Helpful Hints
Upper Limb Services | Lower Limb Services

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