Walking with Assistive Device & Boot
Short, protected walking in your boot or cast with crutches or a walker.
What it helps
Short, protected walking in your boot with crutches or a walker — safe, gradual time back on your feet.
How to do it
- Use your crutches, walker, or knee scooter as directed.
- Bear weight only as your surgeon allows.
- Take short, level walks.
Tips
- Follow your weight-bearing instructions closely in the early weeks.
Commonly done throughout the day.
Where this appears in recovery
Walking with Assistive Device & Boot is part of 18 recovery programs, typically at the immediate recovery (weeks 0–2) and protected healing (weeks 2–6) stages. Each program shows how it fits alongside the other movements:
- Tarsal Tunnel Release exercise guide
- Distal Fibula Fracture ORIF exercise guide
- Achilles Tendon Lengthening exercise guide
- Lapidus Bunionectomy exercise guide
- Achilles Tendon Repair exercise guide
- Subtalar Fusion exercise guide
- First MTP Fusion (Hallux Rigidus) exercise guide
- Achilles Tendon Reconstruction exercise guide
- Bunionectomy (Double Osteotomy) exercise guide
- Flexor Tendon Repair (Leg) exercise guide
- Hammertoe Correction exercise guide
- Hammertoe Correction exercise guide
- …and 6 more
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These are general exercise guides, not a personal prescription. The repetitions and frequency shown are what's commonly used — your own surgeon or therapist may advise something different, and their guidance comes first.