#transcrutches

[permaloving]

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ᵀʳᵃⁿˢ ˡᵉᵍ ⁱⁿʲᵘʳʸ ᵉᵘᵖʰᵒʳⁱᵃ, ʸᵃʸʸʸ! ˢᵒ ᵐᵘᶜʰ ᵖᵃⁱⁿ, ᵒʷⁱᵉ. ˢᵉⁿᵈ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵖʳⁱⁿᶜᵉˢˢ ˢᵒᵐᵉ ʰᵉˡᵖ, ᵈᵉᵃʳˢ?

ᶠᵒʳ ᴵ, ᵗʰᵉ ᵃᵈᵛᵉʳˢᵃʳʸ, ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵃʳʳⁱᵛᵉᵈ

[transidition]

transcrutch / crutches tips ?

Here you go! 🩼♿✨

- decide what you're using crutches for, whether there's pain or immobility in one or both legs, hips, back, etc. this will affect how you walk and what kinds of crutches you will use!

- if you're only using one crutch, most people use it on the side that has pain/immobility to take the weight off that leg and maintain balance. using a pair of crutches makes balancing easier and can help with pain on both sides as well as the lower back, but restricts what you can do with your hands and may make shoulder/wrist pain worse.

- buy some! cheap(ish) crutches can be bought from amazon or pharmacies without a prescription and can be adjusted to fit your needs.

- practice walking around in a private space before you go out in public, watch videos of people walking with crutches and try to copy them! if anything hurts, try to adjust the height of your crutches or their handles, or add more padding. try to walk on different kinds of ground too, concrete vs carpet vs grass vs stairs are very different and have different challenges!

- decorate your crutches with stickers or charms! you can also attach a small bag to carry items like your phone and wallet, or a cute wrist strap which could be either made for crutches or a phone wrist strap which will have more options but may be less sturdy.

I hope this was helpful!

[angusdagoat]

transcrutchesuser tips?

I've used crutches before, so this'll be fun!

TransCrutchesUser Tips!:

You can buy crutches at Walmart and Amazon! They're around the same price as canes too (for me at least)

When using crutches, make sure to move both at the same time! (Probably obvious, but making sure for those who have no experience whatsoever.)

Think about it as pushing the floor/ground away from yourself, rather than lifting yourself! It helps a lot!

Make sure the armpit part (if you're using those style crutches) is just high enough to be snug against your armpit when you bend your arms slightly. Make sure you don't have to hike your shoulders up to use em! This applies to the cane user tips too, but I was too sleepy to remember

With forearm crutches, make sure your arms are bent slightly, not fully straight, and especially not hiked up.

If you need a reason to buy crutches, say your ankles or another part of your legs have been hurting recently. Crutches tend to help alleviate pain faster than walking normally, plus, you could argue that it'd be good to have crutches around in case someone needs them!

[n3cr0ph4ll1cl0s3r]

As a CisMobilityAid user, I want all TransMobilityAid users to know that them using mobility aids is not at all "taking away resources" and that they're actually doing a lot for public disability acceptance.

While it's true that high quality and super advanced mobility aids may be hard for CisDisabled people to get (mostly due to most CisDisabled people also tending to be poor) the more people that buy them at all will make the demand higher and hopefully eventually lower the cost in the future since more people will be willing to provide high tier mobility aids if they see the money in producing them.

Plus, low grade or average mobility aids are super easy to get. We got most of ours off Amazon or from local stores. These are often in stock all the time and there are tons of choices to choose from (though a lot are technically the same thing but from different companies). There is no way you are "taking away" anything from a CisDisabled person; they'll also be able to find mobility aids for themselves.

And on top of all of that, the more people who openly use mobility aids, the more that they will become normalized— especially if younger appearing people start using them more and more. It will also lower the stigmatization for CisDisabled people who don't need to use their mobility aids all the time, such as ambulatory wheelchair users.

There are literally no tangible downsides to TransAbled people using mobility aids even if they "don't have to". The only possible downside is the increased risk of violence due to being perceived as disabled; though I'm sure that's a risk most TransAbled people have already weighed if they're considering buying or using mobility aids.

Basically, if you're TransAbled and considering getting mobility aids but have some anxiety about it this is your sign to go get those mobility aids and be proud about it!

[lazyboy-bot]

whyyyy do forearm crutches cost so much???

crutches alone varies from 100-150usd then new grips and tips is around another 100usd

i might test out with something cheap first but i wanna treat myself to something good that i can use for a while... sighs loudly... cruel world we live in...