Physio-pedia has a page where they talk about crutches and they say:
"Crutches are a type of Walking Aids that serve to increase the size of an individuals Base of support. It transfers weight from the legs to the upper body and is often used by people who cannot use their legs to support their weight (ie short-term injuries to lifelong disabilities)"
You can read more about crutches here
When you are in pain and cannot walk a physician can prescribe crutches for you. In life and as a software Engineer you will prescribe crutches for yourself to use them in various phases of your life as you grow. The causes of this: growing pains that prevent you from being able to support your weight and move along.
BUT here-in lies the bad part: if you do not stop using crutches and get well, your legs will get weak from not being used. The result of this, it will be painful to even walk again, or hard to ever make a step or make you unsure of taking a step.
Take Away:
What are your crutches? You are best placed to answer this. What is it that you are using at the moment that you cannot walk well in your journey: Too many tutorials you have not watched that re giving you a false sense of safety that you have the knowledge? Your skilled friends, that they are skilled and you are the same group, so you are skilled?
Are you ready to throw them away and begin the healing process? Remember you don't just throw the away and the next step is you running or walking there is some physiotherapy involved before you can walk normal again. When it comes to throwing them away, its not completely throwing away relationships you have built, but its more about you being honest with your identity in them and growing yourself, and asking for help to be better
What is the physiotherapy regiment you are engaging in to be great again? Have you made a schedule to walk again? do you have the schedule ready?
there is so much we can talk about in terms of crutches. Any extra insight you may have? Share in the comment section.
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