I’m going through a tibia and fibula break day 11, two weeks on Sunday and I’m already walking without support, this video helped me remove limp to steps. I appreciate this so much. There’s hope guys. I had a rod put it which allows me with weight bearing, also intake nurofen and let it digest before walking. I also pray daily and appreciate the injury wasn’t worse to god ❤️
Bro I got fibula break. It's been 5 weeks now. Their remove my cast on 4weeks now it's 5 weeks the doctor told me to try to walk on crutches. After 6 weeks he advise me to removed crutches and try to walk normally
is it normal to have a lot of pain in your leg after a break is fully healed? I can’t put any weight on it because it hurts so much but my surgeon said it’s fully healed
You’re bringing back a bad memory for me! lol. I needed this 10 months ago. I looked like the bride of Frankenstein trying to walk for longer than I expected. 😂😂 Great advice for the injured ankle newbies. 👍
Very helpful demonstration for walking with crutches,climbing upstairs with good leg first and close to the handrail,going downstairs with the weak leg first, then standing up with two legs together. Then slowing going downstairs holding rail and close to rail. Besides,the positions to hold up two crutches and steps to walk with long crutches were also performed very clearly and detailedly for the audiences who had these needs to mobilize their limbs.
A little under five weeks post distal fibula fracture. In a boot and given the ok to put light weight bearing. Just finished walking 3 blocks down our neighborhood + back (albeit slow, mindfully and using tips from this video). Felt pretty good, walking with the boot and crutches felt more natural/smoother.
Thanks! Consice and accurate tips! I'm four weeks out from intramedullary nail surgery from a broken tib and fib, and can tell that ankle mobility will be an issue. I've been watching rehab videos (in addition to actual physio appointments), and this is the first one I've seen that has really good descriptions of bad habit danger signs when you transition from crutches to load bearing.
@@abdihakimmoge9257 Extension is almost normal, but I can only bend it about 90 degrees. It gets better, but it's going very slow. It's still a bit swollen so it feels "tight". Doing sitting and laying down leg lifts and bending exercises several times a day after advise from my physical therapist. Rests in an elevated position if it gets extra swollen after exercise or extended periods of walking or sitting.
Yea same here. 1 month after tib n fib fracture, my question for you is how much pressure are you putting on your leg when walking with crutches? I’m putting regularly 30% and tried around 60% but to much pain
@@ihabe7988 Hi! I'm currently (Dec 12, 2022) 9.5 weeks away from fracture and operation. Doctor's orders for me was 20-30kg (~30-40% body weight) allowed for 8 weeks, which I stuck to. I did ankle and knee mobility training recommended by my physical therapist, but it kind of stopped being effective with only partial body weight. Didn't feel that there was a lot of progress with my ankle from week 5-8. The ankle just "stopped" and I didn't feel any stretching sensation with the allowed weight. My knee was pretty much the same from week 3-5, but drastically improved after week 5 when most of the swelling went away. I'm about 10 degrees away from my normal knee mobility now. Pushing the last part is painful, but I'm not worried about it as I'm so close to normal function that it'll come back over time when I get back to normal activity level. After x-ray and checkup on wk 8 I was allowed to put full body weight on my leg and start training up to pain tolerance. As expected my ankle is limiting my mobility. My walking without crutches is close to the example at about 8:15 in the video, due to pain around my achilles and in my leg muscles when trying to load the front of the foot to push off with my toes. So I'm lacking both dorsiflexion and strength. Doing leg raises and box/step stands with dropped heels to train and stretch now, and they're quite painful, but slight improvements every other day. At least I can stand up in the shower and walk from kitchen to living room without crutches so I can bring my own food now. Still using crutches when outside of the house untill I am able to do complete normal steps without limping. Hope you'll have a speedy recovery, and don't skimp on the mobility training you're allowed to do!
Thank you for this video. Very well explained and demonstrated. Most videos that I have seen- only talk, hardly any focus on demonstrating. This is so good. I am struggling with limping as i walk after my tibial surgery. Hope to practice this and get over the limp. Also i wasnt focusing in longer stride with good leg. I am using crutches. Thanks again.
Just want to know when exactly one walks alternating feet on stairs after tibial nailing both going up and down without support. I am four months now post nailing after tibial communited fracture with fibula fracture. Struggling with going down the stairs. Any tips!!
Thank you for the video! I recently had surgery for a patella fracture, and I’m now in my seventh week of recovery. I’ve started walking without crutches, but I still have a noticeable limp. I was hoping to find resources to help me overcome that, so your video is really informative and helpful. Thanks again!
This has been so helpful Thankyou I am just transitioning from a Hopper to a single crutch and finding your explanation so helpful even though I’m having Physio to actually see it being done and go back to it whenever has been the best thing 👌👌👌👌
Same for me man! Ive been pushing through the ankle pain through my toes to try and fix my limp after Deltoid/Syndesmosis ankle sprain that came out at my fibula 2 inches below the knee (Fibula break) was put in cast and told no weight bearing for 5 weeks, i was in it a week as i couldnt not weight bear with also sprained my wrist, so went back and had the cast removed after a week, so started to get on the ankle after crutches about 3 weeks after injury. Far better as my muscles have not atrophied and reduced healing time, but only feeling pain now at the back of ankle, but doing what you say and walk thru the pain making sure to spring thru your toes is key. This video is superb mate and great advice for anyone with an injured ankle🙂👍👍
Going to try this tomorrow! Found this video useful- I had fractured tibia operation two months ago and am now partial weight bearing. I’ve got to the stage where I’m trying to use one crutch but used it on my good side ! So now I know that’s not the way to do it- I’ll give crutch a go on the same side as my injured leg and give a more extended step on my good leg as you suggest. Thanks a lot !
Working through this after fibula ORIF. Glad you recognized that ankle and achilles tightness really impacts how you approach trying to walk with a normal gate and two/one crutch. Great strategies, very clear.
You use the crutch on the normal leg because that you get proper balance. I know because i injured my femur and putting the crutch on the injured side makes it impossible to move.
I’m ten days out from switching to crutches after 12 weeks of no weight bearing (distal femur fracture) and hopping around with a walker. This was very helpful!
Injured leg down, good leg up. Thanks a million this is make it easier for to learn how to go up and down on the stairs. I broke my femur 3 months ago and I had a titanium rod installed there. I can't thank you enough this is extremely helpful ❤
Thank you so much for these tips and tricks! Broke both my tibia and fibula in the middle of February this year (didn’t need plaster after the surgery). After 4 weeks I was able to throw the crutches away and now after 6.5 weeks I’m walking almost as usual. Walked with the wrong foot first (with the crutches) until I saw this clip. Thank you so much!
