How to Walk with a Cane (Sizing, Training, Use, and Stairs) 

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I'm an eighteen-year-old who has been experiencing leg mobility issues for a couple years, I just finally got a cane and really wasn't sure how to properly walk on it. This video is so helpful and I deeply appreciate how uncomplicated the explanation was. Thabk you so much💗

I only just got my first cane yesterday and I feel so silly that I was using it on my injured side which is my left, when this makes total sense why you would use it on the better side. Thanks for helping me so early on before I could have made myself worse. ☺️

BEST video on how to use a cane properly! What helped me get it right was your comment about "dancing" with your cane - legs together, together, together like dancing with a partner. I will be repeating that to myself until it just feels normal. It really took the pressure off my left knee, and I injured it pretty severely. Thank you for making your video so easy to understand and for not taking 10-15 minutes to explain it like some of the other videos I watched. Much appreciated!

It's a little easier to me to remember "up with the good, down with the bad" to know which leg should go first when going up or down stairs. Use the good leg to go up first, but use the bad leg to go down first. This is a good video showing the correct height measuring, the right and wrong ways to walk with the cane. Thanks so much!

Together Together Together Together When he's said "ooops" that made me laugh so hard. Loved this video. Incredibly helpful. Thank you.

Brilliant,absolutely brilliant. I didn't realize I was doing so many things wrong. Having recently {Nov 4th} had total knee re-construction surgery,I have been very nervous,and,insecure using the cane. Crutches were far too dangerous for me, even after advice from physio regarding climbing,and,descending stairs. Now,after just a few minutes practice I feel much more secure with the cane. Thank you for your presentation. It's no nonsense,excellent advice. Well done!

I'm 19 and have bad hip problems, sometimes including my entire leg giving out under me, and I just got a cane. This is really helpful, as I've never really walked with one before! It's helping me a lot when I need it during hip pain flare-ups!

One of the best well crafted how-to videos I've seen in a long time. I know what to do and not what to do. Thanks.

Loved that the video showed the wrong ways to use a cane as well as the correct way.

Excellent little video. Much better than most other videos, simple and accurate.

this is one of history's greatest orators. i bet he's a hit at Hanukkah parties.

I'm 28 and now need a cane. This video was a massive help! God bless you 🙏

By far the best video explanation on using a cane properly and also choosing correct height of cane.

Thank you so much for this video, I've been so overwhelmed trying to navigate a long term knee injury. I haven't been getting very good support or care with my insurance at all, so I've been left to fend for myself. This has answered so many questions for me!!

Thank you for the simple and clear instructions! I fell off the treadmill and injured my knee, so I could barely get around. Now the cane is helping lots better. I was doing it backwards also so it wasn't helping much. I recommend that 79 year olds stay off the treadmill!

Great video! Instructional and we'll explained. Me and all the people I've seen use the cane incorrectly. Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for this. I’m having to get a cane soon and I was never sure how to properly walk with one.

Thank you for this! I recently sprained my ankle so bad and had to use the same cane.

Thanks a lot. I've seen a lot of videos but this was the most useful and thorough

Thank you, this video is very helpful! Your instructions are incredibly clear!

I've normally gravitated towards the walker unless I have someone to spot me while using my cane. I guess I've been doing it wrong. I just used this method and I can't explain how much easier it was to walk with it. I previously hadn't synced my evolved side and cane together

Quick and easy instructions, thank you!

Thank you! So clear and helpful. Great video!!❤

Thank you, ive been struggling with a bad ankle, so every now and again, I need to use a cane thank you.

Straight and to the point. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you. This really helped me use my cane.

Thanks for this video I just got a cane because I have pretty bad pain in my legs every time I walk and I don't know what it is but it definitely causes problems and this is a helpful vid :D

Thank you I recently had to start using a cane and this made walking so much easier

Was doing it backwards. Thanks for sorting it out

Thank you, just started using a can too. My right side of my body has Nerve damage & I'm weak. Thought I was supposed to have the cane on the injured side as well. And I haven't done the stairs yet! 😮

Excellent instructional cane video - thank you

Thank you very important information but as I have arthritis in my hands I have a stick with a shaped hand grip essential for me & I recommend it if you have my situation.

Thanks for this! I need to start using a cane while a torn meniscus heals. Wasn't sure exactly how to do it!

Great video looking into starting to use one for longer treks and flare up days very informative

Thank you for this much needed info!

Thanks mate. I had fusion yesterday and am using a crutch. Good video. Peace

Thank you. I had a bad fall last week because of lupus brain fog and now I’m with my cane until my knees stop looking like a modern art painting. Thankfully, nothing is broken, I’m just black and blue and have a huge scrape on my nose bridge

I have been using it on the wrong side 😢 thankfully it was just 1 day of misuse. Started using it in the non-injured side and my stride is so much better now

18 years ago, I had bi-lateral knee replacements. Now, the right one has come unglued at the Tibia and there is some degeneration of the bone of the tibia to where it hurts every time I step on my right foot. I have tried to use my cane the way you show, but it does not help my pain as I am walking. I find myself wanting to put the cane on the floor in my right hand as I step up, down, or walking to ease the pain in my right knee. If I step out with my right foot and the cane in the left hand, I am not relieving the pressure and pain in the knee, whereas, if I step out with my right foot I use my cane in the right hand to release the pressure and pain in my right knee.

I was taught when going up and down stairs it's, "Up with the good" (leg leading) and "Down with the bad" (leg leading). Works well

Thank you! This was so helpful for me 😊

Thanks for keeping it short and simple, after 37 years I've got to use a cane for the first time (side of knee injury) and I felt so stupid trying to learn how to use it haha

You have the cane horn facting backwards. It should be face forward. Jusrt consider the physics of the shaft lining up with the hand on the horn.

