Crutches and OBPI
-
T.r.Lowell
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:19 am
Crutches and OBPI
I am a teen with ROBPI. I may need surgery on my knees. I am wondering if anyone with a BPI has ever had to use crutches and had success... or is there another option. Right now, the only other option we have been able to find is using a walker while I'm healing.
-
marieke
- Posts: 1627
- Joined: Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:00 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI
no external rotation against gravity, can only go to 90 degree fwd flexion, no hand-to-mouth
1 surgery at age 14 (latissimus dorsi transfer). In 2004, at age 28 I was struck with Transverse Myelitis which paralyzed me from the chest down. I recovered movement to my right leg, but need a KAFO to walk on my left leg. I became an RN in 2008. - Location: Montreal, Qc, Canada
- Contact:
Re: Crutches and OBPI
How much function do you have in your BPI arm and hand?
I use forearm crutches when needed and not the ones that go under your armpit.
I use forearm crutches when needed and not the ones that go under your armpit.
-
F-Litz
- Posts: 970
- Joined: Fri May 26, 2006 6:53 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI, LTBPI at age 6.5, Sensory Issues, CP, Diaphragm Weakness, Aspberger's
- Location: Ambler, PA
Re: Crutches and OBPI
the specialist who is doing your knee surgery - do they have an in-house therapy team? (and if not, then go to the hospital's therapy department) I think they should work with you, in advance of your surgery, to find the tool that will work best for you. It might be that you have to be in a wheelchair for a bit.
good luck with your surgery -- please update us and let us know what you had to do afterwards...
-francine
good luck with your surgery -- please update us and let us know what you had to do afterwards...
-francine
-
Kath
- Posts: 3242
- Joined: Mon Nov 18, 2002 4:11 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: I am ROBPI, global injury, Horner's Syndrome. No surgery but PT started at 2 weeks old under the direction of New York Hospital. I wore a brace 24/7 for the first 11 months of my life. I've never let my injury be used as an excuse not to do something. I've approach all things, in life, as a challenge. I approach anything new wondering if I can do it. I tried so many things I might never have tried, if I were not obpi. Being OBPI has made me strong, creative, more determined and persistent. I believe that being obpi has given me a very strong sense of humor and compassion for others.
- Location: New York
Re: Crutches and OBPI
I broke a bone in my foot when I was in my thirties and for the first time tried crutches. I was not able to use them so switched to a walker and could not use it either. I just don't have enough strength.
Good Luck
Kath robpi/adult
Good Luck
Kath robpi/adult
Kath robpi/adult
Kathleen Mallozzi
Kathleen Mallozzi
Re: Crutches and OBPI
My 3 year old daughter uses a walker because she also has CP as well as her robpi. We have actually been really happy with how much using the walker has strengthened her right arm. Before she got her walker she couldn't support herself in a crawling position with her right arm and after 3 months using her walker she can.
-
SarahxG
- Posts: 64
- Joined: Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:33 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: To make an incredibly LONG story short...
When I was born, my mother's doctor was out of town. A doctor that would not perform c-sections was forced upon us. Being 10 lbs, my right shoulder got stuck under my mom's pubic bone. The doctor pulled me out by my head, which ripped/streched all the nerves in my neck and arm (So, OBPI).
I've had two surgeries at 9 months old, and 3 years old.
My mother suffered as well. She needed both brain surgery and a shunt--She still sufferes today.
My parents lost the court case due to a terrible jurey.
That's about it!
Hope I can find somebody my age to talk to :)
Re: Crutches and OBPI
I'm a teen with ROBPI too! I've never actually had to use crutches for surgeries or any broken bones. But my friends have had crutches and I've messed around with them. I can use them without alot of difficulty. It just depends how how bad your BPI is. You could try strengthening your arm so you can use them. If you can't do that I guess the only option would be a wheelchair.
Sarah/13/ROBPI
Sarah/13/ROBPI