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A general cane guide for writers and artists (from a cane user, writer, and artist!)
Disclaimer: Though I have been using a cane for 6 years, I am not a doctor, nor am I by any means an expert. This guide is true to my experience, but there are as many ways to use a cane as there are cane users!
This guide will not include: White canes for blindness, crutches, walkers, or wheelchairs as I have no personal experience with these.
This is meant to be a general guide to get you started and avoid some common mishaps/misconceptions, but you absolutely should continue to do your own research outside of this guide!
The biggest recurring problem I've seen is using the cane on the wrong side. The cane goes on the opposite side of the pain! If your character has even-sided pain or needs it for balance/weakness, then use the cane in the non-dominant hand to keep the dominant hand free. Some cane users also switch sides to give their arm a rest!
A cane takes about 20% of your weight off the opposite leg. It should fit within your natural gait and become something of an extension of your body. If you need more weight off than 20%, then crutches, a walker, or a wheelchair is needed.
Putting more pressure on the cane, using it on the wrong side, or having it at the wrong height will make it less effective, and can cause long term damage to your body from improper pressure and posture. (Hugh Laurie genuinely hurt his body from years of using a cane wrong on House!)
(an animated GIF of a cane matching the natural walking gait. It turns red when pressure is placed on it.)
When going up and down stairs, there is an ideal standard: You want to use the handrail and the cane at the same time, or prioritize the handrail if it's only on one side. When going up stairs you lead with your good leg and follow with the cane and hurt leg together. When going down stairs you lead with the cane, then the good leg, and THEN the leg that needs help.
Realistically though, many people don't move out of the way for cane users to access the railing, many stairs don't have railings, and many are wet, rusty, or generally not ideal to grip.
In these cases, if you have a friend nearby, holding on to them is a good idea. Or, take it one step at a time carefully if you're alone.
Now we come to a very common mistake I see... Using fashion canes for medical use!
(These are 4 broad shapes, but there is INCREDIBLE variation in cane handles. Research heavily what will be best for your character's specific needs!)
The handle is the contact point for all the weight you're putting on your cane, and that pressure is being put onto your hand, wrist, and shoulder. So the shape is very important for long term use!
Knob handles (and very decorative handles) are not used for medical use for this reason. It adds extra stress to the body and can damage your hand to put constant pressure onto these painful shapes.
The weight of a cane is also incredibly important, as a heavier cane will cause wear on your body much faster. When you're using it all day, it gets heavy fast! If your character struggles with weakness, then they won't want a heavy cane if they can help it!
This is also part of why sword canes aren't usually very viable for medical use (along with them usually being knob handles) is that swords are extra weight!
However, a small knife or perhaps a retractable blade hidden within the base might be viable even for weak characters.
Bases have a lot of variability as well, and the modern standard is generally adjustable bases. Adjustable canes are very handy if your character regularly changes shoe height, for instance (gotta keep the height at your hip!)
Canes help on most terrain with their standard base and structure. But for some terrain, you might want a different base, or to forego the cane entirely! This article covers it pretty well.
Many cane users decorate their canes! Stickers are incredibly common, and painting canes is relatively common as well! You'll also see people replacing the standard wrist strap with a personalized one, or even adding a small charm to the ring the strap connects to. (nothing too large, or it gets annoying as the cane is swinging around everywhere)
(my canes, for reference)
If your character uses a cane full time, then they might also have multiple canes that look different aesthetically to match their outfits!
When it comes to practical things outside of the cane, you reasonably only have one hand available while it's being used. Many people will hook their cane onto their arm or let it dangle on the strap (if they have one) while using their cane arm, but it's often significantly less convenient than 2 hands. But, if you need 2 hands, then it's either setting the cane down or letting it hang!
For this reason, optimizing one handed use is ideal! Keeping bags/items on the side of your free hand helps keep your items accessible.
When sitting, the cane either leans against a wall or table, goes under the chair, or hooks onto the back of the chair. (It often falls when hanging off of a chair, in my experience)
When getting up, the user will either use their cane to help them balance/support as they stand, or get up and then grab their cane. This depends on what it's being used for (balance vs pain when walking, for instance!)
