How to Go Up & Down Stairs with Crutches (with non-weight bearing) 

Nothing like being just handed crutches and sent on your way - and then have to figure out how to get up stairs to get into the house. Thanks guys for this video

My house has thin spiral stairs. I think ill just live in the living room for now

I came here looking for advice on how to go up stairs after tearing my ACL and MCL knee ligaments. I am in excellent shape but struggling quite a bit. After reading others comments about their struggles it doesn't feel like I am the only one anymore. It's tough going from being 100% and skiing cliffs to crawling up a staircase while dragging my crutches. A true lesson in humility. Thank you for the video I really appreciate the help!!!

You omitted that it takes a strong core and upper body strength to do what you're doing. If you're out of shape forgetaboutit.

thank you very much for this 😭💜

Thank you so much! I have been stuck in my room for almost 3 weeks 😭 upstairs depending on my family but now can regain my independence. So happy!!!

So much jumping. F it, I’m just staying home.

Thank you Soo much! I'm home alone most of the time and the kitchen is downstairs. This might be a little quicker for me

I just shattered my right ankle a week ago and im having surgery this week. it just so happens that i live on the fourth floor of a five story walk-up in nyc.... let me tell you right now how frickin exhausting and sweaty it is to go up AND down those stairs in the summer with no AC in the building :( takes me like 9 minutes now (i am horribly out of shape) but hopefully i'll get better at it over the next couple months

This is good. After breaking my hip and having surgery (2 weeks ago!), and having pins put in, I've been putting off going up my stairs and have watched this more than once, trying to buck up my nerve. So far, my hubby has carried me downstairs to our basement bathroom to shower, but I WILL gather the courage to attempt our stairs going upstairs, after watching this a few more times, I'm sure, haha. Practices in the hospital with the little set like yours, it was a breeze at the time, but my courage was bolstered by painkillers, I think, LOL. I've got 6 more weeks to go before I can weight bear, so I'll have time to try. Thank you for posting this.

Me, my sister as well as my brother in law have decided to start putting you down as your primary care physicians. Thank you for these videos

I live in a house that has no handrails hand I live in a one-story house but to get outside I have to climb down 3/4 steps depending on where I go out and I keep falling and hurting myself.

Thank you very much for this video, I fractured my ankle this week and been struggling with stairs...

Many thanks for this very useful information!

This was soooo helpful!!! Thank you so much!!

Thank you! I've suffered a knee injury and it's good to know proper ways to avoid stressing out an injury.

Great video, very helpful.

Thank you for this video! Very nice guys too.

Aww My classrooms are all upstairs, and now I have no excuse to skip school :.(

Thank you both so much!!!

thank you so much for this video, i broke my fibula at the ankle and i live on the 4th floor, it's quite tiring but i only need to go to get an x-ray and then additional check ups every 2 weeks, wish me luck guys!!!

Very well done , thank you

I am a PTA student and I have found your videos super helpful! Keep it up guys!

You guys are the best!!♥️💯✌️

No one showed me how to do stairs!! Thanks so much- good jokes too. Lol

Thanks! You two gentlemen are cool!

Thanks. Helped me be a lot more confident on the stairs

you're quite the pair. love your humor! waiting for physical therapy to begin after breaking my Pubic Remus bone. OUCH!

What do you do if hand rail doesn't go to top step? I have 18 steps, rail all the way up minus top step. Scary last step

Thx that helped me a lot

Absolute life saver

I just sorta kinda crawl my way up and down. I dont wanna risk of falling of the stairs and break another bone cause im telling yoi right now its no fun at all! The pain of having your bone breaking and having a cast around your leg are two completely different story! 🙄😭

I’m getting ankle surgery tomorrow, this will help a lot. Thank you 🙏

i just broke my tibia ( ankle bone ) two days ago this really help alot

So helpful. I broke my foot and I have stairs around and in my house also at school. Thanks

Thank you!

