Oh...that's Why My "rest Day" Ended In More Pain :/

spiritually my hair reaches my waist, physically i look like the ugliest lesbian ever.

A bunch of resources I've found as I've been learning about canes and how to use them ...

➡️ Physiopedia - types of canes, types of handles/grips, and how to use your cane

➡️ Mayo Clinic - How to size your cane, how to walk with it, and how to go up and down stairs

➡️ Pathways - Signs you might need a mobility aid

🎥 Video by Vive Health - demonstration of correct sizing and how to position your cane when walking, featuring a quad cane

🎥 Video by Orthopedic One - longer demonstration of how to walk with cane as well as demonstration of how to go up and down stairs

➡️ Web MD - what a cane is useful for, 3 types of cane, and how to use a cane (including how to go between standing and sitting)

🎥 Front Row with Ed and Elizabeth - how not to use a cane

➡️ Seniors Mobility - How does a cane help, how to walk with a cane, how to use a cane for balance, how a cane can help with back pain, and when you might need crutches instead

➡️ Med Plus Health - Canes vs walkers/rollators

Please feel free to reblog and add to this list or let me know if you've got a better resource for any of these topics ✌️

manifesting this for all my disabled friends.

get you a partner who loves you as much as walking canes love falling to the floor at every opportunity.

i will now be sharing poetry

spent a week offline and write poetry, the real question is do I share that madness under the guise of “girlblogging”

𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔶 𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔳𝔥𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔶

^^^^^^

—Ursula K. Le Guin, from a 1988 interview, collected in Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (Melville House, 2019)

I pray for you all of the time,

please come home.