Tips of how to use safely crutches

How to safely use crutches

First of all - use sport shoes with high sole. It is safer for your lower joint limbs. Because you are going to put more weight on your healthy side. If you are wearing sport shoes it prevents degeneration of your hip and knee joint.

PWB Partial Weight Bearing

In injured leg put minimal weight or hold slightly bended.

Adjustment

Crutches adjust to your level of the wrist. Slightly bended elbows.

1. Walking - step forward in the same time with injured leg and crutches.

2. Stairs - Go up first with healthy leg then injured and crutches other hand hold handrail.

- Step down with injured leg and crutches in the same time and hold handrail.

(When you are holding crutches hold them both in one hand in cross position where one is on the floor)

3. Sit to stand - One hand pushing up from chair other hand pushing up with use of crutches.

- sit down first feel the chair with back of your leg, stand on your healthy leg and hold in one hand crutches and hold other hand armrest.