Sentences with phrase «using crutches»

In January 2010, Perera was still using crutches, but she attempted to return to work anyway.

You can even throw costume parties with people wearing hats, sunglasses, wigs, etc., or using crutches, walkers, or skateboards.

The dog has to demonstrate a willingness to be petted during visits to groups of children and people who are using crutches, a walker, and a wheelchair.

Once support, access and mobility become the norm, new ideas can form — like using crutches as giant chopsticks to pick things up off the floor — leading to innovation.

I am disabled, high mobility using crutches outside the house; do not work, do voluntary work in adult education mostly using handicrafts to support adult learners with emotional needs.

Seriously, though, if anyone has tips on using crutches, I'd love to hear them.

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Of the women, 19 percent were classified as healthy, 14.7 percent had prevalent disease, 23.2 percent had incident disease, 18.3 percent had a mobility disability (using crutches, a walker or a wheelchair or a limited ability to walk) and 24.8 percent died.

He wore a back brace and took hot baths several times a day; often using crutches while walking except when he was in public view.

Rest: Unpainful movement of the area is important, but avoid putting weight on the injury for a prolonged time, perhaps by using crutches, until it is less painful to use Ice: Apply ice, not heat, to the affected area for 10 to 20 minutes every hour or two throughout the first 24 to 72 hours or until the swelling subsides Compression: Wear an elastic compression wrap for the first 24 to 36 hours to help minimize any swelling Elevation: Rest the injury above heart level for two to three hours per day to reduce the amount of swelling that collects in the body's extremities Stabilization: Especially if medical care is not readily available, like in the wilderness, stabilize the injured area until care becomes available

Using crutches increases energy expenditure by 5 to 8 %.

As reported by The Sun, the 35 - year - old was seen wearing a leg brace and using crutches in Pittsburgh as he makes the first steps towards a recovery.

Dr. Rankin then adds: «My congregation, First Congregational Church of Webster Groves, Missouri, has installed an elevator which has made it possible for persons in wheelchairs and those of us using crutches to attend church.»

You have to tell yourself that in order to feel good about using a crutch of a god in your life because you can't truly cope with the reality of living on this planet, dealing with others that don't view life as you do.

Religion is a hoax, your all sheep... you do nt need a fictional account of something from 2000 years ago to tell you whats right or wrong, or good or bad... Stop using a crutch and live your own life.

He is using this a crutch.

People can and should use the crutch of religion until they can take ahold of their own spiritual life and become the person they KNOW they should be.

There is no denying the wonder of being a human — you are the one denying that part by using the crutch of a god in your life.

I fell, spraining my right ankle, which I had done once four years before, having then had to use a crutch and elastic anklet for some months, and carefully guarding it ever since.

The spicy chicken uses our crutch the Crock Pot and the avocado dressing just involves blending:)

Use crutches if needed.

However, Can rejoined first - team training on Monday, just 18 days after sustaining the injury which resulted in him having to wear a protective boot and use crutches for several days.

Ella Washington, 59, walked the course, despite a swollen knee and ankle that required her to use a crutch.

President John F. Kennedy often used crutches while walking to minimize severe chronic low back pain.

President John F. Kennedy often used crutches while walking to minimize severe chronic low back pain (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum).

Post-surgery treatment may require you to use crutches for several miles, but in the end, it's well worth the effort.

First 72 hours: Follow the RICE protocol — rest (keep off the sprain as much as you can and, if you must walk, use crutches), ice (for 20 minutes, four times a day), compression (use a bandage or an ACE wrap, available at drugstores, to immobilize and support your ankle), and elevation (keep your ankle propped up above your heart level as much as possible to minimize swelling).

Rest as much as possible - use crutches if necessary.

And you can certainly use the crutches as part of your aerobic routine as well.

I still have to use crutches, but at least I could set them aside and spend a few minutes upright on my own!

My broken foot left me a little too gun shy to use crutches at the beginning and even when I was finally feeling more confident, I didn't want to scoot around too much.

I still use a crutch when coordinating outfits that don't exactly «match,» but «go» — I usually wear a statement piece that ties all the colors together.

It's not enough to be beautiful you have to take good care of our appearance, pay attention to your body language, don't use crutches, express your opinion when it's the right time to do so, and always keep things positive.

Often an «open» ecosystem is used a crutch.

«I couldn't play on the playground, and I had to use crutches when I was at home,» Bella said.

Unfortunately my husband had to use crutches as he had broken a bone in one of his feet shortly before the holiday so that leg was in plaster.

Malhotra, who suffers from a physical disability that requires him to use crutches, says the concept of «flagging» LSATs of people with disabilities is «troubling» and not in keeping with Canadian human rights law.

These treatment plans are created in - house and offer everything from instructional videos (e.g. physical therapy / exercises, tutorials on how to use crutches, etc.), to information on the illness or injury itself.

Not exact matches

The first step toward developing discipline is admitting that the devices that masquerade as business tools can be addictive, a crutch and need to be used with caution — just like meetings.

Oz admitted that his «cheerleading» of products that are often used as «crutches» has caused trouble for himself and the Federal Trade Commission, but he said he stands by his research.

Don't use the 401k as a crutch.

I have to whole - heartedly disagree with other posters» assessments of how people use emergency funds as crutches and excuses to buy.

Whether he used religion as a crutch is debatable.

You use god as a crutch and an excuse as all religious people do.

So, the front page Easter message is, «Christians weren't really persecuted as much as we thought,» and «modern Christians use the concept of martyrdom as a crutch?»

But when you use it as your crutch and you refuse to think critically using the brain God gave you, then how are you different than those Pharisees?

I see religion as simply an emotional crutch used in time of need and ignored (sins) when no support is needed.

Forget drugs, masturbation, etc, the Bible is the biggest crutch anyone can use.

That's why he's a buzzword crutch they use for anything and everything.

If you need a crutch, use it.