Thanks guys! I have a compressed nerve somewhere on my left side that is radiating excruciating pain down to my left ankle, and have just borrowed a pair of crutches from my folks. Going to be venturing up the steps in a few minutes actually...wish me luck! PS > Love the joke at the end :)

Thank you! Hospital just threw me the clutches and I was going up and down stairs nothing like this.

thank you

Can you do a video about how to use a cane for someone with drop foot?

Broke my ankle 5 days ago & am non weight bearing on left leg for 8 weeks. I have never used crutches in my life & using them is totally unnatural to me. Thanks for the video!

2:28 I'm not strong and I don't have good balance lol

Thanks! I haven't tried stairs yet. I'll make certain I have someone to spot & catch me before I try this.

“Cmon in” was comical

I got crutches yesterday. I have to say I’m not a fan lol it’s making all sorts of other stuff hurt now! Lol But great video, humour is always a welcomed ... um can’t think of a good word for what I’m thinking lol anyway thanks for the video! 😂

I used to be able to do three flights when I was younger, but with so much C and Lumber damage a full flight having to carry trash out and get groceries upstairs it's become a real challenge not to mention dangerous. My back injuries are causing my legs to go out. As in loss of use and feeling. Any tips?

I live in a group home. Out of nowhere’s my foot keeps locking. I refuse to go without walking, especially when I still have a leg that isn’t injured, or in pain. I will go without walking if it’s truly needed. I knew there were crutches in the basement, so I had explained to the staff the situation, and asked if I could use the crutches in the meantime. My foot locks, I can’t even move my foot up, or down. And let me tell you, when it locks up, it hurts like a son of a biscuit. Luckily the staff said yes, and got the crutches for me. I sleep downstairs, but refuse to use the bathroom downstairs, so I use the one upstairs. Went to look up vids, but the 1st one isn’t useful. I needed one where a person had to have their leg up. The 1st one the person put weight on both feet, but I can’t put weight on both feet if one foot hurts too much. I don’t know why all of a sudden my foot is now doing this. I don’t do sports. I’m not really an active person, other than walking around. I hadn’t been running, so that isn’t the cause. I will have this checked out by the doctors, for now I am completely clueless. This video was what I needed. This video was helpful, thank you!!

What if it is the same foot as the handrail?

I'm about to get a surgery where my leg will be kept straight in either a splint or a cast and it will be 0 weight bearing. Is there any way for me to use stairs like this? In the front I have no rails in the back I have 1 rail on the right and my left leg will be the surgery.

Bob & Brad I was wondering if you using A Quad cane not to use it on stairs with Non-weight bearing is that right

My ankle is in a boot which is really heavy and throws my balance off. I feel like I'm going to fall either forward or backward when I hop. Any advice?

My only access to my apartment is stairs and I just had a knee surgery so I’m probably going to be stuck in my apartment for at least a month 🤣

So helpful Igo school and there is a lot of stairs and I have a dog

going down is much more easier than going up for me

Is there a way to do this if your cast goes all the way past your knee?

these videos are great, but can you please, please do a video about getting in and out of bed with crutches.(non weight bearing)

"Its really not hard" Me after looking down the stairs with my two standard crutches having to not only go down one flight but two and I am all by mysself: Nah it is. I aint doing that xD

My son has a brace that has no angle for his knee. He can't bend his knee. How does that work

You got one for those in a knee immobilizer brace, where the leg cannot be bent due to ruptured patellar tendon repair surgery?

up with good down with bad leg

I am a 25 F that just received a hairline fracture in my pinky metatarsal bone. I have three babes under four, and being so young they keep stepping and stomping on my fracture and pretending my crutches are fairy wands/ protective guns. I'm a stay-at-home mom and my husband is super great, but does anyone have advice dealing with this entry was so many babes at home?

I really need help. I went bad leg first with crutch. My knee locked on the last step and I fell backwards down onto the concrete and hurt my knee and almost my head. Now I don't know how I can leave my house. I'm terrified to go down even one step. Help me please.

