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Building Upper-Body and Core Strength for Crutch Users
On crutches, your arms do your legs' job. Gentle upper-body and core exercises that make every step easier and protect your shoulders...
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When to Change or Add a Mobility Aid: Reading the Signs
How to tell when it's time to change or add a mobility aid: the warning signs, your options up and down, and...
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The Research Behind Spring-Assist Technology for Mobility Devices
Decades of biomechanics research show spring-assist crutches soften impact, return energy, and ease the work of walking. Here is a summary of...
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One Crutch or Two? Knowing When and How to Transition
Wondering if you still need both crutches? How weight-bearing status decides one crutch vs two, which hand to use, and how to...
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Crutches, Neuropathy, and Foot Drop: When the Nerves Are the Problem
Neuropathy and foot drop are nerve problems, so the rules change. How bracing, crutches, and smart habits keep you steady when sensation...
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Crutches and Spina Bifida: Mobility From Childhood Into Adulthood
Spina bifida mobility is lifelong and evolving. How forearm crutches and bracing fit, how needs change with age, and choosing gear built...
Built for the long haul
Crutches that don't hurt
A spring-assisted post absorbs every step, and the grips keep your wrists neutral. Your hands and shoulders won't be the next thing that hurts.
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Crutches After a Stroke: Rebuilding Mobility With Hemiplegia
After a stroke, one-sided weakness changes everything. Which walking aids fit hemiplegia, where a single crutch helps, and how to rebuild walking...
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Crutches and Arthritis: Staying Mobile While Protecting Painful Joints
Crutches and arthritis can clash when your hands hurt too. How to choose an aid that protects painful joints and keeps you...
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Crutches at Work: Disclosure, Accommodations, and Confidence
Crutches at work: whether to disclose, the ADA accommodations worth requesting, and how to stay confident and capable on the job long...
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Living Visibly: Identity, Confidence, and Owning Your Mobility Aid
Owning your mobility aid is about identity, not just crutches. The grief, the reframe, and how to grow into confidence and live...
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Dating and Relationships When You Use Crutches
Dating with crutches, honestly. When to bring it up, dating apps, planning accessible dates, intimacy, and the confidence that draws the right...
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Gout in Your Foot: When to Rest, Offload, and Ride Out a Flare
This is general information, not personal medical advice. If your symptoms are severe or not improving, talk to your doctor about your...
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Calcaneus (Heel) Fracture Recovery: One of the Longest Crutch Phases in the Foot
This guide covers general recovery ranges, not personal medical advice. Your surgeon's specific instructions always override anything you read here. A broken...
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Lisfranc Injury Recovery on Crutches: The Long Road Through the Midfoot
This guide covers general recovery ranges, not personal medical advice. Your surgeon's specific instructions always override anything you read here. A Lisfranc...
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Dealing With Stares, Questions, and Unsolicited Help
Real scripts for the stares, intrusive questions, and unsolicited help that come with crutches, plus a way to think about it that...
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Bunion Surgery Recovery: What the Crutch Phase Really Looks Like
This guide covers general recovery ranges, not personal medical advice. Your surgeon's specific instructions always override anything you read here. Bunion surgery...
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Plantar Fasciitis and Offloading a Painful Heel: What Actually Helps
This is general information, not personal medical advice. If your symptoms are severe or not improving, talk to your doctor about your...
- Returning to Work on Crutches: A Practical Recovery Guide Returning to Work on Crutches: A Practical Recovery Guide "When can I go back to work?" is the second-most-asked question in any...
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Stress Fracture Recovery: Why Patience Is the Whole Game
This guide covers general recovery ranges, not personal medical advice. Your surgeon's specific instructions always override anything you read here. A stress...
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Broken Leg Recovery on Crutches: What to Expect With a Tibia or Fibula Fracture
This guide covers general recovery ranges, not personal medical advice. Your surgeon's specific instructions always override anything you read here. A broken...
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Hand and Palm Pain From Crutches: Why It Happens and How to Fix It
This is general information, not personal medical advice. If your symptoms are severe or not improving, talk to your doctor about your...
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Finding Your People: A Guide to Crutch and Mobility Support Communities
A guide to crutch and mobility support communities: which group fits your situation, specific places worth trying, and how to spot a...
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Sprained Ankle Recovery: When You Need Crutches and When You Don't
This guide covers general recovery ranges, not personal medical advice. Your surgeon's specific instructions always override anything you read here. A rolled...
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Broken Foot Recovery on Crutches: What to Really Expect
This guide covers general recovery ranges, not personal medical advice. Your surgeon's specific instructions always override anything you read here. "Broken foot"...