I really appreciate that point about the importance of not limping! I would not have been quite as motivated had I not known that it could cause other problems. Also, I felt it would have worked better if the screen was split so that we could watch you talk and see the foot action close up at the same time.
This is very helpful. I just got my cast removed and was trying to figure out how to gradually resume walking and weight bearing, despite my foot and lower leg still feeling painful as a result of stiffness.
Just got approved to FWB on a trimalleolar ankle fracture that was surgically repaired 6 weeks ago. I have not been sent to PT, so this video was very helpful for me.
Wow..great awesome tip on the bigger step. I have been doing the rolling heel toe step. Now I'm ready to try bigger step this week. And I'm about quality vs quantity..so thank you sooooo much
Thank you so much for this video. I'm 4 weeks post op from femur fracture. I'll start using your method of walking in crutches because it makes sense. I have been using it the opposite way.
It’s been 7 weeks since I was injured and had surgery I just got cleared to walk even though my ankle is not completely healed. My heel hurts a bit so I’m limping and walking exactly the way you demonstrated. I just want to walk already I keep practicing I’m hoping the limping will stop.
I find this video so informative. Thank you so much I have been limping for sometimes after hip replacement, I guess I was walking the bad way and also because of power cut at work I have been struggling to walk on the stairs as my office is on the upper floor. Thank you so much GOD bless you.
Great video. I have a broken femur 6 months now and about a month ago able to put weight on it. My PT told me to have the crutch on the hood side not the injured side. Gonna try it your way now. Thanks
First 24 hours after 6 week cast being removed from a proximal distal right fibula spiral fracture. This video is really helping out as i work and travel so need to rely on self help for my rehab.
I was in a car crash and my foot was obliterated, doctors said it was partially amputated when I got to the E.R. I fractured my fibula, tibia, calcaneus, talus, and a couple metatarsal bones. I am still wearing a external stabilizer and my ORIF surgery is scheduled in a couple of months. It scares me to wonder if I won't be able to walk right, I am really young and I do not want to limp for the rest of my life :(.
I did used a pair of wooden one when I did injured my left knee when I was 15 years old in February 1986. I gotten pretty good in walking in them inside the house. I did used them after my car accident in early March 2012. I can used them back then. I did used a wheelchair and a walker for short distances. I started to weened the walker during June 2012. By July that I was walking pretty normal with a boot on my left leg. I never used a cane at all.
This is frustratingly the exact opposite advice for walking with one crutch that I’ve been given. Perhaps it is because this is fixing a limp rather than the progression from NWB to FWB? I’ve been told to use opposite arm for crutch or cane to most closely mimic natural walking. So confused now!
I did used crutches when I was 15 years old when I hurt my left knee. These were wooden ones. My knee did swell up in a bent condition that I can’t straighten it. I was so upset with my father for forcing me in going to school. I didn’t have surgery on it. It was hard going up and down the stairs at school. Even when I was home,too. I missed a week of school back then. When I was in my mid 30’s that I did the same thing towards my right knee. It took a little bit longer. I kept the right knee straight when I was walking. I was afraid of keeping my knee in a bent condition that I can’t walk at all. It was so hard to get down towards the floor. I learned on going up stairs with the good leg and bad leg going down. I still do it since my left knee is really bad. I tried to go up with one leg and the other leg. It is so harder for me and I just do step at a time. I’m a little bit slower in walking.
Bro I broke also my fibula . It's been 5 weeks now. Their remove my cast on 4weeks now it's 5 weeks the doctor told me to try to walk on crutches. After 6 weeks he advise me to removed crutches and try to walk normally
@@charlestv339 Hey buddy sorry to hear you are in the same boat as me. How's your recovery going? They told me 6 weeks till I could start physio but in the next appointment they put me forward for surgery which was three weeks ago. I've got titanium implants now with a tight rope in going through the ankle joint.. and a long road ahead. Good news is cast being removed this Friday and then I'll be in a walking boot! I hope you were able to avoid surgery.
@@vivekthaker7970 yes bro. For me my orthopedic not require me to do surgery. It's was non-operated fibula fractured for me. But the now I'm doing excercises as per my physio therapy. I must do a single crutch opposite side of fractured leg. Ang ankle pumps excercises
In other tutorials that I have seen - and I have also read on Google - to support the injured leg with one crutch, the crutch goes on the opposite side to the injured leg; you then move the injured leg and crutch at the same time.
Thank you so much for for the this it's encouraging... However I have had an antibacterial rod with a tibiotalar ankle fusion..I'm going into 3 months post opt.. I have alot of shin pain and using one crutch.. Dr wants me to bare as much as weight as I can tolerate .. But it's painful at times.. Your video showed me alot how to use my crutches thank you.. I want so bad to walk without a limp and normal.
I’m reading all these comments and I feel a little silly about my injury. I broke my toes 6 weeks ago after an industrial size Saran Wrap fell on it from on top my fridge. I have not used my foot at all. When I try to move my ankle and move my foot up and down it trembles, I’ve also tried using my heel to get up and it shoots pain up my leg. I have 2 more weeks with a boot, hoping to start lighting putting weight on my foot this week 🙏🏽
This video was meant for me lol.I have such a bad limp. I’m going to try this at home since I don’t start PT for another week. After being in a cast then boot for a total of 7 weeks it’s really hard for me to trust my broken ankle. Im currently in a air cast and everything just seems like a freaking nightmare that is never ending.
A freaking nightmare that is never ending". I feel you cause mine was a fractured femur. Ion even know if I'll be able to walk properly again. I'm so scared😭
That can't be right. The entire purpose of a crutch is to take some weight off your injured foot. Your uninjured foot does not need a crutch to help support it 😂
@@paradise9151 actually that's tottaly right .. its not just about taking off some weight of the injured limb it depends on the site of the injury and what we need to do with the crutches.. fyi walking with crutches on the opposite side decrease JRF in the hip joint and the abductors force so it could decrease pain and stress in the injured limb
@@ramezelia1092 I don't think you understand. So i am supposed to hold my crutch, with my right hand, when my left leg is broken???.... You are supposed to use your crutch on the leg that is BROKEN. Because the ENTIRE POINT of a crutch, is supposed to act like a leg to support your weight. And since your LEFT LEG is broken, you use the crutch ON YOUR LEFT SIDE. Why on gods green earth would you use a crutch for a non injured leg 🤣🤣🤣
Sure. Initially you use two crutches and you do as the guy in the video says, but eventually you improve and start using just one crutch. You use that crutch, as you said, on the opposite side of the injured leg, and you move that single crutch forward at the same time you're moving your injured leg forward.
