CHAIRS
Getting up
- Make sure your crutches are near your chair.
- Push up on one crutch and the opposite arm of the chair to help you stand up.
- Once standing, place your hands on the handgrip, with your forearms through the centre of the cuff
Sitting down
- Position yourself in front of the chair ready to sit down.
- Remove the crutches from your arms completely.
- Hold the crutches in one hand or place your crutches near chair.
- Use the arms of the chair to lower yourself down.
WALKING
If you have been told NOT to put any weight on injured leg:
- Keep the affected leg off the ground by holding it slightly in front with the knee slightly bent.
- Move the crutches one pace forward, slightly apart and make sure they are level.
- Take your weight on your hands.
- Move your body forward (hop) between the crutches – you’re allowing unaffected leg to swing through.
If you have been told you CAN put some weight on injured leg:
- Move the crutches one pace forward.
- Place the injured leg on the ground level with the crutches, which supports some of your body weight.
- Step through with your unaffected leg.
Please return your crutches to A&E when you have finished using them so that other people can use them.
