How to Help Someone on Crutches

Written by Susan Dunn, MA, The EQ Coach


Nothing feels as good as helping someone, as here's a clearcut way you can do it.

This is from my personal point of view, having just broken my ankle, but what other point of view is there? People have offered to do every one of these things for me, and I’m so grateful and will be passing it on. I should preface this withrepparttar fact that I’ve offered people help from time-to-time who’ve declined, and that’s fine too. Better to over-offer than to under-offer.

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1.It’s a problem of getting from one place torepparttar 101657 other.

Offer to do anything that will saverepparttar 101658 person steps. Moving on crutches is more tiring than it looks. Not only is it involving muscle groups in new ways, there is pain, and, as you know, pain is exhausting. Offer to sign them in, get them a cup of coffee, pick something up offrepparttar 101659 floor for them, get them seconds, give themrepparttar 101660 closest seat, bringrepparttar 101661 phone to them.

2. Hands are on crutches. Hands are therefore not free to do anything else.

The first thing you learn when you’re on crutches is that you’re finally there and you can’t take it back with you! (Thus you start wearing things with pockets.) You can help by opening doors, offering to carry things, press elevator buttons, put things in bags for them with handles they can drape over their arm. Offer to carry it torepparttar 101662 car for them. Openrepparttar 101663 car door for them when you get there.

3. Balance is precarious.

Ask how you can help, don't just rush in. Then listen. A strong arm is very useful to lean on and far more reliable than a crutch. Griprepparttar 101664 person inrepparttar 101665 way you feel most secure and rely on some guidance from them atrepparttar 101666 same time.

4. Offer to run errands for them. Any and everything.

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Cellular Phone Buyers Information

Written by vince ohare


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