If the pain is acute ice the area.
Crutches make me sore. Sometimes covering the grip of your crutches with layers of tape can help as the inclination to grip hard is lessened. As your torso shoulders elbows and wrists work together to compensate for a hurt foot or leg you may begin to experience arm pain. You are using muscles you never did and are putting so much more effort out because you can t use one leg. Put your crutches in place.
Keeping underarms off the crutch pad. You will get sooooo sore from crutches hobbling around. Might be worth getting the pain checked out could be sternum damage from the crash. Frequently people who have suffered an injury say that the pain caused by the broken ankle or torn ligaments is nothing compared to the pain caused by the subsequent use of crutches.
Few suggestions ice what is sore and eat lots and lots of protein. Part 2 walking with crutches 1. Put your weight on the good uninjured leg. To take a step start by placing the foot pads of the crutches a short distance in.
Using the crutches shouldnt really be giving you mid chest pain unless maybe the height of them is wrong and you are putting strain on your chest muscles. Crutches and sore body. You can improve your overall experience by adopting a few pain reducing basics of crutch operation.