A new and useful protective cushion for a foot rest bracket of a wheelchair and to a new and useful method of providing the protective cushion to a foot rest bracket of a wheelchair. A substantially monolithic, nonmalleable, resilient body is provided that has a substantially closed C shape, a relatively soft, cushion like texture and a thickness that is slightly greater than a foot rest bracket of a wheelchair. The C shaped body is biased to a closed shape and can be easily manually operated to open the C shaped body and enable it to surround a foot rest bracket of a wheelchair. The contour of the protective cushion is designed to fit easily and comfortably about a wheelchair leg shaft, and the bracket blade and wheelchair post that typically form the foot rest bracket for supporting a wheelchair foot rest.
