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How do you change the perception of aging?
Aging Well | Last Active: Jan 5 10:21am | Replies (150)Comment receiving replies
While I don't need a cane any more following a healed broken kneecap, sometimes I'll take one with me into the market just because people are more likely to offer help.
That said, I'm an 82-year-old woman. When I go out for a walk around my neighbourhood, I prefer to use trekking poles for additional stability. They keep your posture upright whereas you are more likely to slouch onto a cane even properly measured. Also, while I may consider the poles to be the preferable equivalent of two canes, I believe that trekking poles make you look like an athlete keeping in shape for the ski slopes - a cane just says "infirm" (or, anyway, I've never been offered help while using the trekking poles).
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@emaureen I, too, prefer to use trekking poles. I have two sets, one is collapsible to go into a 21 in. carryon, the other is fixed length. A man I know uses two trekking poles everywhere he walks, even into church. Even though mine have hard rubber "indoor" tips on them, they still click like they are too hard for indoor floors. I need to check on getting softer tips so they don't make so much noise.
And to all, I once met a woman who had a whole collection of canes - she had one to go with each outfit. What a marvelous display of color, rhinestones, curved handles, straight sticks, carved; she had them all. She must have had 30. I have never seen such canes for sale; perhaps I'm not shopping the right stores.