@@lashyou with a cane A little limp cause left side hip is weak So working right now to get it stronger Should be back to normal in about 2 months my goal
I am very interested in what you have shown for progressing to 1 crutch. I am recovering from Tibial Plateau surgery and still having a hard time getting to the one crutch stage due to my weak quad/&some back pain (which I am working on). My physio is recommending the one crutch be on the good side and what you are showing seems to make more much more sense to me.
@@msteariousmm7482 Yes, I underwent tibial plateau surgery & a full meniscal repair (I was 12 weeks no weight bearing). I am a year in and am on a cane - still working hard to get my glute/quad strength back (I can walk, but with quite a limp, so use the cane alternately). I have full bend and flexion and that just takes daily work doing the exercise from your PT. It's a real mental game trying to get back to your pre-surgery self, but keep working hard at your exercises & staying as positive as you can.
Initially yes when it’s sore, you have to take weight off or after surgery etc. then when you are better - to reduce a limp and you can load bear well, you put in same side to improve the weight bearing
@@eryckaferretiz2424 My physio got me to practise with each side. She said its not just a case of which side is injured, but also a case of which is your dominant arm. Maybe try it with each side and see which works better for you. All the best.
I woke up in the hospital and heard the Dr took out the surgery I had years ago and to my surprise on my left leg it seemed I had a born graph. I can't walk and can't get a wheelchair chair.? How do I get help????
Hi, Tim - I had a tibia and fibula fracture 3 mo. ago. I am trying to walk without crutches (don't think I am there yet) or just using one crutch. Your video is extremely helpful. Some physical therapists said I should put the crutch on the side opposite the injured leg. You say the crutch should be put on the same side as the injured leg. Which way is better?
I'm transitioning to one crutch but my therapist told me to use the crutch on the opposite side of my injured side.. not on the same side as shown here.. I've also seen that advice elsewhere.. so which is it? one crutch on the injured side or opposite?
When you need to take weight off the leg, you put the crutch on the opposite side. But at some point when you are supposed to start weight-bearing and putting load on the leg to strengthen the leg the crutch should be on the same side. This way you are transitioning and not increasing the load too much in one hit. I hope this makes sense.
While using 1 crutch, WHY is the instruction to use the crutch on the side of the BAD leg - isn't it supposed to be the REVERSE? Majority of videos I see recommend using the crutch on the side of the GOOD Leg?
I'm doin 100% weight bearing on 1 crutch recovering from a distal femur do my daily knee exercises b4 my walks yet my knee is stiff to bend after my heel strike how can I help myself out of this to get a normal gait thanks
@@physiorehab HEllo. i always see your videos, very simple, great. U are progressing to one crutch, taking Rt leg as injured leg however u are saying to keep crutch on RT leg,I think crutch should be on left side !!!!
With all due respect, I agree - 9 out of 10 doctors and physios say single crutch should be on *opposite* side of injured leg. Why? Because it still splits the weight while facilitating a more normal, balanced gait. Try it. You'll find you walk more normally with the crutch on the opposite side while striking ground same time as injured foot. Having the crutch on the injured leg side causes a stilted gait, not conducive to getting back to normal. Thanks.
I need to stop limping I have a tibial plateau fracture since 1 year and I am still limping, I am desperate 😫 I want to walk normal again my fracture is healed
I destroyed my ankle & broke both lower leg bones... Just starting to put weight back on it in rehab... This is such a stupid problem to have... Learning to walk again. 🙄
this is probably something you don’t want to hear because you’ve gone through so much but the more positive you are and the more faith you have and trying to see the good helps a lot, you honestly could be worse there are people that don’t have legs and i know it’s so hard to see the good in things when you’re going through a situation where you’re just hurting and you feel like it’s not getting any better , i know that feeling i’ve always been an angry person once I started seeing the positive I felt so much better I broke my ankle last month. Not the same situation but hope you’re healing healthy
I got my cast off last week ive been given a boot its so cumbersome i can walk better without it will i do more damage tho if i dont use it? Ive had fibula and tibia weber c surgery i do need a knee replacement on the same leg maybe thats why i am struggling to use the boot
Hi,I got a 5th metatarsal base fracture on rt. foot. Non weight bearing cast below knee for 6 weeks(1 week slab + 5 weeks POP Cast) Been going here and there with Walker with wrong technique (put my weight on the Walker and keeping the injured leg up in the air..maybe I was wrong..) Now got cast removed on 5th August. Didn't walk on it for a week or 2. Then tried to stand with no weight on it and still keeping weight on good leg. Then tried walking as such (very painful) But now I know I didn't put enough weight and weight shifting was happening to upeer rt. Limb and not to foot. Have very little strength in rt. Half of body. And weight transfer is tricky. Ankle is swollen still. ROM decreased. 1st Physiotherapist said you are not putting weight on it. I really not had a clue how to do it. Got another physiotherapist and she says almost same. I said I am not able to find strength to put weight then they say you are actually afraid of pain which is a mind block (I am but I don't know.thee should be another way) And they try wean me off Walker,gain balance, distribute weight equally,not get a limp all at once. And I still limp like you have shown. Can't put enough weight on injured leg and just limp forward with good leg except I use my hands too and my waist is not straight. And my leg strength is not felt by me. Even rt. Half of upper body seemd to be much less muscle active than left. Like foot,leg,thigh,buttock,waist,upper back.... Can you please reply. What can I do. Also my Physiotherapist denied trying crutches and air boot saying do like this only. Please reply. My thoughts - might be atrophy..
@@ferraripirateazkaban6054 that's great to hear. Also had a 5th MT fracture, right leg. Took 1 week before I was able to get in for surgery. K Wire fixation. PoP cast for 6 weeks. In my 7th week now. Moved from wheelchair to underarm crutches. Able to put around 50% weight on injured leg. I can sense quite a bit of stiffness. I have physio next week. Should be able to sort that out and get the k wires removed. I'm hoping I can get back to single crutch in a week or two, and walking in a month or so. When I was first off casts, I could only put 25% weight. My doctor mentioned that it will hurt because of non-movement but more so because of the fear, and not because you're not able to put weight. I'm surprised to see how true that was. Using two crutches was a game changer. I'm thinking of going back to the gym and getting my weight in order after years. Thanks
What about limping after a hip replacement? One month ago, I had total hip replacement after 6 years of needing one. Using a cane then walker for 6 years. I couldn't have surgery till I lost enough weight . I'm doing physical therapy but there's little to no improvement yet. Any advice?Thank you
It takes a long time to build the hip and core muscles back after limping and in pain for so long pre surgery. You have to hang in there and work on consistency. Have you tried pool work?
