To use your walker, you need to learn a new way to walk (gait). Read on for helpful tips and illustrations.

A peak flow meter measures how fast you can push air out of your lungs. Your peak flow reading may be an early sign that your asthma is getting out of control. Read on to learn the steps for using a peak flow meter.

Your doctor prescribed a continuous passive motion (CPM) machine to use after surgery. Read on to learn about using it at home.

Your healthcare provider prescribed a cold water therapy device. This device helps reduce pain and swelling and aids recovery. Here's what you need to know about home care.

Using a cane can help you with balance as you regain strength and mobility after surgery, illness, or injury. Many different kinds of canes are available. Read on to learn more.

Your child will be going home with an Unna boot in place. An Unna boot is a dressing and wrap combination that's applied from the foot to the knee. Here's what you need to know about home care.

An Unna boot is a dressing and wrap combination that's applied from your foot to your knee. An Unna boot has a special medicine in the gauze that will help heal burns or skin sores and protect new skin. Here's what you need to know about home care.

Using oxygen doesn't mean you can't travel. You just need to plan ahead. Read on for helpful tips to get you started.

A Transcyte dressing covers a second- or third-degree burn. Read on to learn how to care for this type of dressing.

You have had surgery to create an opening through your neck and into your trachea (windpipe). A tube (cannula) was inserted into the opening so you can breathe. You need to take care of your tracheostomy ("trach") tube, the opening in your neck (stoma), and the skin around the stoma once you leave the hospital. Your healthcare team will teach you how to do this. The guidelines below will also help.