Super dr sir , Excellent explanation clear all my doubts visually

I was using a cane for a while & my physical therapist told my to work out my core muscles so I wouldn’t have to rely on a cane. Got a Swiss ball & started an hour a day core work out. 3 weeks later I hung up the cane. My biggest fear was a cane would lead to walking sticks then a walker then a wheelchair and finally a scooter. Before anyone starts that chain they need to work out their core.

Thank you for this video it is very very helpful 🎉😊🙏🏻

Thanks for the video. Helped me a lot. However, i personally cant lead with my good foot when going upstairs. My right achilles tendon is so currently painful it just wont allow it. Going down much easier. Thanks again

Thanks! I've been using my Cane on the side with the bad Knee.

thanks yall, I got tendonosis in my shoulder from doing this wrong for like 7 years and so, this will help lmao

I was doing 1:37 🙈 Glad I know how to use it properly now- it was making me so slow

Excellent video !

I use my cane for balance. I tend to fall to the right so the cane is on my right side. Most videos show the hieght of the cane to be at wrist level with the arm only slightly bent. This does not keep me from tipping over. My cane is adjusted for the handle to be at the bottom of my hip. I think therapists should differentiate heights used for support of injury vs. prevention of falls

Great video! SUGGESTION: A white bandage or cast-simulator would have made it easier to distinguish the involved from uninvolved side. Thanks for the terrific info.

I CANNOT BELIEVE I’ve been using my cane wrong for the past 3 weeks post-knee surgery. A friend saw me walking using the cane as a crutch and told me it was in the wrong hand. He was right!!

Great. What do I do when I am carrying or towing luggage? Do I have to carry it on the weaker side?

It's great and useful information, thank you so much. 🙏🙏👌👌🌸🌺💐

thank you sir I should have watched this video a week earlier I had a bad advice from my brother to hold the walking stick at highest level ,when walking short distance I have no problem and a week ago I happened to walk about 600metres I am now suffering from terrible pain in shoulder and upper back it is really very bad even pain killers didn't help I am 69 and don't want others to suffer the consequences for not using the stick correctly

Oh that's shoud i do i have a Cane but i did not know how to use my cane thank you for teaching me

Thanks for the video. Please send me the link to Buy the cane you used in this video. I checked Amazon but could not find the same cane as yours Thanks a lot. 😊 ☺️

Excellent video thanks so much

Super helpful. Thank you!

Thank you so much for this! I do have a question though: I experience pain in both my legs and may need to use a cane to relieve some of the pressure from my legs. Which leg would count as the involved leg? Should I just hold the cane with my right (dominant) hand and move it along with my left leg? Thank you if anyone answers! ❤

Great video Thankyou so much

Thank you for sharing.

so I had surgery on my left knee. I need to use a cane for awhile. Should I be holding in my right hand?? That would seem counterproductive

Thanks for information

This video really helpful thank you.

Does the cane walk in cadence with the injured foot or with the healthy foot?

This method might work on most people but not me. I broke my back and neck 30 years ago. I have nerve damage that effects me daily. My right leg will give out at times and I need the cane on that side to catch me.

I have a knee problem and I’m planning on buying a mobility device to help me walk around at events

Been walking on crutches for a month, switched to 1 crutch and now graduated to a cane. Finding good instructions with pictures is hard.

¡Muy buen material!

Thank you Tonssss👍

Thank you!

It's great you should make it easier to finds this clip 😉😉🤠😉

Do you have any tips on what to do if both legs are involved/hurting? Both my legs and back hurt almost all the time and it’s gotten pretty hard to stand or walk and my knees keep locking, stretching and keeping mobile don’t help, wondering if I should get a walking cane.

for me, on some days my leg gives out when i use it the correct way. should i use it on my bad side it feels like it will give out?

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good vid thanks

Thank you so much ❤

What if "involved side" is both sides? I have pain in both knees!

We can't understand which hand used cane injerd lage with cane ya good lage hand with cane because Iam left side is walking problem I can't walk properly and limiping to give me adwaise Please.......

What happened if weak leg is on the right side but i have broken arm and finger on left..

What brand is being used in the video

thanks

Thank you 🇹🇷🇦🇱

I own lots of canes. I have one wooden one and several metal ones. Did you know you can stash money in a metal cane? Take off the rubber stopper at the bottom of the pain and you can slip was of cash into the cane. Great for if you need emergency funds.

I wanna cry because I’ve been using mine so so wrong for months because there’s no one teaching you those things when you become chronically ill doctors barely want to prescribe aids so you have to figure out yourself and I had no idea this is how it worked…

its sad i had to look this up. why isn't it intuitive. is there a reason you use it on the other side from the pain?

Mayo Clinic says to have the top of cane to touch the crease of your hand, NOT THE WRIST. Mayo says to have the elbow bent 15-20 degrees. In your video, what the heck is "the involved side"?? Wish your video wasn't so confusing!

thank you, im getting mine when my da gets paid :)

Now all that is left to do is to get Hugh Laurie to play me in a tv series Before anyone asks, no diagnostics isnt as exiting as House MD makes it seem

So Dr house lied to me?

Using it on the opposite side wouldn't work for people who's leg gives out on them.

What to do when both legs are bum?

Sorry, this sounds illogical to me. Why hold the cane on the strong side? One would assume cane should be used to support the weak side, and compensate for the loss of mobility.

Damn... I've been using my cane incorrectly for months

Wrong way is called the House's way 🎉