[nagdu] Cane Technique

Lea williams leanicole1988 at gmail.com
Sun Apr 15 00:07:00 UTC 2012


I use an ID cane and it is lite weight and folds up. I also have a
roler tip on it. The ID cane is like the NFB canes.

On 4/14/12, Jennifer Perdue <jlperdue3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not sure what you mean by the grip explination.  I've never held a cane that
> way.
>
> How do I learn more about that?
>
> Jenny
> On Apr 14, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
>
>> Jenny
>>
>>
>> It's a trade off. The types of canes you can put a roller ball tip on are
>> substantially heavier than the NFB cane, and require far more effort to
>> use than doing two point touch with a NFB style cane.   Barring some
>> reason to the contrary, your wrists should get stronger in time.
>>
>>
>>
>> The NFB canes are so light, that it should not be an issue.
>>
>>
>>
>> Another thing, the grip with a NFB cane is different than with other
>> types. You sort of hold it in an open hand with your palm facing up. Kind
>> of hard to explain.
>>
>>
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