate seating position and trunk support. It plays an important role in increasing comfort and function for wheelchair users.

Sitting over extended periods of time can cause discomfort and accelerate the development of spinal deformities. Manual wheelchairs are usually supplied with sling-style back supports which do not provide appropriate postural support, nor adequate pressure relief, for some full-time wheelchair users. Rigid back supports are recommended for improved postural support and comfort.

Spex Seating aimed to design the Zygo back supports with suitable shapes and sizes for most active users, without any major adjustments or customisations.

A mid height shell with an open shallow contour provides …

• Support for the pelvis, lumbar spine and thoracic spine
• Shallow contour suitable for users with moderate trunk mobility and strength
• Different height options allow the shell to reach the mid-thoracic or upper-thoracic region

Enabling freedom without compromising posture and comfort, Zygo is a back support with inbuilt laterals designed for full-time self-propelling wheelchair users.
Active wheelchair users don’t want to be held back – they want the freedom to go places and do amazing things.

Zygo back support systems are lightweight, easily adjustable, easy to install and remove, more breathable and more personalised.

Zygo back support systems give you more comfort, flexibility, personalisation, and freedom to move – enabling you to go places, achieve more, and be whoever you want to be.

The back support is an integral wheelchair component for appropriate seating position and trunk support. It plays an important role in increasing comfort and function for wheelchair users.

Sitting over extended periods of time can cause discomfort and accelerate the development of spinal deformities. Manual wheelchairs are usually supplied with sling-style back supports which do not provide appropriate postural support, nor adequate pressure relief, for some full-time wheelchair users. Rigid back supports are recommended for improved postural support and comfort.

Spex Seating aimed to design the Zygo back supports with suitable shapes and sizes for most active users, without any major adjustments or customisations.

A low-height shell with an open shallow contour provides…

• Support for the pelvis and lumbar spine
• Shallow contour suitable for users with moderate trunk mobility and strength
• Features a round, padded top relief to support and protect the spine