Patient/caregiver was educated on how to use cane while climbing up the curb as follows: Hold the cane in the hand opposite to the side of the weaker leg. While climbing up the curb, let your stronger leg be the leading leg. Always put your strong leg forward first. Advance the strong leg by placing it up the curb, from where you are standing. Once the strong leg is firm, stable, and properly placed up [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on how to use cane while climbing down the stairs as follows: Hold the cane in the hand opposite to the side of the weaker leg. Place the other hand on the side-rails along the stairways, which can help offer extra support. If the side-rails are present only on one side, then hold the cane in the hand opposite to the side of the side-rails. The hand on the side of side-rails [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on how to use cane while climbing up the stairs as follows: Hold the cane in the hand opposite to the side of the weaker leg. Place the other hand on the side-rails along the stairways, which can help offer extra support. If the side-rails are present only on one side, then hold the cane in the hand opposite to the side of the side-rails. The hand on the side of side-rails [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on how to walk using a cane as follows: Cane is an assistive device used to provide more support during ambulation, in individuals with compromised balance. Compromised balance can be secondary to weakness, injury, surgery, involving bilateral lower extremities and weight bearing joints. If you are using the cane for improved balance or complementing a weaker lower extremity, hold the cane in hand on the opposite side of the weaker leg. Make sure [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on how to hold walking cane as follows: Cane is an assistive device used to provide more support during ambulation, in individuals with compromised balance. Compromised balance can be secondary to weakness, injury, surgery, involving lower extremities and weight bearing joints. Cane usually is held in the hand used less frequently, also call non-dominant hand. This can allow the dominant hand to be free and available to perform various tasks, such as, [...]