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

Place the bottom of your crutches on the ground about one foot in front of you. Step your injured foot forward between your crutches. Lean forward and put weight down on both your crutches and injured leg. Step your other leg forward and place it next to your injured foot. Repeat steps one through three 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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Step-by-Step: Using Crutches on Stairs

Here is how to safely use crutches on stairs.

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How to Use Crutches on Stairs, Through Doorways, and In and Out of Cars

This video shows you how to use your crutches to go up and down stairs, how to move through a doorway, and how to get in and out of a motor vehicle.

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

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

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