ALEXANDRIA, VA— The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging elderly adults who use canes and walkers as walking aids to be properly assessed and fitted by a physical therapist to avoid ...

Hiking with some kind of walking stick makes outdoor adventures more fun and safer, and this is the ideal time of the year to whittle your own walking stick from a sapling. The work is easy, it’s ...

Engineers at CU Boulder are tapping into advances in artificial intelligence to develop a new kind of walking stick for people who are blind or visually impaired. Think of it as assistive technology ...

James Sarantakis, of Lowell, sits in his apartment with a walking stick made from a section of bittersweet vine that grows around trees. It’s one of the many walking sticks he’s made from wood ...