O tootoo ma tamaiti - tutu ma savavali

Fesoasoani i lau tama e iloa faʻafefea ona tu ma savali saogalemu ma tootoo.

Lau tama e tatau ona mafai ona faʻapaleni sina mea e tu ai toʻotoʻo. Fai i lau tama e tuu maualuga le ulu ma vaai i luma, tuu pea tauʻau i tua ma le manava ma pulu ia tuu i totonu. Tu lau tama i luga o lona vae lelei. Faʻaauau pea tootoo i luma ma vavae ese.

Lona uiga e le mafai e lau tama ona faʻamamaina le vae poʻo le vae ua tiga. O lima, lima, tootoo, ma vae lelei e faaaoga e feoaʻi ai. Fai i lau tama e:

• Tu i luga le vae lelei. Uu tootoo i le itu o le tino. Oomiina i latou i le faʻaaogaina o lima ma le itu o le tino.
• Faʻasolosolo tootoo e tusa o le tasi sitepu i luma, ma toʻotoʻo mai i fafo teisi atu lautele nai lo ona vae. Faʻasolo i luma le vae ua tiga ma tootoo.
• Toso i lalo tootoo ma ona lima i luga o le handgrips. Oomi ia tootoo i le va o lima ma itu.
• Tuu lona mamafa i luga o fasi pepa ma agai i luma.
• AUA le faalagolago i tootoo i luga o lima. O le tuʻuina o le mamafa i luga o faʻamau lima e mafai ona tiga ai, ma e mafai ai e lou alo ona maua i le mageso ma faʻaleagaina neula ma ala toto i lalo o lona lima.
• Alu i luma i luga o le vae lelei na o sina i luma o tootoo. Tasi le sitepu.
• Amata le isi sitepu i le minoi o tootoo e tusa o le tasi sitepu i luma ma le vae manuʻa.
• Vaʻai i luma pe a savali, ae le o vae.

O lona uiga e mafai e lau tama ona tago i le eleele ma lona vae leaga e fesoasoani ai i le paleni. Fai i lau tama e:

• Tu i luga le vae lelei.
• Faʻasolosolo tootoo i le tasi sitepu i luma.
• Tuʻu i luma le vae leaga ma faʻamau faʻavae. O tamatamaivae e mafai ona paʻi ile eleele, pe fai sina mamafa e tuu ile vae mo paleni.
• Tuʻu le tele o le mamafa i luga o le handgrips. Oomi le tootoo i le va o le lima ma le itu o le fatafata.
• Fai se sitepu ma le vae lelei.
• Amata le isi sitepu i le minoi o tootoo e tusa o le tasi sitepu i luma ma le vae manuʻa.
• Vaʻai i luma pe a savali, ae le o vae.

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.

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