How To Make Your Crutches More Comfortable – You may feel uncomfortable on crutches and wonder how long you will have to endure them. Carl Hartmann, an orthopedic technologist on the medical staff at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple, offers some suggestions.
“My role as an orthopedic technologist is to assist the surgeon in direct patient care, both in the clinic and in the operating room,” Carl said. He regularly works with a number of patients who require crutches.
How To Make Your Crutches More Comfortable
If you have had an injury to one of your lower limbs, it is likely that you will need crutches. These injuries commonly include:
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“We have a large patient population that doesn’t have to bear weight for a period of time,” Carl said.
There are many people who need to use crutches for anywhere from a … Read the rest