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Let’s bring back staves as mobility aids.
I’d been a cane user (mainly for chronic leg pain) with a certain need for more support and with shoulder issues. Ideally I’ve dreamt of a powerchair, but while I can’t have that I’d been planning to get forearm crutches.
Then I began making a staff for cosplay, and found out that it is actually much better for me than a cane.
I am still planning to try forearm crutches, but it’s in less priority for me now.
The staff both gives me more support than the cane and puts much less pressure on my shoulders.
I wish I could use it outside of home too. Perhaps I will once it’s fully done, of course ideally I should not care about people’s reactions to me carrying a bigger stick than is conventional but, yeah.
Characteristics:
My staff’s base is a metal pipe, wrapped in some kind of plastic, from a drape runner. It’s 25 mm in diameter and 180 cm in height. A cane tip is pushed into the bottom. (Later it will be decorated: a foam clay dragon claw at the top holding a ball with an LED light, and painted)
I am 155 cm tall. I am most comfortable holding it on the height around the shoulder level. Sometimes I hold it with both hands. I am uncomfortable holding it at around waist level.
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Let’s bring back staves as mobility aids.
I’d been a cane user (mainly for chronic leg pain) with a certain need for more support and with shoulder issues. Ideally I’ve dreamt of a powerchair, but while I can’t have that I’d been planning to get forearm crutches.
Then I began making a staff for cosplay, and found out that it is actually much better for me than a cane.
I am still planning to try forearm crutches, but it’s in less priority for me now.
The staff both gives me more support than the cane and puts *much* less pressure on my shoulders.
I wish I could use it outside of home too. Perhaps I will once it’s fully done, of course ideally I should not care about people’s reactions to me carrying a bigger stick than is conventional but, yeah.
Characteristics:
My staff’s base is a metal pipe from a drape runner, wrapped in some kind of plastic. It’s 25 mm in diameter and 180 cm in height. A cane tip is pushed into the bottom. (Later it will be decorated: a foam clay dragon claw at the top holding a ball with an LED light, and painted)
I am 155 cm tall. I am most comfortable holding it on the height around the shoulder level. Sometimes I hold it with both hands. I am uncomfortable holding it at around waist level.