@@physiorehabLike how minutes a day you think? I'm recovering from a fractured fibula and the orthopedic surgeon (which 2 hours away) said I can start to walk with a boot on March 6. We don't have a orthopedic rehab in our city, they all moved away.
I had a surgery after fib and tib fracture and I put screw and wires. Now the weather is so cold and the pain increases and activity to walk decreased because of pain. What can I. Do to decrease the pain during the cold days ?
I'm struggling with this now fractured my calcaneum 6 months ago couldn't weight bear for nearly 4. Training hard to rebuild my calf and the tendons at the front of the ankle need strengthening. I can't walk without putting some weight on the crutch to compensate.
Hi there, This video was helpful. I've been on crutches lately because of a recent patellar dislocation. I was playing basketball, and after I went up for a layup, I landed hard on my leg and heard a loud pop, followed by intense pain. (It was the second time I had an injury to that knee while playing sports). Ever since that injury, which was over two weeks ago, I have not been able to straighten my leg completely. Is that normal? It feels stiff. I would appreciate some recommendations. Thank you.
Hi sir.its already my 8 weeks after post off ankle surgery.then my doctor told me to put weight bearing but he did not recommend me into walking boot..The as i practice throuh shoes only is hard but is this still help me for fast recovery?
How long is it supposed to take to build up strength & how long until I can walk 10-15 mins comfortably? I am 6.5 weeks post-op deep laceration to gastroknemius and peroneal longus. Still on both crutches PWB trying to improve stride length and reduce limp. Specialist said not to see physio until 3 months!!
I had trimalleolor fracture surgery on July 25. i still have fiberglass cast on my left leg...my doc said after 11 weeks I can go partial weight bearing with cast Is it okay to walk with cast on
Hi Tim i had broken both my tibia and fibula plus have also gotten insertional achieles tendonitis now after 5 months i still have a limp can you please tell me how can i get rid of limping in this case
@@physiorehab NO YOU HAVE TO PLACE THE CRUTCH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BAD 🦵🏾 LEG SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO PLACE IT ON THE SIDE OF THE GOOD LEG🤔 NO HOW U ADVISED.. ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BAD LEG.. DID NOT HELP.. DO IWAS DOING IT CORRECTLY ALL THE TIME.. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR ADVICE 🥲
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I’m going through a tibia and fibula break day 11, two weeks on Sunday and I’m already walking without support, this video helped me remove limp to steps. I appreciate this so much. There’s hope guys. I had a rod put it which allows me with weight bearing, also intake nurofen and let it digest before walking. I also pray daily and appreciate the injury wasn’t worse to god ❤️
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Wow only after 11 days 🙌🏾❤. I also got the same injury - Day 3 now. Thanks for the hope
Will be starting PT soon. Right now I'm suffering. I am having such an awful time overall.
Bro I got fibula break. It's been 5 weeks now. Their remove my cast on 4weeks now it's 5 weeks the doctor told me to try to walk on crutches. After 6 weeks he advise me to removed crutches and try to walk normally
is it normal to have a lot of pain in your leg after a break is fully healed? I can’t put any weight on it because it hurts so much but my surgeon said it’s fully healed
You’re bringing back a bad memory for me! lol. I needed this 10 months ago. I looked like the bride of Frankenstein trying to walk for longer than I expected. 😂😂 Great advice for the injured ankle newbies. 👍
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Very helpful demonstration for walking with crutches,climbing upstairs with good leg first and close to the handrail,going downstairs with the weak leg first, then standing up with two legs together. Then slowing going downstairs holding rail and close to rail. Besides,the positions to hold up two crutches and steps to walk with long crutches were also performed very clearly and detailedly for the audiences who had these needs to mobilize their limbs.
So grateful to you for making this available to everyone! 🙏❤️🕉
Thank you! 🙏
Just had ankle surgery and at this point, glad I found your video!🙌🏽 my dr didn’t tell me how to walk, and I was doing it wrong . Thank you !!!
Glad you got the video!
A little under five weeks post distal fibula fracture. In a boot and given the ok to put light weight bearing. Just finished walking 3 blocks down our neighborhood + back (albeit slow, mindfully and using tips from this video). Felt pretty good, walking with the boot and crutches felt more natural/smoother.
My bf is struggling with a limp after ankle surgery. This was so informative. Thank you!
Thanks! Consice and accurate tips! I'm four weeks out from intramedullary nail surgery from a broken tib and fib, and can tell that ankle mobility will be an issue. I've been watching rehab videos (in addition to actual physio appointments), and this is the first one I've seen that has really good descriptions of bad habit danger signs when you transition from crutches to load bearing.
I have the same surgery, how is your knee flexibility?
@@abdihakimmoge9257 Extension is almost normal, but I can only bend it about 90 degrees. It gets better, but it's going very slow. It's still a bit swollen so it feels "tight". Doing sitting and laying down leg lifts and bending exercises several times a day after advise from my physical therapist. Rests in an elevated position if it gets extra swollen after exercise or extended periods of walking or sitting.
Yea same here. 1 month after tib n fib fracture, my question for you is how much pressure are you putting on your leg when walking with crutches? I’m putting regularly 30% and tried around 60% but to much pain
We both a month in so I want to see your progress and how’s it going and maybe we can compare with eachother
@@ihabe7988 Hi!
I'm currently (Dec 12, 2022) 9.5 weeks away from fracture and operation.
Doctor's orders for me was 20-30kg (~30-40% body weight) allowed for 8 weeks, which I stuck to. I did ankle and knee mobility training recommended by my physical therapist, but it kind of stopped being effective with only partial body weight. Didn't feel that there was a lot of progress with my ankle from week 5-8. The ankle just "stopped" and I didn't feel any stretching sensation with the allowed weight.
My knee was pretty much the same from week 3-5, but drastically improved after week 5 when most of the swelling went away. I'm about 10 degrees away from my normal knee mobility now. Pushing the last part is painful, but I'm not worried about it as I'm so close to normal function that it'll come back over time when I get back to normal activity level.
