Walking Downstairs - Teufel DynaCox Patienteninformation

If there is no handrail, first put the foot
of the non-operated leg one step higher.
Then push off with the help of the crutches
and straighten the healthy leg in the
hip and knee joints. In
doing so you will bring
the operated leg up to
the other leg on the
next step and then let
the crutches follow af-
terwards. Repeat this
process for each of
the following stairs.

Walking downstairs:

Use one hand to hold on to the handrail,
if applicable, and hold the crutch in the
other hand. First, put the crutch on the next
lower step, then the operated leg and lastly
the non-operated leg. If no handrail is
available, put the crutches one step
lower first and shift your weight on
the healthy leg at the same time.
Then put the operated leg on
the next lower step. Now shift
the weight of your body on
the crutches and move one
step down while flexing the
healthy leg in the hip and the
knee joint.
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