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Chronic Illness 19h
I just started using a cane and it’s helping with my hips but making my wrists hurt. Does anyone have any tips for how to deal with it/ease it/prevent it?
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Anonymous 18h

Like 1 said, it’s usually the wrong height (or a bad grip) or you’re putting too much weight on it. Canes shouldn’t be used for major weight bearing, especially long term. It should be used for stability and balance, and MINOR temporary weight bearing. If you need to put your weight onto it, you need to talk to your doctor/physical therapist about weight bearing mobility aids like crutches or walkers.

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Anonymous 17h

Wait I’m so glad I found this post because my wrist gets tired too and I had no idea that it was because of putting too my weight on it. Thank you for asking a question I never thought to ask

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Anonymous 19h

Make sure it’s the right height but you may just need a forearm crutch

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 17h

A good rule to follow is about 15% of your body weight (think like ouch I stubbed my toe and wanna get a little off it for a minute but can still put most of my weight onto it type of offloading) and absolutely no more than 25% of your body weight. And for transient/inconsistent pains like arthritis (big one for me) that comes and goes in severity

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 17h

^knowing which side to hold the cane on and how to actually walk w a cane are also useful in just don’t have the energy o type it all out so if you look it up

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 17h

Eek thank you both so much I had no idea that I might need a forearm brace. You guys are angels

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 16h

And i can’t stress enough the importance of getting it set up and training with a physical therapist. You can seriously mess up your body if you’re using it incorrectly on accident. And I would genuinely hate that for you bc we already have enough chronic pain in this sub lmfao

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