After x-ray and checkup on wk 8 I was allowed to put full body weight on my leg and start training up to pain tolerance. As expected my ankle is limiting my mobility. My walking without crutches is close to the example at about 8:15 in the video, due to pain around my achilles and in my leg muscles when trying to load the front of the foot to push off with my toes. So I'm lacking both dorsiflexion and strength. Doing leg raises and box/step stands with dropped heels to train and stretch now, and they're quite painful, but slight improvements every other day.
At least I can stand up in the shower and walk from kitchen to living room without crutches so I can bring my own food now. Still using crutches when outside of the house untill I am able to do complete normal steps without limping.
Hope you'll have a speedy recovery, and don't skimp on the mobility training you're allowed to do!
Thank you for this video. Very well explained and demonstrated. Most videos that I have seen- only talk, hardly any focus on demonstrating. This is so good. I am struggling with limping as i walk after my tibial surgery. Hope to practice this and get over the limp. Also i wasnt focusing in longer stride with good leg. I am using crutches. Thanks again.
Glad it helped !
Just want to know when exactly one walks alternating feet on stairs after tibial nailing both going up and down without support.
I am four months now post nailing after tibial communited fracture with fibula fracture.
Struggling with going down the stairs. Any tips!!
Thank you for the video! I recently had surgery for a patella fracture, and I’m now in my seventh week of recovery. I’ve started walking without crutches, but I still have a noticeable limp. I was hoping to find resources to help me overcome that, so your video is really informative and helpful. Thanks again!
Glad it helps!
This has been so helpful Thankyou I am just transitioning from a Hopper to a single crutch and finding your explanation so helpful even though I’m having Physio to actually see it being done and go back to it whenever has been the best thing 👌👌👌👌
Glad it was helpful!
I just got cleared to walk again and I'm so glad I found this as I was doing the exact limping thing that is not good, thank you!
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Same for me man!
Ive been pushing through the ankle pain through my toes to try and fix my limp after Deltoid/Syndesmosis ankle sprain that came out at my fibula 2 inches below the knee (Fibula break) was put in cast and told no weight bearing for 5 weeks, i was in it a week as i couldnt not weight bear with also sprained my wrist, so went back and had the cast removed after a week, so started to get on the ankle after crutches about 3 weeks after injury.
Far better as my muscles have not atrophied and reduced healing time, but only feeling pain now at the back of ankle, but doing what you say and walk thru the pain making sure to spring thru your toes is key.
This video is superb mate and great advice for anyone with an injured ankle🙂👍👍
Thanks for sharing these fabulous tips. They’ve been so helpful 😊
Going to try this tomorrow! Found this video useful- I had fractured tibia operation two months ago and am now partial weight bearing. I’ve got to the stage where I’m trying to use one crutch but used it on my good side ! So now I know that’s not the way to do it- I’ll give crutch a go on the same side as my injured leg and give a more extended step on my good leg as you suggest. Thanks a lot !
thank you so much for this video I broke my leg in a motorcycle crash a month ago and starting to learn how to walk again! this really helped!!
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Working through this after fibula ORIF. Glad you recognized that ankle and achilles tightness really impacts how you approach trying to walk with a normal gate and two/one crutch. Great strategies, very clear.
Have learnt so much from your vid..have just returned from hospital with a moonboot & crutches for a heel and ankle injury..thanks so much 👍
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You use the crutch on the normal leg because that you get proper balance. I know because i injured my femur and putting the crutch on the injured side makes it impossible to move.
I’m ten days out from switching to crutches after 12 weeks of no weight bearing (distal femur fracture) and hopping around with a walker. This was very helpful!
Best of luck!
Injured leg down, good leg up. Thanks a million this is make it easier for to learn how to go up and down on the stairs. I broke my femur 3 months ago and I had a titanium rod installed there. I can't thank you enough this is extremely helpful ❤
Thank you so much for these tips and tricks! Broke both my tibia and fibula in the middle of February this year (didn’t need plaster after the surgery). After 4 weeks I was able to throw the crutches away and now after 6.5 weeks I’m walking almost as usual. Walked with the wrong foot first (with the crutches) until I saw this clip. Thank you so much!
You’re welcome
Omg mine happen in feb5th car accident they just sent me home.from.trauma unit
Thank you! I’ve been trying to walk again after straining a ligament on my foot and this is very helpful!!
I really appreciate that point about the importance of not limping! I would not have been quite as motivated had I not known that it could cause other problems. Also, I felt it would have worked better if the screen was split so that we could watch you talk and see the foot action close up at the same time.
Thank you 3 months post hip fracture just need to start walking again properly
You have shown the principles in a clear manner
This is very helpful. I just got my cast removed and was trying to figure out how to gradually resume walking and weight bearing, despite my foot and lower leg still feeling painful as a result of stiffness.
Just got approved to FWB on a trimalleolar ankle fracture that was surgically repaired 6 weeks ago. I have not been sent to PT, so this video was very helpful for me.
Hope your rehab goes well!
Wow..great awesome tip on the bigger step. I have been doing the rolling heel toe step. Now I'm ready to try bigger step this week. And I'm about quality vs quantity..so thank you sooooo much
Thank you so much for this video. I'm 4 weeks post op from femur fracture. I'll start using your method of walking in crutches because it makes sense. I have been using it the opposite way.
Glad you’re on the right track!
Can you share some advice please. I am 7 weeks post femur surgery.
@@king234hakme too😢I am 3months post surgery
@@SulimanKamara-h1q Ohh. What are your advice after 3 months?
It’s been 7 weeks since I was injured and had surgery I just got cleared to walk even though my ankle is not completely healed. My heel hurts a bit so I’m limping and walking exactly the way you demonstrated. I just want to walk already I keep practicing I’m hoping the limping will stop.
I find this video so informative. Thank you so much I have been limping for sometimes after hip replacement, I guess I was walking the bad way and also because of power cut at work I have been struggling to walk on the stairs as my office is on the upper floor. Thank you so much GOD bless you.
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Great video. I have a broken femur 6 months now and about a month ago able to put weight on it. My PT told me to have the crutch on the hood side not the injured side. Gonna try it your way now. Thanks
First 24 hours after 6 week cast being removed from a proximal distal right fibula spiral fracture. This video is really helping out as i work and travel so need to rely on self help for my rehab.
Glad it helped!
