Friends with disabilities need to pay attention: gait training is very important

For disabled friends with lower limb amputations, if it is their first time installing prosthetics, the quality of their gait determines their lifelong walking habits, so training their gait is very important. Generally, amputees do not train for too long in prosthetic companies. Most amputees hope to walk as soon as possible and return home quickly. Nowadays, prosthetic companies also cater to the psychology of patients, allowing them to train at home without major walking problems. But after returning home, there was no one to guide them, and many patients slowly walked in their own comfortable way. Therefore, I have also seen many disabled friends who have had their prosthetics installed and their gait is much worse than when they first installed them. The editor specifically searched for relevant gait training materials online and organized them for reference by disabled friends.

1. Foot Rolling Exercise: Slowly move the body's center of gravity from the heel to the toe, and then move back from the toe to the heel, repeating the exercise;

2. Cross Step Exercise: Step in the direction of crossing your body, with your legs in an X shape, and cross your feet after each step.

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3. Good foot swing exercise: Maintain the center of gravity of the body on the prosthetic and take the good foot forward or backward.

. Try to increase the distance of your steps as much as possible.

4. Walking in a straight line practice: Draw a straight line on the ground, then walk along the line. With each step, press the heel of the front foot against the toe of the back foot, and repeat this process.

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5. Backward walking practice: When retreating, pay attention to landing your toes on the ground first, and then slowly shift your center of gravity to your heel.

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6. Pedestal exercise: Use a fitness massage ball or small brick to place it on the path of the exercise according to the distance you step, and walk on the ball or small brick during the process.

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7. Balance Exercise: During the exercise, stand with both feet on the health board, bend your knees, first move your body's center of gravity to the front so that the health board tilts forward, and then move it to the back so that it tilts backward.

. Please perform this exercise inside the balance bars on both sides;

8. Obstacle crossing practice: Place a fitness massage ball or brick at a certain distance on the path of the exercise, and walk across obstacles during the process;

9. Squatting exercise: (limited to patients with leg amputation) Bend both knees into a squatting position, stand on tiptoes, and straighten the upper body. Pay attention to evenly distributing body weight on both feet;

10. Resistance walking exercise: During forward movement, a professional physical therapist uses an elastic rubber band to pull back and create resistance.

; (Not recommended for this exercise at home)

11. Leg jumping exercise: (limited to patients with leg amputation) Spread the center of gravity evenly on both feet, use your toes to exert force and jump forward (disabled friends who have just started wearing should not do this exercise)

The above training methods should be trained in order, and if there are no training conditions, you can skip appropriately. Be sure to take protective measures. If you are very confident and like to challenge beyond the level, the editor is not responsible.

Article source @ Today's Headlines, author: prosthetic walker