Faʻapaʻu ma tamaiti - fesoasoani talafeagai ma le saogalemu

A maeʻa le taotoga poʻo se manuʻa, atonu e manaʻomia e lau tama ni tootoo e savali. E manaʻomia e lau tama tootoo mo le lagolago ina ia leai se mamafa e tuu i luga o le vae o lau tama. O le faʻaaogaina o tootoo e le faigofie ma e manaʻomia ai se faʻataʻitaʻiga. Ia mautinoa ia fetaui lelei tootoo a lou alo ma aʻoaʻo nisi o fesoasoani mo le saogalemu.

Fesili i lau tama fomaʻi tausi soifua maloloina e ofi toʻotoʻo i lau tama. O le fetaui lelei e faʻafaigofie ai ona faʻaaoga tootoo ma taofia lou alo mai le lavea pe a faʻaaogaina. Tusa lava pe fetaui lau tama mo tootoo:

• Tuʻu pulupulu paʻu i lalo o tamaʻi lima, uʻulima, ma vae.
• Faʻalelei ia tootoo i le umi saʻo. Faʻatutu ia tootoo ma tu lau tama, ia mautinoa e mafai ona e tuʻuina tamatamailima e 2 i le va o le underarm a lau tama ma le pito i luga o tootoo. Crutch pads faasaga i le armpit e mafai ona faʻatupuina ai lou alo ma faʻanatinati i neula ma ala toto i le lima. O le tele o le mamafa e ono faʻaleagaina ai neula ma ala toto.
• Fetuunai le maualuga o alofilima. E tatau ona i ai i latou tapulima o lau tama pe a tautau o latou lima io latou itu po o suilapalapa. O tulilima e tatau ona piʻo malie pe a tu i luga ma uu lima.
• Ia mautinoa e faʻapipiʻi tulilima a lau tama pe a amata ona faʻaaoga le tootoo, ona faʻalauteleina peʻa faia se sitepu.

Aʻoaʻo lou alo i le:

• Taofi i taimi uma tootoo latalata ina ia faigofie ona aapa atu.
• Fai seevae e le see ese.
• Alualu lemu. O le tootoo atonu e maua i se mea pe seʻe pe a e taumafai e alu vave tele.
• Matamata i luga o seevae savali savali. O lau, aisa, ma le kiona e maseesee uma. O le see e le masani ai o se faʻafitauli i luga o auala susu poʻo auala savali pe a fai o tootoo o loʻo i ai ni paʻu. Ae ole faʻasusu pito i luga ole foloa e mafai lava ona masase.
• Aua neʻi e tautau i tootoo. O le mea lea e tuʻu ai le unaʻi i le neula o le lima ma ono afaina ai.
• Tauave se ato faʻafafa ma mea manaʻomia. Lenei auala e faigofie mea ona oʻo atu ma leai ni auala.

Mea e mafai ona fai e matua:

• Tuʻu ese mea i lou fale e ono mafua ai ona alu lau tama. E aofia ai ma uila eletise, meataʻalo, togi kapeta, ma lavalava i luga o le foloa.
• Talanoa i le aʻoga e faʻaalu ai i lau tama se taimi faaopoopo e alu ai i le va o vasega ma ia aloese mai le motu o tagata i le alasavali. Vaʻai pe mafai e lou alo ona fesili mo se faʻatagaga e faʻaaoga ai lifi ma aloese mai sitepu.
• Siaki ia tootoo vae mo le savali. Ia mautinoa e le maseesee.
• Siaki le faovilivili i tootoo i ni nai aso. E faigofie lava ona latou tatalaina.

Valaʻau le tautua pe a fai o lau tama e foliga mai e le o saogalemu luga o tootoo tusa lava pe a maeʻa faʻataʻitaʻi ma oe. E mafai ona faʻasino oe e le tausimaʻi i se fomaʻi faʻapitoa e mafai ona ia aʻoaʻoina lou alo i le faʻaaogaina o tootoo.

Afai e faitio lau tama i le faʻamoega, tingling, poʻo le leiloa o lagona i o latou lima poʻo lima, valaʻau le tautua.

American Academy of Othopaedic Surgeons 'upega tafaʻilagi. Faʻafefea ona faʻaaogaina tootoo, tootoo, ma savali. orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/rec Recovery/how-to-use-crutches-canes-and-walkers. Faʻafouina Fepuari 2015. Avanoa ia Novema 18, 2018.

Edelstein J. Canes, tootoo, ma savali. I totonu: Webster JB, Murphy DP, eds. Atlas o Orthoses ma Fesoasoani Fesoasoani. 5th ed. Filatelefia, PA: Elsevier; 2019 chap 36.

• Fesoasoani feaveaʻi