Statistically speaking, there will most likely come a point in your life when you will need to use a cane. While some might use one as a fashion statement or to help get around while recovering from injury, the cane is most prominent with aging individuals. The Standard Daily takes a look at this in a recent article titled “50% of aging Americans turn to the use of walking sticks for mobility and support.”

The author of the article writes, “Carrying out a mobility research from within 2004 to 2012, researchers have noted that there is an increase in the number of aging Americans using canes, walkers, and other mobility aids to get around according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The research is a part of the National Health and Aging Trends Study, and the researchers observed a 50% increase in the use of mobility aids among seniors aged 65 and above within the stated eight-year period. About 10% of the 7,600 Medicare beneficiaries interviewed said they use it to get around and to maintain support.”

While the health benefits of canes are most prominent in the decisionmaking process to purchase them, there are other benefits to the sticks. For example, consider a recent article for Cinema Blend titled “Watch A 95-Year-Old Man Tell The Local News How He Fought Off A Robber.” Joseph Baxter of Cinema Blend writes, “According to local news reports, a typical day in Manchester, New Hampshire for 95-year-old World War II veteran, Arthur Kember is of walking from a Walgreens pharmacy to pick up a prescription for his wife would quickly devolve to something potentially deadly. He would be confronted by a male suspect who attempted to grab his wallet several times. However, instead of some quick easy cash, the pusillanimous pilferer received several shots from Arthur’s cane. After numerous attempts to grab the wallet, the would-be mugger was eventually driven off when the struggle started attracting attention… Clearly, Arthur was no physical match for the mugger and that ordinary walking cane became what may have been his saving grace, depending on the robber’s intended outcome of the confrontation.”

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