Traversing stairs without a prosthesis (AK Amputee with Crutches)

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  • @paullasmith4975
    @paullasmith4975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Roll down but not up. Despite the trials, your attitude is tops. Stay strong.

  • @elizabethkaftan7929
    @elizabethkaftan7929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just got casted last week 😘
    I'm just as excited to see you take your first steps as an AKA, as well as my own when that happens.
    Your videos have been such a HUGE help to so many!!!
    Thank you for sharing your journey with all of us 😊

  • @jacobbenavidez9096
    @jacobbenavidez9096 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good job using your crutches, I could not use the crutches as well as you I was always falling. I have a BKA so I have a prosthetic leg now which I am very thankful for.

  • @stephenadams963
    @stephenadams963 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    when i see a person going up and down stairs using their but, im thinking hero. because we tend to overlook people like this who add value to our lives ( producing videos), while we can clearly see it is being authentically done for others. after all, at the end of the day, life is about selfless ( no egoic) service to life

  • @Mr.Quinlan888
    @Mr.Quinlan888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Stairs and showers: An amputee's nightmare😁🤙🏾

  • @midnightlottie1535
    @midnightlottie1535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've recently subscribed to your channel and watched a lot of your EDS videos. I'm super inspired by all your content. I myself have hypermobility EDS (type 3) plus fibromyalgia. I'm not an amputee, but I still really enjoy watching your content. Just from watching yourself and a few other inspirational channels, I've decided to set up my own, vlogging channel to inspire others and hopefully help them with EDS hypermobility. Your truly an awesome person 😀

    • @AmputeeOT
      @AmputeeOT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s great!! I love to see more channels

  • @garycowlan6405
    @garycowlan6405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great videos, I have just met a lovely lady who is an amputee, and these videos are great. I can get all the information I need without having to ask her. I want to understand as much as I can. Thank you

  • @jamesnichols1746
    @jamesnichols1746 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    U always do everything so effortlessly baby girl keep it up

  • @bluedeva
    @bluedeva 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great post Christina 👌🏻 I do a mixture of all of those. Trust me when you get your prosthetic going up steps step over step is a full on workout 🥵 going down stairs step over step is freaky it’s kinda like semi controlled free falling, which is just how it feels walking down steep slopes 🤣😂🤣 it’s sometime easier to go down slopes sideways 🦀 So great to see that you’re kicking ass out of your rehab 🦸🏻‍♀️🤗🦿🤗

  • @larryqueen1346
    @larryqueen1346 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    God bless you. I love the sense of humor.

  • @prftaepps
    @prftaepps ปีที่แล้ว

    I was out of the hospital 6 days after my AKA. I couldn't hop up the stairs without feeling that the clips were gonna bust open. One by one had to go up sitting down. After a week I was hoping up and down.

  • @ironmanepf1
    @ironmanepf1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whoa your limb is looking so well healed! I'm in Florida and hardly use my crutches for stairs or at all. But thanks for the options!

  • @anamariefalk3796
    @anamariefalk3796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m not an amputee but I like to hop up the stairs that same way you did at the end

  • @morgancalvi6675
    @morgancalvi6675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVE those crutch tips!!! Ergocaps were a game changer for me. I am a long time crutch user and actually looking forward to being a crutch user after my hip disarticulation. Are those ergobaums?
    By the way, my favorite way of going down the stairs if there is a lawn, would be to roll down the hill.

  • @leniesnewjourney.1257
    @leniesnewjourney.1257 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i dint go outdoor yet just inside the house .soon i will go out still and do the rolling the you made i smile at that part and i want to do it too rolling in the ground..

    • @AmputeeOT
      @AmputeeOT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yay! Do it!

  • @haxter3
    @haxter3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video Christina 😊👍👍

  • @ohari1
    @ohari1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was hoping for a railing slide.
    I have a knee that doesn’t work right and often end up using a handrail like a crutch and just pretend that leg isn’t there rather than let it get in the way,

  • @lapislazarus8899
    @lapislazarus8899 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Even though I was using crutches prior to amputation, and I was SUPPOSED to be non-weight bearing on my bad foot, if I lost my balance that foot would shoot out to catch me. Yesterday in PT it happened, and my stump went out in front, but nothing there

  • @davidmelton6138
    @davidmelton6138 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    you make it look so easy. i feel so unstable on crutches. any tips on how to get over that feeling. i am 39, lost my left foot to Charcot Arthropathy last November and i am still waiting on my prosthesis. i have been stuck in my chair and have gained some weight due to lack of exercise and this is getting old. i just want some independence from the chair

  • @jennystidworthy5951
    @jennystidworthy5951 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much for the video.

