How to use Crutches -- Non-weightbearing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2024
- How to use Crutches - This video will teach you how to adjust the crutches to the proper height, as well as how to use the crutches safely while walking, sitting and climbing stairs.
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No wonder i felt so unsafe using mines... the emergency room doctor only ask how tall i was. And clicked the crutch to my height. He didn't tell me to stand to measure... wow. Thanks so much ! Great info; this helped a ton
Same. Ankle op, no one with me, just came out of drugged stupour and the night nurse asked my height. Then sent me home.
I'm scared shitless. Bad balance, no upper body, arm or grip strength; have to get down 2 steps to get to the car in 10 days for a check-up and no idea how to do that 😭
update: Hubby all but lifted me down, walking backwards in front of me.
Coming back, no WAY to get up steps with crutches. He put a drop-sheet on the steps & I butt-walked up to the deck where my one good leg & his strength got me back up.
Mega stressful day, adrenal system depleted, endochrine system drained, nerves shot!
Meeee tooo. I fell 5 times
Mine too! Now I also have a pulled muscle in my chest in addition to my cracked kneecap! 🤬🤬🤬🤬
As with everyone else, no instructions are given to use crutches. Most people are not informed. This video should be given with every set. Balancing is my biggest problem. Elderly people should be considered for this and given a different devise to recover with. Thank you for this information.
I can't believe it. After 10 weeks post foot surgery I just learned I have been using my crutch the wrong side. Even my doctor did not say anything when he has seen me since surgery. Some doctors just don't really care. THANK YOU!
When in doubt, talk to your physical therapist! My first "orthopedic surgeon" tried to refuse referring me to a P.T. clinic, for chronic decades-old back pain. BAD choice. HIS story..."Well, if all you want is to get rid of the pain,"...duuuh? ... So I FIRED HIM! No regrets! Doctors do NOT know everything. Buy him a nice new scalpel in a presentation case, for his birthday! OR, a nice new BMW for Christmas! Seems that I only needed competent deep-massage techniques. Bonnie Pruden wrote-the-book on this therapy. I learned (per Bonnie Pruden's family-training suggestions), how to do this to myself! Today I have read "Trigger Point Therapy" by Davies and Davies. READ IT!
i was just given crutches and no further info, I'm non weight bearing on my right leg and I've had so many issues walking around with crutches including numb hands and fingers, this video was so helpful thank you so much!!
Excellent video. I was given crutches for a fractured ankle and not given much in the way of instruction. The crutches were too high and the handles too low. It was only after watching this that I realized the handles needed to be adjusted and I was leaning forward on the crutches when I should be standing straight up. After making those adjustments I was amazed at how much of a difference it made. I’m still not sure about the stairs as they scare the hell out of me.
3:07
I have had a lot of anxiety about moving from a wheelchair to crutches. I tried a few times and just never had any luck feeling stable. I watched this video and found out that I was doing everything wrong. What a great help!
Donna, how wonderful! How are you getting on these days.
Thank you so much. I had absolutely no instruction from my medical team on how to use my crutches. It's appalling. I learned from your video.
"medical" team .. yeah. Worse is when I hear "consult a trusted health professional" ... like, what is that ??
Yah I totally understand I just got crutches two days ago in the ER and OMFG my arms and underarms are in soooo much pain ... It's horrible
You have no idea how much I appreciate you doing this easy to follow video. The doctor's office just wrote the prescription, didn't give these necessary instructions and very useful tips. No wonder why I kept hurting myself! I was doing it all wrong. Thanks for the sitting info. I didn't know that with NWB that I had to sit with my foot off the floor. Great tip on using the crutch like an ottoman. You rock!👍🌺😊
+Shannon Henderson I just spent a week on crutches thinking I had badly sprained my knee and found out at the doctor's today that I fractured my tibia near the knee. 3 more weeks of NWB crutches... aiiyaiiyaii. These videos are life savers. Hope you heal quickly!
Yeah, so far, the better video i browsed on how to walk using crutches.
I seriously sprained my ankle yesterday and it is non weight bearing.. Thank you for this video I feel more stable already
I needed this, I was given crutches in the emergency room yesterday & sent home with no instruction on how to use them. I was just told by my friend that my underarms shouldn't be in pain like they are from the crutches so I went to find a tutorial & found your video!
How the heck do people make this look so easy
Great video. I just fractured my left ankle yesterday on the job. It’s been hell and extremely painful considering I live in a basement suite, alone. Definitely don’t realize how we take simple walking for granted. Thanks for sharing!
Just had knee surgery and they didn’t send me home with crutches or anything so now we’re having to find our own. I’ve never used them so I’m clueless in every single way possible. Thanks so much for this - and for making it so that we can clearly see which leg was injured in the video. Other vids I watched, they told which leg, but it didn’t translate well when watching them do the tasks. ❤
Videos like this perform a valuable service. Patients should *definitely* be given careful instructions with their crutches. But I wish people knew how to spell s-p-r-a-i-n-e-d.
You know what? Spelling is so far down the list of priorities with those of us with serious injuries especially considering that we may be on pain meds or spellcheck may misinterpret a word.