I was in a car crash and my foot was obliterated, doctors said it was partially amputated when I got to the E.R. I fractured my fibula, tibia, calcaneus, talus, and a couple metatarsal bones. I am still wearing a external stabilizer and my ORIF surgery is scheduled in a couple of months. It scares me to wonder if I won't be able to walk right, I am really young and I do not want to limp for the rest of my life :(.
Hang in there. Trust the doctors and your body , it will heal / sending wishes and prayers your way ! You for this 👍🏼
How the recovery goes well
I did used a pair of wooden one when I did injured my left knee when I was 15 years old in February 1986. I gotten pretty good in walking in them inside the house. I did used them after my car accident in early March 2012. I can used them back then. I did used a wheelchair and a walker for short distances. I started to weened the walker during June 2012. By July that I was walking pretty normal with a boot on my left leg. I never used a cane at all.
This is frustratingly the exact opposite advice for walking with one crutch that I’ve been given. Perhaps it is because this is fixing a limp rather than the progression from NWB to FWB? I’ve been told to use opposite arm for crutch or cane to most closely mimic natural walking. So confused now!
I so wish i had seen this video earlier before i even started learning how to walk . Surely, i wouldn't be limping.😂❤ Thank you for this .
I broke my tib and fib 5 weeks ago and I’m going to give this method a go!
I did used crutches when I was 15 years old when I hurt my left knee. These were wooden ones. My knee did swell up in a bent condition that I can’t straighten it. I was so upset with my father for forcing me in going to school. I didn’t have surgery on it. It was hard going up and down the stairs at school. Even when I was home,too. I missed a week of school back then. When I was in my mid 30’s that I did the same thing towards my right knee. It took a little bit longer. I kept the right knee straight when I was walking. I was afraid of keeping my knee in a bent condition that I can’t walk at all. It was so hard to get down towards the floor. I learned on going up stairs with the good leg and bad leg going down. I still do it since my left knee is really bad. I tried to go up with one leg and the other leg. It is so harder for me and I just do step at a time. I’m a little bit slower in walking.
Great detail and understanding. Thank you. Just broke my fibula and ruptured ligaments in my ankle.
Bro I broke also my fibula . It's been 5 weeks now. Their remove my cast on 4weeks now it's 5 weeks the doctor told me to try to walk on crutches. After 6 weeks he advise me to removed crutches and try to walk normally
@@charlestv339 Hey buddy sorry to hear you are in the same boat as me. How's your recovery going? They told me 6 weeks till I could start physio but in the next appointment they put me forward for surgery which was three weeks ago. I've got titanium implants now with a tight rope in going through the ankle joint.. and a long road ahead. Good news is cast being removed this Friday and then I'll be in a walking boot! I hope you were able to avoid surgery.
@@vivekthaker7970 yes bro. For me my orthopedic not require me to do surgery. It's was non-operated fibula fractured for me. But the now I'm doing excercises as per my physio therapy. I must do a single crutch opposite side of fractured leg. Ang ankle pumps excercises
@@vivekthaker7970 and bro 1 more question. How come you've ruptured your ligaments?
Thank you just what I needed🙏
You’re welcome 😊
Excellent tutorial!
Thanks!
In other tutorials that I have seen - and I have also read on Google - to support the injured leg with one crutch, the crutch goes on the opposite side to the injured leg; you then move the injured leg and crutch at the same time.
Thank you so much for for the this it's encouraging... However I have had an antibacterial rod with a tibiotalar ankle fusion..I'm going into 3 months post opt.. I have alot of shin pain and using one crutch..
Dr wants me to bare as much as weight as I can tolerate .. But it's painful at times.. Your video showed me alot how to use my crutches thank you.. I want so bad to walk without a limp and normal.
Hope you go well!
I’m reading all these comments and I feel a little silly about my injury. I broke my toes 6 weeks ago after an industrial size Saran Wrap fell on it from on top my fridge. I have not used my foot at all. When I try to move my ankle and move my foot up and down it trembles, I’ve also tried using my heel to get up and it shoots pain up my leg. I have 2 more weeks with a boot, hoping to start lighting putting weight on my foot this week 🙏🏽
Great information! Thanks 😊
You are so welcome!
Excellent video, much better that my PT. THANKS
This video was meant for me lol.I have such a bad limp. I’m going to try this at home since I don’t start PT for another week.
After being in a cast then boot for a total of 7 weeks it’s really hard for me to trust my broken ankle. Im currently in a air cast and everything just seems like a freaking nightmare that is never ending.
Hope it goes well
A freaking nightmare that is never ending". I feel you cause mine was a fractured femur. Ion even know if I'll be able to walk properly again. I'm so scared😭
@Victory Oguche how are you doing? I've had a close fracture
@@tequillajack8841 tbh, I'm still struggling with a stiff knee and limping
@Victory Oguche oh my ! I'm worried about the knee, too . I start therapy soon. Get well soon.
Awesome! Just what I was looking for (not the sprained ankle..of course). Do you recommend wearing running shoes while practicing these tips? Thanks
Got my cast off yesterday, went for a swim and relearning how to walk.
Hi. Thanks for this update. I am 7 weeks post femur surgery, can you please point me to your playlist where I can get some tips and advice.
Wonderful ,very useful ❤️
Thank God i searched for it before my last scan
I've been told by all 3 of my physical therapists to use the crutch on the opposite side of the injury.
That can't be right. The entire purpose of a crutch is to take some weight off your injured foot. Your uninjured foot does not need a crutch to help support it 😂
@@paradise9151 actually that's tottaly right .. its not just about taking off some weight of the injured limb it depends on the site of the injury and what we need to do with the crutches.. fyi walking with crutches on the opposite side decrease JRF in the hip joint and the abductors force so it could decrease pain and stress in the injured limb
@@ramezelia1092 I don't think you understand. So i am supposed to hold my crutch, with my right hand, when my left leg is broken???....
You are supposed to use your crutch on the leg that is BROKEN. Because the ENTIRE POINT of a crutch, is supposed to act like a leg to support your weight. And since your LEFT LEG is broken, you use the crutch ON YOUR LEFT SIDE.
Why on gods green earth would you use a crutch for a non injured leg 🤣🤣🤣
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Sure. Initially you use two crutches and you do as the guy in the video says, but eventually you improve and start using just one crutch. You use that crutch, as you said, on the opposite side of the injured leg, and you move that single crutch forward at the same time you're moving your injured leg forward.
Thanks very much for this information!
Glad it was helpful!
