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Step-by-Step: Using Crutches with Swing Through (Non-Weight Bearing)

Hold your injured leg in the air and balance on your other leg. Lift and place the bottom of the crutches about one foot in front of you. Lift your uninjured leg from the floor and gently swing it forward until it lands in front of where your crutches are planted. Repeat steps one and two continuously to keep moving forward.

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Arm-chair Push-ups - Knee

Watch this video to learn how to do an arm chair push up properly to strengthen your muscles to help you get up from a seated position after joint replacement surgery.

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Orthopedics

Step-by-Step: Standing with Crutches (Weight Bearing)

Here are the steps for standing with crutches, when you are able to put weight on your foot.

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Step-by-Step: Fitting a Crutch

Here is how to pick crutches that correctly fit you.

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Step-by-Step: Using Crutches with Swing To (Non-Weight Bearing)

Here is how to use crutches with swing to.

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