Today we are talking about how to use a Dynamo Prime Stick now when I'm referring to this I'm going to be talking about the regular cane or single point cane as well as the quad cane because you use these two in the same fashion if you need a refresher on how to adjust the height of this cane or either one of these canes please see that video on how to adjust canes also pay particular attention to how to adjust the base of the quad cane depending on which side of the body that you are using it on now with that being said a lot of people think that when you use a cane it needs to go on the side of the injured or weak leg and actually that is incorrect what you need to do is put it on the opposite side and let me tell you why when you're using a cane.

You are using it for some support for your weak leg so if I place the cane on this side and I am indicating my weak leg by the pink tape if I place the cane on this side when I step the cane in my foot are my base of support while I bring my good leg through okay so as you see my base of support is only as wide as the outside of the cane to the inside of my foot so my base of support is about that big if I switch the cane to the opposite side and I step with the cane in my injured leg when I swing my good leg through my base of support is from the outside of my injured foot to the outside of the cane so you have a much bigger base of support okay now some people may say oh you know I'm not going to be able to put enough pressure on that cane if it's over here in this hand away from my injured foot professionally and personally I want to say that if you have to bear a lot of weight through a cane I don't believe that you're ready for a cane I think you need something more supportive like a walker and that that's my opinion but you see a lot of people that are using a cane they have to bear a lot of weight and this is what you see you see him bearing down and you seem leaning over to try to support that leg while they're bringing their leg through that's kind of dangerous a little unsafe and again.

I recommend that if you have to bear that much weight you really need something more supportive like a walker so I'm sure and demonstrate to you how to use a Walking Canes for Womens that I tell my clients is try not to think too much about how to use it where to put it when do you put it I want you to just relax and walk naturally when we walk the our opposite arm and leg swing together so if you relax and just wrap naturally you will see that the cane and your injured leg or your weak leg will come together okay let me demonstrate that again so you're going to naturally walk your your arm is going to swing your injured leg will move forward with the cane and they will they need to fall okay now again the big thing is don't think too much about it people get very confused and it gets kind of difficult when you think about you know do I need to place the cane first and then take a step again one more time let me demonstrate I want you to relax walk as naturally as you can in the cane and your weak leg should fall naturally in line as what while you're walking okay now that is how you walk with a cane you do the same walk in same position with the quad cane that's it for today from adaptive equipment corner have a great day thanks for joining us and don't forget if you can't do it adapt it.