Best Crutches for Injury or Surgery

After my surgery, I tested the top 3 underam crutches! 🦿

Reviewed in this video:

These are the awesome crutches I usually use:

More crutch tips!

[JoshSundquist]

welcome to the most niche of content you'll waste 8 minutes on today

[DanielRieger]

This feels like I'm surfing channels at 3 am and landed on a weird infomercial

[berglettemom]

Josh, I thought this was very interesting! I am 55 and have had five knee surgeries (including total replacement of each knee) and a broken ankle, in the last 14 years. I was never able to use crutches because I lacked the upper body strength. I had to use walkers, canes, and even a knee scooter during all those recoveries. I was only ever issued the standard aluminum hospital crutches. Your video makes me wonder if I would have had more success with the more advanced designs you show here, if they were even available back then.

On another note, you are so right about the potential for shoulder damage from crutches. I had a coworker who seriously messed up his knee playing soccer (think, multiple ligament ruptures and torn meniscus, etc., etc., ) and had a huge surgery to repair it. He was on crutches for many months. He didn’t use them properly and ended up with a torn rotator cuff in one shoulder, and had to have another big surgery. No fun at all.

I’m glad to see you looking well.

[stevedemarest]

Just a guy with a broken ankle looking for better crutch options. I was mesmerized by your agility and balance. Thanks for the great and helpful video!

[solesurvivor]

Would love to see a best forearm crutches vid

[kathyfernandez]

Hi my name is Kathy and I use the Mobilegs Ultra. I am 100% disabled. These crutches are truly amazing. I have been using them for about 8 years now and boy can I really move out. Love the 2 adjustable positions for how long your torso is and thru the waist. The grips for your hands are soooo comfortable, the spring, swivel comforter under the armpits baskets are so comfortable and really move with you. The feet have a rocker/roll thru your walk instead of stripping with old metal crutches. Moblilegs are truly the best!!! For short term, long term or possibly for the rest of my life. Thank you Moblilegs,

Kathy :-)

[Thukfudo]

Fun crutch side effect: my grandmother has been using forearm crutches for a good few years now. She walks a lot and often stops to talk to the neighbours, so she spends a lot of time outside and in the sun. She is 92 and so is her skin and it wrinkles up when she is holding and using the crutch. But when she stretches and bends her wrist you can see her skin is striped since it doesn't get sun inside the wrinkles. It's cute it looks like tiger stripes.

[KellyCeleste]

This is so informative. I’m looking at two upcoming surgeries that will put me on crutches. I appreciate your making this video as so many people recommend these crutches, and your review helps me understand why. Thank you for this!

[kittybunny]

dude i used to work at the movie theater in SM and you were always one of my/the whole crews favorite guests!! u are amazing so glad to see u thriving on here, had no idea you did stand up!

[Nowhalle]

should I be doing my ethics homework right now? probably. did I click this as soon as I saw the notification? of course!

[yllenj]

Huh never thought of this but in Sweden (were I live) we only have forearm crutches, the hospital ones are Grey forearm crutches

[allisonhennessy]

Have used underarm crutches for several injuries, but I just order a pair of forearm crutches this week after injuring my ankle. We will see how it goes. Thanks for reviewing these. Now I know which ones to get if they forearm crutches don’t work for me.

[PhantomTheOrphan]

Honestly always just watched your comedy stuff. Watched this awhile ago and was like okay? Now I’m sitting in the parking lot while my youngest son is in the emergency room for a foot injury. This video actual was very helpful and I thank you so much for it. Seems silly unless you actually need it.

[Carterox]

I got a costume idea: A snake attached to a straw vase.

[josephhughart]

I bought Mobilegs crutches after reading good reviews on Amazon. I found them to be comfortable, durable, easy to adjust, portable, and good for tight spaces. I hang a reusable shopping bag off the handle of one so I don't have to carry things in my hands while attempting to retain the crutches. It feels much safer. After trying the Mobilegs, I no longer use the standard aluminum crutches the hospital gave me. Well worth the price.

[Zeyev]

Thanks for the primer. I wish I had known when I was on crutches for short periods. Something about breaking my leg in a race and severely twisting my ankle in a fun run. I'm a klutz. I had to learn how to get on and off buses with narrow stairs and go up and down flights of stairs in my apartment building. The only problem I had was one day when I came back into my office building when it had been raining. A marble floor and a wet tip made one crutch slide out and I slammed my foot down to avoid falling. My foot with the cast. Don't be like your uncle and don't be like me. It's OK to laugh about it now but it truly wasn't funny then.

One quibble: Axillary relates to the armpit. Auxiliary refers to something extra. There is a subtle difference in the pronunciation of the two words.

[alliem]

I just had a Periacetabular Osteotomy surgery on my hip (will be several months on crutches for each side, including 6 weeks non weight bearing), and everybody in the Facebook group LOVES & recommends the Mobilegs. I've used other forearm crutches, SmartCrutches and axillary crutches before, and the Mobilegs are definitely my favorite so far.

[mustang]

In all my years nobody until now has warned about nerve damage; JC, fml! & thank you Josh.

[aimee-lynnahumada]

I was stuck on crutches for ~2years and I’m happy I was able to find ones that were comfortable and better than the hospital ones, I tried the forearm ones but my balance is not great lmao

[ckhomphzxspaul]

Hello josh, I used wooden crutches instead of that, I can hold anything while walking and even running🙃