5th metatarsal fractured 8 weeks ago... still learning to walk again not to limp
terima kasih ilmunya sangat bermanfaat buat saya.,
Great video thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Can I use this technique for femur fracture?
I’m 100% weight bearing but still in crutches
How do you walk now?
@@lashyou with a cane
A little limp cause left side hip is weak
So working right now to get it stronger
Should be back to normal in about 2 months my goal
Thanks for the info I had my set up all wrong
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So informative and reassuring! Thank you so much.
Pleasure! 😄
I am very interested in what you have shown for progressing to 1 crutch. I am recovering from Tibial Plateau surgery and still having a hard time getting to the one crutch stage due to my weak quad/&some back pain (which I am working on). My physio is recommending the one crutch be on the good side and what you are showing seems to make more much more sense to me.
Hope you get off the crutch soon!
Did you undergo a surgery? How long did you use your crutches and how did you improve your knee bending?
@@msteariousmm7482 Yes, I underwent tibial plateau surgery & a full meniscal repair (I was 12 weeks no weight bearing). I am a year in and am on a cane - still working hard to get my glute/quad strength back (I can walk, but with quite a limp, so use the cane alternately). I have full bend and flexion and that just takes daily work doing the exercise from your PT. It's a real mental game trying to get back to your pre-surgery self, but keep working hard at your exercises & staying as positive as you can.
When walking with one crutch, shouldn't the crutch be held in the hand opposite to the injured leg?
Initially yes when it’s sore, you have to take weight off or after surgery etc. then when you are better - to reduce a limp and you can load bear well, you put in same side to improve the weight bearing
@@physiorehab thank you!
Exactly my thought. My physical therapist said if using one crutch to use it on the side of the injured leg… so now I’m confused …. Hmm.
@@eryckaferretiz2424 My physio got me to practise with each side. She said its not just a case of which side is injured, but also a case of which is your dominant arm. Maybe try it with each side and see which works better for you. All the best.
I woke up in the hospital and heard the Dr took out the surgery I had years ago and to my surprise on my left leg it seemed I had a born graph. I can't walk and can't get a wheelchair chair.? How do I get help????
Hi, Tim - I had a tibia and fibula fracture 3 mo. ago. I am trying to walk without crutches (don't think I am there yet) or just using one crutch. Your video is extremely helpful. Some physical therapists said I should put the crutch on the side opposite the injured leg. You say the crutch should be put on the same side as the injured leg. Which way is better?
See my other reply earlier
@@physiorehab which reply?
Did u had any surgery for it??
I'm transitioning to one crutch but my therapist told me to use the crutch on the opposite side of my injured side.. not on the same side as shown here.. I've also seen that advice elsewhere.. so which is it? one crutch on the injured side or opposite?
When you need to take weight off the leg, you put the crutch on the opposite side. But at some point when you are supposed to start weight-bearing and putting load on the leg to strengthen the leg the crutch should be on the same side. This way you are transitioning and not increasing the load too much in one hit. I hope this makes sense.
Thank you for this. For the last month, my gait is kinda like Dr Sheldon Cooper (From Big Bang Theory). THis is helpful.
This video can be helpful animation reference if used correctly.
While using 1 crutch, WHY is the instruction to use the crutch on the side of the BAD leg - isn't it supposed to be the REVERSE? Majority of videos I see recommend using the crutch on the side of the GOOD Leg?
I explain that in the video perhaps listen sgain
I'm doin 100% weight bearing on 1 crutch recovering from a distal femur do my daily knee exercises b4 my walks yet my knee is stiff to bend after my heel strike how can I help myself out of this to get a normal gait thanks
@@physiorehab HEllo. i always see your videos, very simple, great. U are progressing to one crutch, taking Rt leg as injured leg however u are saying to keep crutch on RT leg,I think crutch should be on left side !!!!
@@badalkc4697 nope, right side. Watch the video for the explanation
With all due respect, I agree - 9 out of 10 doctors and physios say single crutch should be on *opposite* side of injured leg. Why? Because it still splits the weight while facilitating a more normal, balanced gait. Try it. You'll find you walk more normally with the crutch on the opposite side while striking ground same time as injured foot. Having the crutch on the injured leg side causes a stilted gait, not conducive to getting back to normal. Thanks.
I need to stop limping I have a tibial plateau fracture since 1 year and I am still limping, I am desperate 😫 I want to walk normal again my fracture is healed
Just push your self and work through the pain maybe do some workouts to start
Sounds like you also need rehab and strength work
Thx I just needed help with a limp I had I was playing belly baseball and bellyflopped onto the mat and hurt my knee which caused the limp
Im coming out my cast on Tuesday after achilles surgery and I'm worried between being still and NWB for 2 months uggggggh . . . Let's get it done
Hope it goes well, for my full rehab program go here: physiorehab.com/rehab-programs-achilles-injury-surgery-rehab
Trimalleaor fracture after surgery what kind of movements should I attempt
My physio always said with stairs to remember "good foot up to heaven bad foot down to hell" to remind myself as I didn't use steps often.
I destroyed my ankle & broke both lower leg bones... Just starting to put weight back on it in rehab... This is such a stupid problem to have... Learning to walk again. 🙄
this is probably something you don’t want to hear because you’ve gone through so much but the more positive you are and the more faith you have and trying to see the good helps a lot, you honestly could be worse there are people that don’t have legs and i know it’s so hard to see the good in things when you’re going through a situation where you’re just hurting and you feel like it’s not getting any better , i know that feeling i’ve always been an angry person once I started seeing the positive I felt so much better I broke my ankle last month. Not the same situation but hope you’re healing healthy
What if the injury is in the ankle? A torn Achilles tendon and I have to do partial weight baring. Six weeks with tall cam boot and crutches.
Just be advised by the surgeon if you are PWB
My fractured femur is 5months old yet it's still feeling like a spring if I try to put weight on it. Didn't go through surgery
I need a guide through this.
I got my cast off last week ive been given a boot its so cumbersome i can walk better without it will i do more damage tho if i dont use it? Ive had fibula and tibia weber c surgery i do need a knee replacement on the same leg maybe thats why i am struggling to use the boot
Hi,I got a 5th metatarsal base fracture on rt. foot.
Non weight bearing cast below knee for 6 weeks(1 week slab + 5 weeks POP Cast)
Been going here and there with Walker with wrong technique (put my weight on the Walker and keeping the injured leg up in the air..maybe I was wrong..)
Now got cast removed on 5th August.
Didn't walk on it for a week or 2.
