The correct answer is that it depends on numerous factors - the key is to understand the pros and cons of each and adapt it to your particular situation in the best manner possible for the moment.Fighting with a Walking Cane. So it's bad advice to say that there's only one correct side to use a cane. And once you successfully step down, you might switch the cane back to the opposite side once again. That's all fine and dandy - but when you reach a curb that you need to step off of, it now becomes much more critical to minimize the impact and pressure to your injury - so it may make more sense to switch the cane to the side of the bad leg so that you can use the cane to reinforce your leg strength when you step down. Now imagine the stage where that has just started to heal and you can only just barely start to walk using the cane on the opposite side. You sacrifice balance and a more natural gait, but when the slightest pressure feels like someone stabbed you with a knife and twisted, then keeping pressure to an absolute minimum becomes the priority.Īs for my statement earlier that the correct side to use a cane can vary from moment to moment - take the severely painful injury I used as an example above. Some injuries are such that the priority is to take the absolute maximum amount of pressure off of that leg - and when that's the case, using a cane on the same side lets you do that. Generally speaking, if you can use a cane on the opposite side, it gives you better balance and lets you walk with a more natural gait. It can even change from moment to moment. It can change based on the nature of the injury and the severity of the injury. The correct side to use a cane depends on various factors. Not in that there aren't significant advantages in using a cane on the opposite side of an injury - but this advice is wrong in that it's advocating only a single answer. Sorry to tell you this, guys, but this is wrong. Please also read the site-wide Reddiquette. Please avoid reposting TILs that have already made the front page in the past on YouTube)Īdd or tags to your posts, as necessary. Link to the appropriate start time when referencing videos (e.g. Link to the appropriate heading when referencing an article (particularly on Wikipedia) If you are interested in reading about the TILs on this list use the search box feature and enter the keywords to pull up past TILs.Īvoid mobile versions of websites (e.g. The purpose is to keep content fresh on /r/todayilearned as requested by its members. The titles have been abridged for the sake of brevity, however the context remains the same. If your TIL is found on this list, it will be removed.
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