Secrets to Getting a Loved One into the Car Post Surgery 

Learn the secrets to safely assist a loved one into the car post-surgery. Our caregiver training will help you navigate the process with ease and care.
Cindy demonstrates how to get in/out of the car after a total knee replacement.
*Be sure to have assistance and use a gait belt*
Some individuals may choose to use the back seat, sliding straight back across the seat so that their legs rest on it. It will take good arm strength to get into the car this way. When getting into the front seat, have a seat pushed back as far as possible to assist in getting the legs into the car? Caregivers may lay the seat back for additional room to scoot back into the car for taller individuals.
Turn with the walker and back up to the car seat until you feel the car at the back of your leg. Keep the surgical leg forward, reach back with at least one hand (consider using a car assist handle for improved hand placement and assistance), and lower yourself onto the car seat. Your caregiver needs to help watch your head and hold the walker as needed for additional support. Scoot back into the car as your caregiver assists with your surgical leg into the car.
When coming out of the car, turn your body and have your caregiver assist your surgical leg out of the car. Scoot forward to the edge of the car seat. Keep the surgical leg forward, push up with your hands and a good leg to stand, and get assistance from your caregiver as needed by holding the walker and/or helping you up by using the gait belt, placing one hand on the walker at a time, and returning to standing.
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