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STRENGTHENING EXERCISES—
TO GET ARMS READY TO WALK WITH CRUTCHES
OBJECTIVE
These exercises help make
your arms stronger so that
you can walk with crutches.
EXERCISE
SHEET
6
Sit like this
and lift
yourself up
with your
arms.
Go up and down
until your arms
are so tired
you cannot
lift yourself
another time.
It is better to
use bricks
or books to
lift yourself
higher.
Note: If the
child’s arms are
too short to lift
himself up on
open hands,
he can use his
fists.
To practice
for using
crutches, make
‘handgrips’.
Try to lift
yourself
with your
elbows out,
like this,
Or use a
sawed-off
crutch.
Or you can do
these exercises
in your
wheelchair.
and not
like this.
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Do these exercises 3 or 4 times a day. Every day try
to lift yourself more times without resting, until you
can do it 50 times.
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Weight lifting. Increase the
weight little by little as the arms
get stronger.