How Do You Evaluate For A Walking Cane?
Evaluation for a walking cane is largely a matter of assessing needs. If you want a cane as part of a costume, evaluation is easy. If you need a cane to help ease walking with a minor injury or disability, evaluation become a bit more complex. If you need a cane for daily walking, your assessment becomes both more difficult and more important. Finally, for serious injuries or disability, you need to assess if a cane is the best ambulatory aid or if you’ll need to move up to a walker. Assess your ability to walk on a scale of 1 to 5. A 1 rating means you don’t need help walking, while a 5 means you can’t stand up without some kind of extra support. Seek the help of a physical therapist if you rate yourself a 5 . In most cases, you’ll want to use a walker rather than a cane. A physical therapist will help you make that judgment and help you with exercises to facilitate recovery or retraining. Use two canes, preferably with wrist braces, if you rated yourself a 4. As these will be very im
