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Walking Guide

Welcome to the Fashionable Canes blog, your go-to resource for everything walking canes. From handle types and height adjustments to style guides for mens canes and womens walking canes, our articles are written to help you walk with more comfort, confidence, and personality. Whether you're buying your first cane or adding to a collection, you'll find practical advice and inspiration here.

Walking Guide

The Best Bariatric Walking Canes for Sale

The Best Bariatric Walking Canes for Sale

The term bariatric is used loosely as a description for persons weighing significantly more than the average weight for their body type....

Signs You Might Need to Start Using a Walking Cane

Signs You Might Need to Start Using a Walking Cane

Illness, injury, and age are all good reasons to use a walking cane. If you've noticed one or more of these signs, it...

How to Use a Shoehorn

How to Use a Shoehorn

Shoehorns offer a better and smarter way to put on your shoes! Today, we'll cover the basics of shoehorns...

What is a Shillelagh Stick?

What is a Shillelagh Stick?

To understand the true essence of a blackthorn shillelagh, it's important to recognize...

Will Medicare or Insurance Companies Pay for a Walking Cane?

Will Medicare or Insurance Companies Pay for a Walking Cane?

The thought of needing a device to help with mobility is often scary. Once you could move about your home and community with no trouble whatsoever. Now, you find yourself…View Post

What You Need to Know Before Buying a Cane as a Holiday Gift

What You Need to Know Before Buying a Cane as a Holiday Gift

We'll go over what you need to know about shopping for a walking cane as a gift including cane sizing, handle style, and the most important accessories to...

Best Holiday Walking Cane Gifts for Women 2019

Best Holiday Walking Cane Gifts for Women 2019

Here at Fashionable Canes, we have an excellent array of beautiful designer walking canes that are sure to be a hit this holiday season...

How to Adjust Walking Cane Length

How to Adjust Walking Cane Length

Adjustable canes come with a mechanism on the shaft that enables the cane to be shortened or lengthened at will. This enables users...

Best Steampunk Walking Canes

Best Steampunk Walking Canes

Walking canes are a favorite accessory of those who live and love the steampunk style...

Best Walking Canes for Self-Defense

Best Walking Canes for Self-Defense

Walking canes to improve your mobility by offering additional balance and support, but it's known that they can also double as tools for self-defense....

Which is Better: A Cane or Walker?

Which is Better: A Cane or Walker?

it is important to know how to make the right call between using a cane or a walker. There are several key elements that you should consider...

Best Walking Canes for Balance

Best Walking Canes for Balance

While all canes exist to provide additional support and balance while walking, certain styles have an edge in this area...

Fashionable Canes vs. CVS Canes

Fashionable Canes vs. CVS Canes

While CVS canes and off-brand medical walking sticks may be functional, Fashionable Canes offers a more fashionable and diverse selection of walking canes...

Buyer Beware: Counterfeit Canes on the Rise

Buyer Beware: Counterfeit Canes on the Rise

It has come to our attention that counterfeit replicas of items in our inventory are being sold in marketplaces across the web...

Carry Comfort Anywhere with a Seat Cane - Fashionable Canes

Carry Comfort Anywhere with a Seat Cane

Seat canes are innovative devices that double as both a walking cane and a portable seat, making them perfect for...

The Best Canes for the Elderly & Senior Citizens

The Best Canes for the Elderly & Senior Citizens

6 of Our Top Canes Can Help Elderly People Gain Mobility & Independence The elderly have a few special needs, and therefore require some extra attention. One of the most…View Post

Selma Blair Rocked a Cane on the Red Carpet

Selma Blair Rocked a Cane on the Red Carpet

Actress Selma Blair used a Cane at the Oscars for Support and it Helped Make Her Red Carpet Appearance a Stylish & Meaningful Oscar Highlight Selma Blair didn't let her…View Post

10 Unique Woods Available in a Walking Cane

10 Unique Woods Available in a Walking Cane

Although metal and carbon fiber canes are common, nothing beats the beauty of a wooden walking cane. Wood has a natural look that can't be matched by synthetic materials. Cherry…View Post

Our Best Walking Assistance Devices

Our Best Walking Assistance Devices

The Best Devices for Those That Need Help Walking Due to Age, a Moderate Disability, or After an Injury or Surgery If you need assistance walking there are a range…View Post

Survival Walking Sticks & Staffs

Survival Walking Sticks & Staffs

Learn More about the New Trend of Survival Walking Sticks and Tactical Staffs You might have heard about survival walking sticks or staffs, or even seen one out on the…View Post

Our Best Wood Hiking Sticks and Staffs

Our Best Wood Hiking Sticks and Staffs

Take a look at these hand-carved wooden hiking sticks and staffs: conversation and comfort on the trail Hiking is a great way to get outdoors and enjoy the fresh air,…View Post

Top 5 Canes to Give as Gifts for Older Dads this Father's Day

Top 5 Canes to Give as Gifts for Older Dads this Father's Day

These canes make the best gift ideas for older dads on this special day! Father's day is a time for everyone to celebrate dad… that guy who's always been there…View Post

8 Best Summer Walking Canes

8 Best Summer Walking Canes

Summer walking canes are important. With summer right around the corner, we're daydreaming about the warmth, sunshine, vacation, and the beach. We can't wait to get outside and catch some…View Post

Best Stand Up Cane Tips and Bases

Best Stand Up Cane Tips and Bases

If you use a cane you have certainly heard about the 4-pronged stand up cane bases and tips. They make life easier because these stand alone canes stay upright when…View Post