Re: sore hands from using crutches!

[Guest guest]

My brother in law made me neoprene covers to go over the armpit crutch part

as well as the hand area - works great and relieves the pressure. Hubby bought

me a pair of sports gloves - they have the finger tips cut out and padding on

the palm area - and are leather type material. These gloves are great and

really help with the sore hands/palms as well as the chafing my hands were

getting.

tanya

[Guest guest]

What is your weight bearing status? If you can walk 1-1.5 miles with

your crutches, WHY are you using them? If you are weightbearing as

tolerated, dump the crutches, slow down a little and focus on QUALITY

of gait, not QUANTITY. IF you are not WBAT, remember that 50%

weightbearing is equal weight on both feet and no more until cleared

by the MD.

Wrap a folded washcloth around the handles to build them up a

little. This might help the pressure. Tape around them and then

they should stay.

Alisa

> Hi everyone

> Has anyone got any suggestions / ideas for relieving the pressure

on

> the heels of the hands and thumb joints while using two crutches? I

> am 3 weeks post op and although I am able to walk 1 / 1.5 miles

with

> no problem to my hip I am finding that the pressure on my hands is

> causing most discomfort. Anyone else experienced this?

> Lesley

[Guest guest]

Have you tried using padded gloves?

I used bicycling gloves, you can get them at any bike shop or online

at a place like http://www.Nashbar.com. Some have gel in them, mine

just have heavy leather padding. Helped a lot, but my palms still

developed callouses. Another option is to use gloves used by

weightlifters.

Hope that helps, good luck with your recovery,

-

> Hi everyone

> Has anyone got any suggestions / ideas for relieving the pressure

on

> the heels of the hands and thumb joints while using two crutches? I

> am 3 weeks post op and although I am able to walk 1 / 1.5 miles

with

> no problem to my hip I am finding that the pressure on my hands is

> causing most discomfort. Anyone else experienced this?

> Lesley

[Guest guest]

-Thanks for the info - I can't get rid of the crutches until I see

my OS in a couple of weeks time so I'll try the padding tip!

Lesley

-- In Joint Replacement , " Bodyphysics "

<bodyphysics@y...> wrote:

> What is your weight bearing status? If you can walk 1-1.5 miles

with

> your crutches, WHY are you using them? If you are weightbearing

as

> tolerated, dump the crutches, slow down a little and focus on

QUALITY

> of gait, not QUANTITY. IF you are not WBAT, remember that 50%

> weightbearing is equal weight on both feet and no more until

cleared

> by the MD.

>

> Wrap a folded washcloth around the handles to build them up a

> little. This might help the pressure. Tape around them and then

> they should stay.

>

> Alisa

>

>

> > Hi everyone

> > Has anyone got any suggestions / ideas for relieving the

pressure

> on

> > the heels of the hands and thumb joints while using two

crutches? I

> > am 3 weeks post op and although I am able to walk 1 / 1.5 miles

> with

> > no problem to my hip I am finding that the pressure on my hands

is

> > causing most discomfort. Anyone else experienced this?

> > Lesley