text: is it hard walking with cruthces?   i fell and broke the radial head on my right elbow, and cringed my knee.  i wasn't able to use a crutch on the right side for quite a while.  i have since had 3 surgeries on my right knee, but the elbow has never been the same.  walking on crutches has become as easy as driving a stick shift.  you get used to it.