Sit to Stand with Elbow Crutches

• Sit to Stand with Elbow Crutches:

  • put crutches on the same side as the injured leg
  • also use the arms of the chair / sides of the bed to get into standing
  • transfer non injured side arm through the elbow cuff first, then put injured side through the cuff, then move non injured side to its normal side
  • to go back down move the non injured side to the same side as the injured side, take injured side arm out of cuff, then non injured side, look back and then place hand on chair, lowering yourself down