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Sore Hands From Crutches

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luke06492
luke06492

Did / does anyone else find that their hands hurt from using the crutches. I have started to get some blisters on my hands. Anyone got any suggestions / tips. Thanks in advance for you help.

 

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  • Tituscanby1
    Tituscanby1 luke06492

    Posted

    Ditch them and get a knee scooter lol.

    Knee Scooter and Walker is all you need. Not a Zimmerframe . All Terrain Walker.

    Put padding on with polar fleece and duct tape.

    • luke06492
      luke06492 Tituscanby1

      Posted

      I was thinkingthat its probably because I am not used to using them. Am hoping that it ets better and easier.

       

    • luke06492
      luke06492 Tituscanby1

      Posted

      I'm going to try to get some form of padding today and see if I can sort them out.

       

  • khiet
    khiet luke06492

    Posted

    My brother used to use the hand free crutch when he had a knee surgery. He feel more comfortable with it and it gave him free hand. So I think it also help you. Hope it's helpful!

  • andy88
    andy88 luke06492

    Posted

    Hi Luke, 

    Try wearing fingerless cycling gloves with the padded palms. Either that or you can get crutches with a contoured handle which distributes your weight more evenly across your palm. Last resort is you can get pads on Amazon to cushion the weight. I know how you feel, I've been on them now for 7 months! My physio originally gave me the same as you, but I already had a contoured pair from an earlier procedure, so I gave them back!

    Gym/cycling gloves also help if you get sweaty palms, like me! Especially in this hot weather!

    I hope I have been of some help...... Andy ??

    • luke06492
      luke06492 andy88

      Posted

      Thanks Andy. I was thinking about cycling gloves. Need to get something to sort it out. Yeah I get sweaty palms too and the weather is not helping.
    • andy88
      andy88 luke06492

      Posted

      Try Sports Direct or eBay for the gloves and Amazon for the handle padding. Let me know how you get on.
    • patti123
      patti123 andy88

      Posted

      I agree with Luke and Tituscanby. They both gave you great advice that you should carry most the weight in your hands vs. under the arms, and to use bike gloves. Thick gel ones are the best I found. It hurt me so badly when I started using crutches, that I switched to the knee scooter, which as Tituscanby said was the best decision ever for us. I needed the crutches for the WB stage however. The good news is that when you use the crutches when you start PWB, you won't put as much pressure on your hands, so it doesn't hurt so badly, because you are putting some pressure on your foot at that point too. I read somewhere that someone said they had permanent nerve damage in their hands from using the crutches too much, so be careful if you are going to stay with crutches. I will send you a private link showing some gel hand and under arm pads I liked. 

    • patti123
      patti123

      Posted

      Sorry...that should have gone to Luke. I meant to say I agree with Andy and Tituscanby. 
    • patti123
      patti123

      Posted

      Also, if you can afford it, if you get a knee scooter, a basket and cup holder really comes in handy!
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