I LBOE YOU ALL THANKYI

Thank you for taking the time to genuinely help people so compassionately. I live in the UK and the word care doesn't exist in the NHS that we all pay extortionate taxes for yet they call it 'free'. After I fell and had an ankle injury I had to walk through the long corridors passed from one department to another. Complete apathy rudeness and carelessness from each and every staff that work there. Sent home without braces crutches or any support. Hours wasted. Worse than a third world country.

Me watching this knowing I have to walk up 48 stairs 4x at school to get to class

What if you cant bend your knee

Hi Doctor! I'd like to have your opinion on a case like mine , looks like a I have a herniated disc , I've had this lower back pain since october but sciatica pain stared I think 4 months ago , I'm 21 years but I don't want to have the risk of the surgery , so right now I'm living in Mexico and some doctors over here have offered me the opportunity of getting a new treatment with ozone , so I'd love to hear your opinion on what this treatment does and see if you might do a video on this , thank you so much I hope you have an awesome day!

What can be done for crutches that rub on the underarms?

I've been using crutches for a few weeks now, (I shattered my ankle) the step to get into my house is a high step and I make myself nervous and fall. so I crawl into my house. My step is up to my ankle. Can you make a video demonstrating high steps?

I've been told that I can go to school in 2 days and I'm trying to practice going up and down stairs now my only problem is how am I going to get to my bottom locker😭

is my healthy leg suppose to hurt from all the hopping...

i have a British style crutch meaning it has two round elbow things i cant put them together and my leg is in a criket splint meaning i cant bend it my school has these really low steps 144 steps in total any tips?

What if you're Not strong or a good athlete? Broke my leg & ankle. I'm 70 & my balance is off due to a hemorrhagic stroke in '16. I'm a mess just trying to get around the house!

Why is the bottom of crutches made so tiny that it is easy to tip over with them?

I’m not strong enough when going up the stairs. I have no railings and I have to go up 2 flights

lol i have crutches and i got an elevator pass for school

I have a non-barring cast on right foot, ankle fracture, I can go down, but my hop going up, my foot will not go up! what am I doing wrong?

What would you differently if you were in an immobilizer too ? I had surgery yesterday, and I'm unable to bend my left leg. I was thinking I'd slide up and down on my butt.

I'm unable to bend my leg at this point, so I'm finding it difficult to go up the stairs without hitting my injured leg on the step.

My leg is in a straight leg brace I can’t bend it back to get down the stairs 😔

When going down the stairs, some will put the injured leg straight with abit of kicking out.

Oooooohhhh got it! 🤦🏾‍♂️

I broke my knee and can't bend it backwards which means I gotta put my leg forwards way harder then this

I never thought id say this but miss walking.

I broke my left arm and left femur i need to know how to do this

In this demo they use the crutches for only a couple of minutes but for longer it takes its toll on the joints. Furthermore, it is ridiculous how doctors expect older people to use crutches, which is another accident waiting to happen and will cause injury to other body parts given the spinal misalignment and excess weight placed on other parts. I honestly do not think the medical profession empathizes or rationally thinks things through.

great to know but can you do this on a regular set of stairs? I have surgery on my right foot December 9th and will be in a hard cast for the 1st 2 weeks non weight bearing, then a walking boot for anywhere from 3-6 more weeks, I live up on 3rd floor no elevator, which means FOUR flights of stairs, 1 to get into the building and 3 to get up to my apt...also freaking out about the knee scooter, last time I used one of those the upper thigh felt like the dr beat the crap outta me...any helpful tips would be appreciated thanks

Crips enter the chat. (Including me) I tore my ACL and meniscus, what did y’all do?

This guy sounds just like Norm McDonald

oh heeell no LOL I chose to use my bum :-)

I live upstairs in apartments. Ugh.

rip picture day tmr💔

Hopping lol. Not me.

That’s not how I do it.

I have to carry food up the stairs

looks hard

1:05

I am here because i have crutches.

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