(upbeat instrumental music)
- Hi, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- And I'm Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
And together we are the most famous physical therapists,
on the internet.
- Be careful.
- Give me the fist buddy.
- Oh Brad, a fist.
In our opinion, of course.
And today we're going through,
a lot of assistant devices today.
Bob and I just wanted to bring up the Lost Strand Crutch.
Ah. This is what they look like.
You don't see a lot of these around,
but they they are out there.
And typically you're not gonna use 'em
unless you've already seen a doctor and a therapist.
- Right.
- And they're gonna go in detail how to use 'em
because they're a little more complex
but the Loft Strand Crutch-
I like them cause they really offer a lot of support.
If I put my hand in here,
you know you gotta get it through here.
These are malleable.
I'm not gonna do it too much,
but once you have a, as a therapist
I'll pull this out and you can bend this
out or in to fit the person's forearm,
like that.
And that's how it fits.
- And how high is the, the handle gonna be Brad?
- The handle is gonna be adjusted.
And when you're standing tall,
the crutches are where they feel comfortable with,
this should go right about the crease.
So, this one here on my left is actually too low,
I should bring that up.
This one here is about right.
- Sure, it's hitting right on the wrist.
- Yep, right there.
- Yep.
- Okay.
Now these are adjusted the same way,
we have a thumb screw here and we push the button here,
and we can adjust that up and down.
(metal button snapping)
There you go.
So, make sure you get 'em both the same height.
Assuming the person has the same length arms
which most people do.
- And as with other canes
or anything that has a tip on you,
you wanna make sure the tip's not wearing out on you.
- Exactly.
- Ah. Rubber, with age just will start to get-
- Yep.
- Get brittle and get smooth,
and I usually check it
by kind of hitting the floor with it.
- Yep.
(light taps to the floor)
Just like that. See, these are nice.
- Oh those are really gripping.
- [Brad] You better believe it.
Ah, these are, people typically if they're using
they need to put a lot of weight.
- [Bob] Yeah.
- [Brad] Okay.
So people are sometimes swinging through like this.
I had worked with some people that did that gape.
Otherwise, you can do this type of-
- Alternating gape.
- Yeah, alternating gate.
And you know, I don't wanna spend too much time with it
because you're not gonna learn
how to use these on a video.
- Right.
- It's gotta be one on one with a therapist,
make sure they're adjusted right and you use 'em properly.
- I would say one other advantage is
with that little cuff there.
A lot of times people can let go of the cane.
- Yeah, that is a neat thing.
- They can let go of the cane
and do something with their hands
and then just grab it right back on and do it again,
as opposed to-
- As you can see they, they'll hang there.
- Yeah. They're there.
They're not falling away from you when you
when you need to do something.
- Exactly.
- I can't get outta it.
(both men chuckle quietly)
- Okay, be careful Bob.
Okay, that's the Loft Strand Crutch.
Ah, that's what they look like.
And that's the whole story on 'em.
Thank you.
- Thanks.