How to Make Use of Crutches Efficiently
Crutches are a boon to patients recovering from a surgery or an accident.
Usually, they are used to offer
support when weight bearing on the foot or leg is prohibited.
In the earlier days, crutches were made
using...
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How to Make Use of Crutches Efficiently
Crutches are a boon to patients recovering from a surgery or an accident.
Usually, they are used to offer
support when weight bearing on the foot or leg is prohibited.
In the earlier days, crutches were made
using wood, but they are now manufactured using aluminum with rubber tips.
These are specifically
designed to offer comfort and flexible leg movements to patients, suffering from temporary or permanent
disability.
However, crutch users often complain of underarm pain while using crutches; often caused by
the hard rubber tips that damage the brachial plexus nerves or radial nerves in the underarm.
In some
cases, under arm pain can even lead to crutch paralysis.
Therefore, it’s important to make use of
additional accessories like underarm pads and grip pads to relieve underarm pain.
These additional crutch accessories are made up of high density foam to offer extra crutch padding to
your body.
They are also covered using high quality fa
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