Super helpful! Thank you so much! i don't know what we did before TH-cam lol
Thank you! :) I knew something wasn't right with how my crutches were adjusted, and I've been having a lot of difficulty using them. They feel much better now! :)
My crutches were too short :(
Glad I watched this. About 15 years ago I needed crutches and was using the tops of the crutches for support. Needless to say my armpits were sore as hell in a few days. I might need them tomorrow because I think I sprained my knee so this really helped.
I will be sure to avoid stairs if I can.
I’m so scared of falling I’d fall. I’d rather sit on my butt and go down step by step. 😂
ГОСПОДИ, а я так и сделала,села садом,а потом на коленке поднялась,это пытка,но надо все выдержать!
Thank you very much for your instruction!! I've been using crutches for a few days now due to pain in tendon. My problem with crutches was how to keep foot off ground completely, and your video really helped - thank you. It looks easy but doing it is a real balance act!
Thank you for making this. I am getting ready to have my second foot surgery in 4 months. Using my crutches the first time made my arms very tired and now I see why. This time I will work to use them correctly! 😀
I told them at the hospital I didn't feel safe on crutches and I was given a frame ( no wheels) you lift and put down then hop forward. It is very tiring but I feel much more secure. Thank goodness I'm getting a knee scooter but once I'm partially weight bearing, I'll have to deal with crutches. Really appreciate this video.
So thankful to have found this! I know it will help me to be successful with my crutches. Thank you!
Really helpful, thorough and well put together. The subtitles are great too. Thanks so much.
Thank you! Just had surgery for a bilateral(both legs) quadriceps rupture 3 months ago. Had to learn how to walk again. Now I just had surgery AGAIN on the left knee because it didn't heal right. I haven't used crutches for a total non-weight bearing injury since h.s., and it feels so foreign, ESPECIALLY with my right leg not being completely healed. This video definitely helps.
I get scared of falling every time I use these.
The best video anywhere for using crutches non-weight bearing!!! Very informative, concise, and complete.
Agree.
Thank you knee torn ligaments sprained ankle and foot
This video helped so much never had to use crutches
Very helpful. Thank you very much! Has given me a better idea how to use and get around with NWB injury/surgery. 🙏
I like how she used the crutch to prop up her leg at 3:12. Also I want to remind everyone to check your crutches to make sure the bolt and screws are tight. I could have fallen yesterday on my crutches because the bolt and screw had come out and made my crutch collaspable. At first I couldn't find where it had fallen out but a client of mine found it and the screw on the floor for me. So please check them every day if you have wooden crutches like I do. It looks like to me those metal crutches wouldn't come apart like that. Maybe I should get those instead.
Thank you
This is a great video that really showed me how to walk (and what NOT to do when walking) on crutches. I am off my feet for a week with a sprained knee and this is my first time on crutches. Thanks for this video!
The Ottawa Hospital please i need help i have broked mdmissplaced my middle fingureof right leg, nd had a minor surgery nd had plaster yesterday ifk how to keep my legs, if bent or straight...
Thank you. Super helpful tip on resting leg on crutch when sitting.
I have a recent surgery on right foot. ER nurse tried to help with crutches but i felt safer with balancing on walker. If they had instructed like this i would have been using the crutches instead. Going up and down steps has been such an issue i dont really go beyond the porch. Thank you for this video. Now i will give crutches a try.
Thank you for the video! I am a PT student from the Philippines and this will really help me for my practical exam on Assistive Devices tomorrow!
I really hope no one has to use their crutches on stairs without a railing. Looks terrifying!
Wish I watched this before I fell trying to walk with crutches due to a foot injury. Thank you so much for this!!
Sameeee...how are you now?
Thank you so much I spraind my ankle today thank you!!!!!!!
Thanks for the tips 👍 on how to (correctly) set up / use my crutches, it helped me.😃
Awesome video! Good tips as I just had surgery (non weight bearing) today.
Absolutely the best instructions.
I have severe tendonitis plus strained tendon in my right ankle. I went to dr bc pain was so bad I was gonna pass out when I put weight on it so I can't put any weight on it. I'm on crunches and trying to figure out how to use them this helped so much!
Going to need this for December… hate having stairs
Thank you for the video, most appreciated.
Thankyou so much for showing me how to set proper height. The height wasn’t set right for my height so the 2 to 3 finger measurement was great. My armpits were so sore. I feel this will help tremendously.
Wonderful explanation! Thank you.
Thanku so much, particularly the staircase tutorial was a real help
This was excellent and thank y our so much for sharing!
This is so helpful thank you for sharing
Thank you very much for an excellent video!
Thank you, these are great tips.
Thank You... Middle of july now... just broke my tibula... Your video really helped.... my stairs look so scary. I have to go out and get food sometime soon... ya, no help from people.
So helpful -thank you!
Very informative! Thank you.
I’m 12 and I have an injured knee and have to keep my leg straight I have a walker but wanna use crutches and I’m glad I found this I also am bit aloud to bend my knee so hopefully I can figure it out
This is the best video I need!
