People who have lost their legs due to accidents, natural disasters, diseases such as cancer, tumors or other factors, should pay special attention to aftercare and lower extremity exercises after amputation in order to be able to quickly Recover their health as soon as possible. Then join the medical team of Hamian Teb Lian to introduce you to leg amputation exercises.
The first and second day after amputation
It is perfectly normal to feel pain in the amputated area one to two days after the operation. But to reduce the pain, you can use painkillers as prescribed by your doctor. After a few days, the pain subsides so that you may not feel pain even at rest and do not need medication. However, during physiotherapy sessions and lower limb exercises after amputation, you must take the prescribed painkillers to control the pain in that area during the exercises.
Note that the amputated leg is bandaged after surgery. Never try to change the dressing yourself in the first days after the operation; Because it may lead to wound infection.
Lower limb exercises training after amputation (amputation)
Sporting move
After amputating the leg, the medical team lends a wheelchair to the amputee, who can use it to move easily. Using a wheelchair for the first few days also helps reduce foot swelling. After 2 days, the physiotherapist helps the person to get down from the chair and perform simple exercises to soften the joints in the upper limbs.
3 to 5 days after surgery
The amputee should lie on his back continuously for at least 1 hour a day for 3 days after the operation and pull his hip joints. This is to minimize the contraction of the hip joints, which can make walking very difficult if a prosthesis is used. Gradually, the person will be able to perform lower limb exercises with the help of their physiotherapist as the pain in the amputated leg improves. To attend physiotherapy exercises, one should try to use loose and comfortable clothes as much as possible.
6 to 10 days after surgery
During this time, a person can walk with the help of others as the amputated leg wound heals. Also, if you have enough muscle strength, you can stand on parallel bars for about 8 to 10 minutes. However, the healing process depends on the cut area.
Aids during the treatment period for lower extremity exercises
PPAM: This device helps to reduce swelling in the cut area and walk again
Femurett: This type of walking aid helps people whose legs have been amputated above the knee
Remember not to practice on your own under any circumstances, as this must be done under the supervision of a physiotherapist.
Lower limb exercises after amputation (amputation)
Strength training
Strength training should be done with the help of a physiotherapist, because it is very time consuming and in which the muscles of the abdomen, back, legs and arms play an important role.
Exercise using a chair
This exercise is one of the advanced exercises in which you can use a chair close to the wall that is more stable and does not slip. While sitting on a chair, put your hands on the handles of the chair and press so that you can lift your body from the chair.
squat
This exercise is also one of the hard and advanced exercises, in this exercise, put your weight on a solid device such as a sink. Then sit and stand 10 times. This exercise makes it easier to lift the thigh muscles from the chair.
Pelvic slope
This exercise is also one of the advanced movements in which a person can use both prostheses or without them to bend both legs up to 90 degrees, put their hands on the thighs and try to sit like the supine muscles. Pull yourself up. This exercise strengthens the abdominal muscles. You can make this exercise more difficult by raising your head.
Services of Hamian Teb Lian Medical Team
Hamian Teb Lian Medical Team is the only importer of artificial leg prostheses for implants and artificial leg implants for amputated patients. This group has started its activity in collaboration with Dr. Aziz Abbaspour with the aim of providing normal living conditions using artificial legs for people who have lost their legs for any reason. Mobile friends, please contact us for any consultation and benefit from the medical services of Hamyar Teb Lian Company.