Then tried to stand with no weight on it and still keeping weight on good leg.
Then tried walking as such (very painful)
But now I know I didn't put enough weight and weight shifting was happening to upeer rt. Limb and not to foot.
Have very little strength in rt. Half of body.
And weight transfer is tricky.
Ankle is swollen still. ROM decreased.
1st Physiotherapist said you are not putting weight on it. I really not had a clue how to do it.
Got another physiotherapist and she says almost same. I said I am not able to find strength to put weight then they say you are actually afraid of pain which is a mind block (I am but I don't know.thee should be another way)
And they try wean me off Walker,gain balance, distribute weight equally,not get a limp all at once.
And I still limp like you have shown. Can't put enough weight on injured leg and just limp forward with good leg except I use my hands too and my waist is not straight.
And my leg strength is not felt by me.
Even rt. Half of upper body seemd to be much less muscle active than left.
Like foot,leg,thigh,buttock,waist,upper back....
Can you please reply.
What can I do.
Also my Physiotherapist denied trying crutches and air boot saying do like this only.
Please reply.
My thoughts - might be atrophy..
How are you now?
@@sajidahmed4834 Now I'm fine.
Some difference is felt in RT. foot. Otherwise completely okay.
@@ferraripirateazkaban6054 that's great to hear. Also had a 5th MT fracture, right leg.
Took 1 week before I was able to get in for surgery. K Wire fixation. PoP cast for 6 weeks. In my 7th week now. Moved from wheelchair to underarm crutches. Able to put around 50% weight on injured leg.
I can sense quite a bit of stiffness. I have physio next week. Should be able to sort that out and get the k wires removed. I'm hoping I can get back to single crutch in a week or two, and walking in a month or so.
When I was first off casts, I could only put 25% weight. My doctor mentioned that it will hurt because of non-movement but more so because of the fear, and not because you're not able to put weight. I'm surprised to see how true that was.
Using two crutches was a game changer.
I'm thinking of going back to the gym and getting my weight in order after years. Thanks
Thank You
Great video. Really useful. Thanks so much
What about limping after a hip replacement? One month ago, I had total hip replacement after 6 years of needing one. Using a cane then walker for 6 years. I couldn't have surgery till I lost enough weight . I'm doing physical therapy but there's little to no improvement yet.
Any advice?Thank you
It takes a long time to build the hip and core muscles back after limping and in pain for so long pre surgery. You have to hang in there and work on consistency. Have you tried pool work?
@@physiorehab not yet no....... thank you for the reply!
Is there a time limit on walking after fractured ankle each day?
Well I wouldn’t go so long as it creates more pain that lasts
@@physiorehabLike how minutes a day you think? I'm recovering from a fractured fibula and the orthopedic surgeon (which 2 hours away) said I can start to walk with a boot on March 6. We don't have a orthopedic rehab in our city, they all moved away.
Can person go from none to partial bearing with spread ankle grade 2? And how long it takes?
What if you have a swollen foot after cast removal
Exercise should help reduce the swelling. Are you allowed on a bike for your problem ?
Right now I'm on crutches it's the worst but I try to use one crutch because I get tired fast
i love this i love you thank you
You're welcome 😊
I had a surgery after fib and tib fracture and I put screw and wires. Now the weather is so cold and the pain increases and activity to walk decreased because of pain. What can I. Do to decrease the pain during the cold days ?
Exercise bike?
I'm struggling with this now fractured my calcaneum 6 months ago couldn't weight bear for nearly 4. Training hard to rebuild my calf and the tendons at the front of the ankle need strengthening. I can't walk without putting some weight on the crutch to compensate.
Watching this one 🙌♥️
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Hi there,
This video was helpful. I've been on crutches lately because of a recent patellar dislocation. I was playing basketball, and after I went up for a layup, I landed hard on my leg and heard a loud pop, followed by intense pain. (It was the second time I had an injury to that knee while playing sports). Ever since that injury, which was over two weeks ago, I have not been able to straighten my leg completely. Is that normal? It feels stiff. I would appreciate some recommendations. Thank you.
Sounds like you need to work on some rehab. Check out our rehab programs for knees at Physiorehab.com
Hi sir.its already my 8 weeks after post off ankle surgery.then my doctor told me to put weight bearing but he did not recommend me into walking boot..The as i practice throuh shoes only is hard but is this still help me for fast recovery?
What, walking boot or crutches?
How long is it supposed to take to build up strength & how long until I can walk 10-15 mins comfortably? I am 6.5 weeks post-op deep laceration to gastroknemius and peroneal longus. Still on both crutches PWB trying to improve stride length and reduce limp. Specialist said not to see physio until 3 months!!
Be guided by the surgeon for this one
I had trimalleolor fracture surgery on July 25. i still have fiberglass cast on my left leg...my doc said after 11 weeks I can go partial weight bearing with cast
Is it okay to walk with cast on
Be guided by what the surgeon says you can do!
Hi Tim i had broken both my tibia and fibula plus have also gotten insertional achieles tendonitis now after 5 months i still have a limp can you please tell me how can i get rid of limping in this case
Hello
How can I contact you
support@physiorehab.com
How can I unlock my ankle joint?it's too stiff,this happened after k wire removal
Have a look at my ankle rehab videos
I just started walking after 6weeks after surgery how do I reduce the limping
You did watch the video right?
Are you limping,I just started walking with to much limping
The limping is there but after a few weeks the limping will minimal but as you get out of bed the limping will be there
How to walk without crutches first time.
When you are using one crutch you put it on the opposite side of the injured leg
Not if you are trying to return to full weight bearing
Oh I thought u put the crutch on the side of the Good leg… I was doing it wrong 🤔.. wow will have to change 🙏🏾🙏🏾💯💯
Hope it helps!
@@physiorehab NO YOU HAVE TO PLACE THE CRUTCH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BAD 🦵🏾 LEG
SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO PLACE IT ON THE SIDE OF THE GOOD LEG🤔
NO HOW U ADVISED.. ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BAD LEG..
DID NOT HELP..
DO IWAS DOING IT CORRECTLY ALL THE TIME..
PLEASE CHANGE YOUR ADVICE 🥲
Putting the crutch on the side is the 'good leg' is the better method when you want to reduce some of the weight bearing of the injured leg.
I had pop on for 6 weeks and I can't bend my knee...please help
Get it assessed
I can't bend my knee too after the pop was removed 2months back. Did your knee start to bend? If yes, what are the remedies? Thanks.