hey everybody it's doctor Jo and doctor muscle Stein, and today I'm going to show
you how to use the Walker on steps. and as you can see he's saying stop! make
sure you know how to do it correctly before you get up. so step one, move your
muscle Stein out of the way. so let's get started.
so as you can see, I followed step one and moved Mo out of the way. but in all
seriousness, mo represents dogs, cats, any kind of pets. little children,
grandchildren, clutter on your step. so especially if you're doing this at home,
make sure you have a clear way to get up and down your steps. a lot of times you
know if you're out somewhere maybe there's not a ramp you can go up and
down, but always use the ramp if you can use the safest way to get somewhere, but
if that's not an option, I'm going to show you a way to do it.
if there's a railing, definitely always use this with the railing. don't try and
go up without the help of a railing because you always want that extra
stability there. so the biggest thing with going up and down steps with a
walker is to make sure you've got it as stable as possible. and what I mean by
that is make sure it's set in place before you push down and use it to push up. a
quick also reminder that are in some of my other videos about how to go up and
down the steps with a bad leg. if you have a bad side and you're using it with
your walker, maybe like you had a hip replacement or something like that,
you always want to go up with the good and down with the bad. and so that's
basically just so you can use your good side as a powering up motion and then
when you go down with the bad you're still using that good side to kind of
lower you down that step. so up with the good down with the bad. so the easiest
way to do the going up and down the steps with a walker is once you get up
to the steps, hopefully there's a railing there that you can kind of hold on to if
you don't have somebody to help you out. then what you're gonna do is kind of, I
usually grab in the middle, you don't have to you can kind of come around to the
side, but I feel like if you're holding on to the railing you're gonna turn it
away from where the railing is. so that's what you're gonna kind of hold on right
here. then you want to lift up the side that's
in front of you here, and put it on the first step. so you can see then it's
stable back here and it's stable up here. but before you take that step push on
your Walker to make sure it's not either going to roll away or slide back down on
the step. depending on maybe if you have carpet on your steps that it's in a nice
soft spot. so I'm still holding onto that rail. so now I'm holding onto the rail
and I have a spot here so then I'm gonna go up with my good. and so let's say my
left side is my good side. then I'm gonna put the step here and then push up. so I
don't have a lot of room on this step to show you, but I'll go on some stairs so I
can show you have it once you get going that you can do it. but always make sure
you're going slow and steady. don't try and rush yourself up the steps or down
the steps because what's gonna happen then is you're gonna get going too fast
and maybe get unstable and slip and fall. but always make sure and check each time
you start bringing it up that it's nice and stable. so you can take that step,
hold on to the rail, and step off. alright we'll take it to the stairs. so as you
can see, I'm at the bottom of my steps. the railings on this side, so if I was
rolling up to my steps, I'd kind of stop at the end here and then grab on to the
railing. once I grab onto the railing, I'm gonna move that Walker away from the
railing. and that's just so I can have more room over by the railing. okay so I
need some more support so I'm just gonna then turn it and bring it up to the edge.
so I'm still gonna say my left side is my strong side so I'm gonna come up
towards as close as I can get to the steps, and then I'm going to take the
edge of the Walker here and bring it up on the step. so before I go I want to
push on it to make sure it's not going to go anywhere, and then once I have that
I'm going to go up with my good and power up. so depending on how long your
steps are when you start actually going up the steps, mine's pretty close so it's
right on the edge. this again is where you want to take
your time and make sure and push down for that stability. so even if it's not
actually on that step if you're pushing at that angle towards into the step
where it's in that that crevice or that crack right there, even if it's not
touching on the end, it's gonna give me that stability. and then I'm gonna power
up again and then bring it up. so again just going really slow and
taking your time, not trying to go up fast because each time you want to push
on that to make sure it doesn't slide back on you. so go slow and be safe. so
it's still kind of the same concept going down. so I'll show you going down
as well. so I know you can't see my face, but I really wanted you to get a good
look at how the walker's set up going down. cuz going down is always a little
bit scarier. you can see how the front part of the Walker that's closest to you
is right on that edge there, but if you're pushing weight on the top into
that little corner here of the steps, that's what's going to be stable. so then
holding on to the rail now you're going down with the bad. so if my right side
was the bad side, then I'm going down stepping to and then moving that Walker
again. getting it nice and set up. nice and solid. pushing to make sure it's not
gonna slip before and then stepping down. and then once I am safe and feel
comfortable and then I can move it again. so as you can see, it's a slow process.
you want it to be a safe process because you don't want to end up tumbling down
the steps with you in the Walker in tow. so there you have it. that's how to use a
walker on stairs. if you'd like to help support my channel, make sure and click
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remember be safe on the steps, have fun, and I hope you feel better soon.