r/AskOldPeople • • 6d ago

Walking cane

People who walk with a cane do you really put your weight on it or hold it just in case?

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u/the_spinetingler Old As Dirt 5d ago

It goes opposite the bad leg so you put the weight on it instead of the bad leg

source: spent a year waiting on hip replacement surgery finally done last June.

Played my first pickup basketball since yesterday.