mastered the use of a walking cane!

[Eddi]

I have finally mastered the use of a walking cane!

I can now walk places without totally doing my back in

The trick is to use it like a third leg

I use it in my left hand and I move the stick forward in unison with my right leg when I walk, putting both forward without engaging my left leg

I then stick my left leg out on its own, as though it is a third leg in-between my cane and my right leg

I have basically stopped being bipedal and am now a tripod

So, that's the way to do it

 

[Revoltingest]

I have finally mastered the use of a walking cane!

I can now walk places without totally doing my back in

The trick is to use it like a third leg

I use it in my left hand and I move the stick forward in unison with my right leg when I walk, putting both forward without engaging my left leg

I then stick my left leg out on its own, as though it is a third leg in-between my cane and my right leg

I have basically stopped being bipedal and am not a tripod

So, that's the way to do it

When I briefly used a cane (broken right leg),
I used the cane in my right hand to lessen
weight on the injured leg. Worked well.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Given the nature of my pinched nerves and balance problems (inner ear doesn't talk to eyes, neither talk to the nerves in my ankles...), whether I use my left or right depends on the day, and it can vary in a matter of minutes. Mostly I try not to go places where I have to walk any great distance...in places like the grocery store where I'm gonna have to walk a ways, I get a cart to provide the needed balance.

 

[Eddi]

in places like the grocery store where I'm gonna have to walk a ways, I get a cart to provide the needed balance.

Me too!

When I go to the supermarket I use shopping trolleys like a walking frame

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Me too!

When I go to the supermarket I use shopping trolleys like a walking frame

I need it to keep my back and legs only moving in 2-D space and not in three or four directions at once!

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I have finally mastered the use of a walking cane!

Good. If you plan to use it extensively, make sure you consider appropriate exercises to strengthen you upper arms and shoulders.

 

[Kathryn]

I got called a Karen on another thread because I am 62, don't want to try new things anymore, and don't want to suddenly have to learn how to be more thrifty. Oh well. I AM 62. I DON'T want to try new things anymore and I DON'T want to suddenly have to learn how to be more thrifty. So hate me for it, I don't care.

Younger people really have no idea how fleeting youth is. It seems like you are in it forever till suddenly, you aren't.

OP I am so glad you are getting around better!