  • @syedhassanraza286
    @syedhassanraza286 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a brave lady 😍

  • @ekkehardmorgner3892
    @ekkehardmorgner3892 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love you

  • @princessc74
    @princessc74 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're awesome and such an inspiration for a bka like me. We can do anything 😊❤

  • @MyBadboy3000
    @MyBadboy3000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow i literally just received the same design of crutches as the one your using and i walked 5 steps with them and already put bavk in box to return to amazon because i just dont feel they are sturdy enough for me i feel like they are going to fall off my hands idk they just feel different im used to the more common crutches now ive only bin an amputee just 30 days today surgery was march 4th i have healed well and im just trying to find what crutches work best for me im 5,10 tall 220 pounds maybe i need a bit more practice and getting used to using these type of crutches isk maybe ill take them out the box and give them a second chance after seeing how easy you made it look i will sub and give a like and god bless

    • @AmputeeOT
      @AmputeeOT  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes practice! Forearm crutches require more arm muscles. Which means you can grow some more arm muscles from using them :)

  • @vf7020
    @vf7020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video. I use forearm crutches myself. Do you hold them with your leg on the handle? It's very useful. Could be cool to show

    • @AmputeeOT
      @AmputeeOT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I do that.

    • @vf7020
      @vf7020 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      AmputeeOT can you make a video about it?

  • @MAVILA187
    @MAVILA187 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you decided what kind on knee you are gonna be paired with? I have the rheo 3 and I love it!

  • @LetArtsLive
    @LetArtsLive 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I lost my leg last November 2019. I should have had a fake leg by now but I'm afraid to get one because I'm afraid of infection. And my doctor did a really bad job and I have a big scar still because my doctor left the stitches in for 2 months and 3 weeks. I'm not really missing having a leg I'm afraid to get one. But I did order one and if it starts breaking down I will not use my fake leg I can do almost anything with one leg anybody else can do with two. I was thinking of getting a electric wheelchair instead I got an electric bike ecotric hammer. And when I get my leg I can use this bike to exercise

  • @brandiecochran7159
    @brandiecochran7159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m an aka as well. I use crutches at the moment but I do want to try forearm ones. Yours look awesome! Where did u buy those?

    • @AmputeeOT
      @AmputeeOT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are Ergobaum crutches

    • @clairewilliams3081
      @clairewilliams3081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AmputeeOT They are expensive,I have just looked and they are £189.00.

  • @ekkehardmorgner3892
    @ekkehardmorgner3892 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ♥️♥️💋

  • @andrewlake9754
    @andrewlake9754 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    May i ask your opinion? What prosthetic is better mechanical or electronic?

  • @victoriapendleton4099
    @victoriapendleton4099 ปีที่แล้ว

    You used to have a what appeared to be a healthy knee. What happened?

  • @Selfloathingmisanthrope
    @Selfloathingmisanthrope 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    your one leg is probably stronger than most peoples both legs.

  • @moemovesaround7831
    @moemovesaround7831 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice ergobaum crutches. How heavy are they?

    • @AmputeeOT
      @AmputeeOT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They are like 2.5lbs. I took the knee rests off mine.

    • @moemovesaround7831
      @moemovesaround7831 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AmputeeOTthen I have the same ones! I also took off the knee pads. I found them too heavy. Do they tire you out?

  • @rupert281
    @rupert281 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's not hard I've had to wait 3 years for my prosthetic so crutches and stairs and everything else is not hard when your forced to do it for years

  • @callumsaint
    @callumsaint 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know you have probably got this question a lot but what is up with the audio in your newer vids?

    • @AmputeeOT
      @AmputeeOT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don’t know? I’m Deaf, I use a hearing aid and cochlear implant to hear. I can’t hear well. What’s wrong with it???

    • @callumsaint
      @callumsaint 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AmputeeOT The voice-over in this video is fine, but the audio outside sounds quite tinny and flat.

    • @AmputeeOT
      @AmputeeOT  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah yeah. I had an external mic for that but there was an error with the audio and I couldn’t get it off the device I used. So I had to stick with the on-phone audio for the outdoor parts.

    • @callumsaint
      @callumsaint 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AmputeeOT that would explain it.

  • @sybillalak
    @sybillalak 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why did they take your leg off?

    • @AmputeeOT
      @AmputeeOT  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      TL:DR WHY I GOT AN AKA REVISION

    • @AmputeeOT
      @AmputeeOT  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was supposed to be a link to the video about it

  • @russellstare6610
    @russellstare6610 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's some thigh strength at one minute. I use a cane and iWalk, same principal. Bad leg down first, good foot up first. I'm too old, fat and out of shape to hop.

  • @andrewlake9754
    @andrewlake9754 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Christina i remember you as a below knee amputee and now you are above.What happened to you?

    • @AmputeeOT
      @AmputeeOT  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/TNmZ7dZRWH8/w-d-xo.html

    • @andrewlake9754
      @andrewlake9754 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for answering.I wish you all the best!

  • @martonszabo5745
    @martonszabo5745 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Látszatra egy férfi és egy nő lábcsonkja egyforma. A nőé mégis iszonyatos látvány ellentétben egy férfiéval. Egy férfi testalkata bőven elbírja ezt a "kis bibit" De egy tűsarkon ugráló-esetenként szépen kisminkelt-nő már csak egy szánalmas torzó. Már csak "papíron" nő. Bocsi, de én így látom. Ismerek jóképű féllábú embereket boldog párkapcsolatban "négykézláb" csodaszép nővel. De fordított felállásról nincs tudomásom!