That's everything I can think of for now. Thank you for reading my long-but-absolutely-not-comprehensive list of things to keep in mind when writing or drawing a cane user!
Happy disability pride month! Go forth and make more characters use canes!!!
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This is coming from a game where the main theme is going to be "There is beauty in destruction and imperfections, and it is ok to make mistakes."
And that has a gender ambiguous main character, bat people, tree people, a corrupt government, interesting languages, barriers, and environments for each major aspect of the game, is inspired by early Zelda games, Kintsugi (the Japanese tradition of fixing broken pottery with gold), steampunk, and that has a companion character that is heavily inspired on this lil fella, BD-1 :)
Soon, I'm gonna draw a character from a game my brother and I want to make in the future that's literally just named The Dirt, goes by it/its pronouns, carries around a cardboard sign that has "Would you like to buy some bones" crudely scrawled on it in an.. unknown substance, and carries around a bag full of chicken bones, an animal that does not exist in that universe.
And y'all are gonna fucking love it.
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Soon, I'm gonna draw a character from a game my brother and I want to make in the future that's literally just named The Dirt, goes by it/its pronouns, carries around a cardboard sign that has "Would you like to buy some bones" crudely scrawled on it in an.. unknown substance, and carries around a bag full of chicken bones, an animal that does not exist in that universe.
And y'all are gonna fucking love it.
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Kinda wanna make my parents watch Nimona so that maybe just maybe they can see the error of their ways, but that is a terrible idea lmao
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Actually crying rn
So, i know this is a kids movie, thats the reason we don't have graphic violence, blood and all these thing, but is good to remember Ambrosius cut the whole arm of Ballister. Cutting the arm of someone (what is not a love language) hurt them, it's messy, lot of blood involved and the blood loss can kill you, and probably would still cause a strong pain to Ballister, even after being cauterized. Also, make a robotic prosthesis (while being with strong pain) takes time, doesn't matter how genius the person is. And that is the reason I defend two headcanons:
there were a longer time skip from the death of the queen to Ballister meeting Nimona
2. Ambrosius may have thought he killed the love of his life
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Guys, sometimes a child can be older than their dad by a few millennia, and we as a society need to accept that.
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So, Nimona is now one of my new favorite movies.
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I'm still alive dw
I'm gonna try and go to the library within the next week to work out the whole tumblr sitiation, so uh..... be on the lookout for that
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Commission process for a friend of mine
Sketch
Lineart
Flat color
Final
His name is Bennett
Spent 12 hours on this in total.
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TW for use of the F slur
My father. Anthony "I'm an ally". Has called my brothers best man, for a wedding that is happening in 2 WEEKS. A faggot. Because of pink hair.
He started a huge fight with my brother, he's causing a bunch of unnecessary stress for everyone involved in the wedding, and he refuses to understand how his feelings could just be "Ignored" in this way for a wedding that isn't even his. Over pink hair.
To quote my father just now "I just don't understand how my feelings are less important to my own son than those of a pink haired FAGGOT." BECAUSE OF PINK HAIR
PINK HAIR
SOMEONES FUCKING HAIRCOLOR
WHAT THE FUCK.
THIS WEDDING IS IN 2 WEEKS.
I HATE IT HERE I HATE IT HERE I HATE IT HERE.
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Ok so here's how it's go once I move
I won't be able to post frequently, but I still will be able to through public library computers.
I'll make the account tomorrow (if I can figure out how lmao) and the rest will be history! I will let you know when I move so that you know when to expect less frequency.
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YEAH I DID, WTF
Aches and pains throughout my entire body that aren't intense all the time but are constantly there. I looked it up and the barebones basics also said it also causes fatigue and trouble sleeping, which I deal with on the daily.
.....I.... am gonna go do more research before jumping to conclusions, but I might bring this up to my doctor-
it’s fibromyalgia awareness month so I just wanted to say a lil somethin’
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I.... I didn't.. know this was a thing...
I'm... pretty sure I described this exact thing in a post a few months ago...
I...... What???
it’s fibromyalgia awareness month so I just wanted to say a lil somethin’
ig post here (includes full caption)
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The only thing stopping me from cutting my hair rn is my parents would be mad at me.
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I wanna cut my hair again, but then no more pretty hairstyles :(
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