Hemiplegic stroke patients usually have poor standing balance. Any safer ways to get them to stand up and pull like this? Im always afraid they will fall forward
Great question, some people will opt to put pants on laying in bed by bridging. The other (seated) option worth trying is to slowly lean to one side (onto an armrest or against a wall)to pull up the pants on the lifted side and then do the same on the other side, if you go that route it might take several trials (you might try it first with a loose theraband around their thighs and see if they can get it over their hips or not). You might also choose to have some thing in front of them for extra support in case they start to lose their balance if you do the full standing option, like placing their walker in front of them, or the chair close to a wall or table. But as you know every patient is different, so it may take some time to figure out what works best
This doesn’t work. I can’t use one shoulder-arm at all and the other is injured. So reaching back, putting body weight on an arm is a no. I need to wear compression socks. None of these work.I’ve also had my lower spine and SI joint fused. Crossing legs over and bending over is not an option. Sadly, I live remote and there is no female OT in the mountain or nearby. Our only hospital seems to think hiring males for nursing, OT, PT, is sufficient and it is not! This is why the majority of females that live here, go elsewhere for surgery and recovery! Or we look to the internet for ideas and help. The local hospital and surgeons office gives very minimal to no guidance. After having two rotator cuff, shoulder and arm surgeries in six months on the same side. With no actual professional guidance or female OT it’s been a nightmare! After watching these videos I did order a dressing stick and button-zipper tool. I had no idea these were an option. Still no way to get my compression socks on! Too tight to get them around a sock tube. I tried pulling them on but that requires use of both hands and arms forcefully pulling. Not a safe option. It was the pulleys with weights after the first surgery that ripped my surgery apart. My PT pushed the heavier weights and number of reps until I was in pain and quit. 😡
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must the patient stand up when taking the pants off too?
Hemiplegic stroke patients usually have poor standing balance. Any safer ways to get them to stand up and pull like this? Im always afraid they will fall forward
Great question, some people will opt to put pants on laying in bed by bridging. The other (seated) option worth trying is to slowly lean to one side (onto an armrest or against a wall)to pull up the pants on the lifted side and then do the same on the other side, if you go that route it might take several trials (you might try it first with a loose theraband around their thighs and see if they can get it over their hips or not). You might also choose to have some thing in front of them for extra support in case they start to lose their balance if you do the full standing option, like placing their walker in front of them, or the chair close to a wall or table. But as you know every patient is different, so it may take some time to figure out what works best
This doesn’t work. I can’t use one shoulder-arm at all and the other is injured. So reaching back, putting body weight on an arm is a no. I need to wear compression socks. None of these work.I’ve also had my lower spine and SI joint fused. Crossing legs over and bending over is not an option.
Sadly, I live remote and there is no female OT in the mountain or nearby. Our only hospital seems to think hiring males for nursing, OT, PT, is sufficient and it is not!
This is why the majority of females that live here, go elsewhere for surgery and recovery!
Or we look to the internet for ideas and help. The local hospital and surgeons office gives very minimal to no guidance. After having two rotator cuff, shoulder and arm surgeries in six months on the same side. With no actual professional guidance or female OT it’s been a nightmare!
After watching these videos I did order a dressing stick and button-zipper tool. I had no idea these were an option. Still no way to get my compression socks on! Too tight to get them around a sock tube. I tried pulling them on but that requires use of both hands and arms forcefully pulling. Not a safe option. It was the pulleys with weights after the first surgery that ripped my surgery apart. My PT pushed the heavier weights and number of reps until I was in pain and quit. 😡