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Step-by-Step: Going Through a Door with a Walker

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Pull doors. Stand to the side of the door and fully pull it open. Place your walker in between the doorframe and begin walking through Push doors. Place your walker in front of the door and push it fully open. Place your walker in between the doorframe and begin walking through.

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