Do's and Don'ts

• DO participate in physical therapy
• DO control swelling
• DO exercise
• DO keep your residual limb clean
• DO keep your residual limb straight (BK amputees)
• DON’T place a pillow under your back, curving your spine
• DON’T place a pillow under your hip or knee
• DON’T place a pillow between your thighs
• DON’T hang residual limb over the edge of the bed or sit in a chair with the limb bent
• DON’T lay with knees bent
• DON’T sit with legs crossed
• DON’T rest residual limb on crutch handle