I'm 67, broken ankle non weight bearing, and haven't hopped in years. I am so clumsy I got a walker. Still have to hop but feel much more balanced.
i needed crutches 3 years ago and never saw this video but it helps still so thank you
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thank you for your video, its help me a lot...
Thank you so much. This helps me.
Excellent video!
Very helpful for patients❤
Really appreciate the info!
Thank you. I am soon to have heel spur surgery and your information on how to adjust crutches and then walk with them correctly is greatly appreciated. I find it difficult practicing and no pain yet. LOL
I needed this
I fell after the Third day of my first fall using the crutches , I think I was still dizzy from medicines , be very careful, Thanks for this video.
Excellent…thank you!
I fractured my ankle. and this video helped so much! My dad hasn't used crutches since he was in kindergarten, so he really didn't remember. I'm going into 6th grade so I really can't use anything but crutches. It definitely looks easier than it actually is.
Thank you! I broke my toe and have been crawling up and down the stairs on my hands and knees.
I have a fractured leg and It’s just really scary to use crutches with it, thank you so much for the video
OMG..I’ve been using my crutches incorrectly for the last 6 days!😂 I knew I needed to search this because I’m moving around and feeling slight pain in my broken ankle. I’ve wondered how am I healing this broken bone if I continue to feel pain using crutches? Thanks for the instruction. Things will have to change in my home as I’m trying to heal on time as the doctors prescribed.
Thanks sharing very helpfull
Thank you! ❤️
crazy. I'm supposed to be non weight bearing but my cast is so heavy I can't hold it off the ground. It's so frustrating.
Ows, experienced difficulty in using crutches for i hardly raise the cast on my leg for it is a bit heavy plus strain on my ankle. It hurts. Thanks to your video which will helped me find ways to move around
The Ottawa Hospital yeah like your “health professional” will do anything about it. Nowadays attitude is suck it up
@@hanbulban3131 So true man........so true
It would be also helpful if there was a video for non weight bearing demonstrating a person with a straight leg instead of bent.
Thank you so much for this timely, well informing video!
Thank you very much!
My arm went numb because I had the arm handles to low. I matched it with my hand and not my wrist. Thanks for the advice!
thank you
Very helpful 😊
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Thank you this really helps!!
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Thank you very very very much!!!
Thanks
Tysm! I have a broken foot and i use cruches!
Thank you for this video, my problem is my other leg bends only 30 degrees due to knee friction, as it was injured before. Can you have some advise on this please?
Great video! I borrowed a neighbors and now I have bruises under my arms! Hoping to get a boot and get rid of crutches that r too tall
I am given crutches by emergency doctor for my left knee fracture putting immobiliser to the knee after a long wait to be seen. I am scared to death walking around as I live by myself. I am not sure how long it takes to join as he said I don't need a surgery as it's in the place. Thank you so much for this helpful video
Thank you so much for this. Noone told me how to use crutches with my cast after my surgery so I was crawling up the stairs lol
Plsss sameee😂😂😂
thank you i spriaind my ankle 1 day ago
Nice Videos..
Thank god for this.. just got crutches yesterday after falling down the steps and sprain my ankle 💀💀 my armpits was hurting bad they didn’t tell me how to use them or nothing and told me to walk on my sprain foot...
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When I broke my ankle, it had to be put in plaster. The hospital gave me crutches but did not give me any advice on how to use them. When I asked how I could get upstairs the reply was to go up and down on my bottom, fine but when I reached the top I was unable to get up. The whole experience was a total nightmare. Wish I had known about this training video then.
Iv just finished 3wks non bearing, I'm lucky to have a scooter in the house Iv left the house x2 we got a ramp from the dissability shop as we have stairs iv built up strength in my upper arms to carry me as I'm a big lady, I'm not looking forward to the stairs but am happy to give up the scooter next week..
I felt really unsafe using crutches i got them yesterday and I’m back in school on Monday so I only have 1 day to learn how to use them properly…
So I have what seems to be a decent sprain on my ankle from parkour😅. I’m terrible with cruches, I get tired pretty fast because I’ve never hurt my foot before and never had to use crutches before. I can’t really walk well with em, but i really don’t think it’s worth asking for a WChair because I don’t think it’s really that bad even if I’m not allowed to walk on it. Any advice?
Tip: another way to use crutches. Simply put your hood leg up on stair case then take your crutches with you this way is way more faster if you want to get to you classes on time (if your a student)
I love how they say the good leg, I'm a righty so my right Achilles tendon rupture. I'm in a cast so how do I go up the stairs with my left leg if I'm not used to it?
Practice.
I tried them out for the first time, *they are harder than they look*
Yes they are!! Its a whole body exercise 😩!
[]𝒶𝒸𝒶𝒹ℯ𝓂𝒾𝒶[] except you aren’t supposed to rest the crutch in you’re armpit at all.
Thanks for the safety tips, I kept falling trying to walk but then I saw this video and turns out I wasn’t suppose to be leaning against the crouches.
I broke both the bones in my right leg I have a cast that goes from my foot to my (if you will) butt. It weighs Aton. What am I supposed to do if I can’t lift my leg on my own. Wheelchair?
I have to have crutches non weight baring for 2 weeks cause I just had foot surgery