How to Walk Correctly With a Quad Cane (Sizing, Use, and Stairs) 

I agree

You are very welcome!

choo vivian thanks for the feedback, glad it is helpful for you!

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I'm in a similar situation. Disc bulge in l5s1 hope you're doing better.

In my very none professional opinion, I think maybe a walker would be better for you? You could hold yourself up and severely reduce fall risk by using one.

Physical therapist here. First of all, you're being harsh on this channel as this wasn't an explanation video, but a demonstration of proper usage. They weren't attempting and failing to explain it in the video; they were just saying what you should do. If you have questions like this, you should always go to your medical professional (assuming you're seeing one). Despite that, I understand you're frustrated so let me help clear things up. The reason that you want the cane on the opposite leg is to evenly distribute weight while also taking off pressure from that side (your "bad knee"). Your example doesn't really make sense, as whichever side the cane is on, it will be moving with the cane. If you moved your "good knee" forward with the cane, then there would be a short period of time where you're balancing on your "bad knee" (this is the stance phase of gait). Whatever the case is, the other commenter is correct in that you might need a more supportive assistive device. I would either talk with your primary care physician or your physical therapist about practicing with a higher level assistive device like a four-wheel walker. You could even buy one yourself and see if that works better, but I bet it will due to your knee buckling during weight-bearing.

I was wondering the same thing . My knees have no cartilage but just the left gives problems. Have you had sinvisk ( I may have spelled this wrong) shots in the knee ? It helped me a LOT and usually lasts a loooong time . I also have a compression fracture in my lower back that affects the right leg , terrible shooting pan all the way down to foot . It seems like I would use the quad cane on that side . My husband just got the cane for me so maybe I just need to get used to it.. I would rather have a rollater.though as they have seat where I can sit …

@@suelovescats you should talk to your doctor about it! Maybe see if they can write you an order for a rollator? I don’t use my cane like they do in this video because I find it more beneficial on my worse side.

They're so cheap I have several in my home. Had no idea how helpful they were

the side opposite the cane