Getting Back on Your Feet: How to Recover Mobility and Fitness After Injury or Surgery to Your Foot, Leg, Hip, or Knee

by Sally R. Pryor

Injury? Operation? Arthritis? Unique guide (and perfect gift) picks up where doctor or therapist leaves off, showing young and old how to stay independent, work, exercise, travel, have fun and cope emotionally with lifestyle disruptions such as Knee Reconstruction, Broken Leg, Joint Replacement, Diabetic Amputation, Foot Surgery, Multiple Sclerosis, Back Problems or Cancer. How to manage home, workplace, childcare, travel, wheelchair, crutches and other mobility aids.

215 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1991

Reviews

[Monica Willyard Moen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a patient’s best friend. It’s the one you need when you strain your knee, fracture your hip, Brake an ankle, and many other injuries that involve falling and recovering the ability to walk. This book is packed with practical suggestions for choosing and using devices like crutches, support canes, walkers, and wheelchairs. The author presents positive solutions for handling sticky situations like stairs, crowded elevators, and shopping. Her message is that life can still be good, even very good, while using a mobility aid. The book is positive in a practical way, not a sugarcoated fantasy way. It also offers a wide range of exercises you can do to keep the rest of your body strong and healthy while you wait for your leg or hip to get better. Finally, the book has an entire chapter to help you learn how to sit and stand safely and comfortably while using a walker, crutches, or a support cane. This book is a bit dated, but it’s advice is still sound. The resource section is out of date and doesn’t provide web addresses, but you can look things up using Google to supplement the book.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little outdated now, no coverage of newer equipment like knee scooters and such. But good basic instruction on how to cope with crutches, walkers and wheelchairs.