Proper use of crutches after lower extremity (ankle, knee) surgery



Hello. This post is about the correct crutches after knee or ankle surgery

I'll post it. After knee or ankle surgery, I need to use crutches

You have to walk with the height of your crutches and accurate crutches to live without burden on your body.

1. the height of crutches


First, with your arms outstretched, you can hold your crutches comfortably, bend your elbows

You can't lose or your shoulders go up. And your arms should be stretched out.

Second, you have to put your crutches under your armpits to support your weight on your crutches

There are people who have this, but if you put your weight in your armpits

Shoulder disease can occur, and sensory abnormalities can be caused by pressing the fluid and nerves that pass under the armpit

You can come, so you can't put on weight. You can use two fingers from your armpits to your crutches

It is recommended to use crutches at intervals.

2. Walk on crutches (if weight is supportable)


Stretch out the crutches and operated feet first and then place them at the same time. The crutches are located on the operated feet and at the same time

You can be positioned on the same line, support your weight with crutches, put your opposite foot next to your operated foot

You can drag it out in the same stride as you used to walk.

3.Walking on crutches (if weight is impossible)


If you have ankle and knee surgery, your doctor will support your weight for a few weeks, depending on what kind of surgery it is

He tells me not to do it. He always listens to his doctor and gives me weight

You don't have to.


In this situation, crutches need to be moved with the force of the arm using the opposite leg and both arms of the surgery

I do, because I support all my weight in both hands, there's a chance that I'll get blisters on my palms in the beginning

There are a lot. So if you put a crutch cushion or bandage on the crutch handle, it's not 100% but it's preventive

You can do that. And women who don't have strength in their arms have a hard time putting weight on their crutches because they're nervous

I've seen a lot of cases, but when you travel long distances, use a wheelchair or consult your doctor

If you discuss if you can walk on crutches by touching only the toes of the leg that you operated on

That would be great. You have to be careful not to overdo it.

4. Use crutches to climb and lower stairs (if weight is available)

For those of you who haven't learned how to use crutches, you're suddenly taken aback by what to do when the stairs come out

There are times like that, but I hope you do well if you read this

(1) climbing stairs


When you can support your weight, the way up the stairs is to get your legs on crutches and not operated on them

You can go up first, and the leg you operated on can go up.

(2) Going down the stairs


Support your weight with your non-surgery legs, your legs and crutches come down together, and then small

The legs that have not been operated on can come down.


In summary, when you go up, your healthy legs and crutches come down together.


With weight support available when walking on crutches, crutches can prevent muscle loss after surgery

Blood circulation also has benefits.

5. Use crutches to lift and lower stairs (if weight is not available)

(1) a flight of stairs


Standing on both crutches and non-surgical legs, the crutches give strength to both arms on the straw, and then the legs

You can go up one space at a time.

(2) Going down the stairs


Support both crutches under one space, and then the legs that haven't operated will go down first. It's time to slip

Go down slowly so that you don't fall. Steps because going down the stairs on crutches is very dangerous

When you go down, you should always focus and go home safely.

6. Finishing

So far, we've learned how to use crutches according to postoperative situations

I hope people who use crutches can read this and help you a little bit


I will always support everyone who underwent surgery so that they can recover healthily.


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