Using a Wheeled Walker: A Guide for Beginners

For the elderly or injured, the wheeled walker serves as a handy piece of equipment to get around. If your grandparent or an injured friend just bought a wheeled walker, you can help in the training process. Or if you are the injured one, you must learn how to use the wheeled walker. This also can serve as good practice should you want to assist someone in the future.

Instructions

• 1

  Stand straight and position yourself in the middle of your wheeled walker. Place your hands on the side grips of the wheeled walker for support.

• 2

  Grasp the grips firmly with your hands while you push the walker in a forward direction. Do this slowly at first until you are able to push it at arm's length.

• 3

  Check that the back legs of your wheeled walker are even with your toes.

• 4

  Step your weaker foot or leg forward and into the middle part of your wheeled walker, while using your hands as support. Your hands must have a firm grip on the walker to achieve stable support.

• 5

  Step forward using your stronger leg, and keep the weight off your injured leg. Allow your arms to support most of the weight while you shift your legs to move the wheeled walker.

• 6

  Repeat Steps 2 through 5 in order to walk with your wheeled walker, moving from your injured or weaker leg to your stronger leg.