Walking Sticks - How to Become Less Dependent on Them — and Avoid Using Them Altogether

Where Are You Now?

Are you currently using a walking stick and worried that you’re becoming more and more dependent on it?

Perhaps you’re recovering from an injury and want to come off the stick as soon as possible.

Or maybe you’re using walking poles but find them cumbersome, and you don’t feel

confident with your stability without them.

Where Do You Want to Be?

Do you want to feel balanced and pain-free enough to no longer rely on a walking stick?

Do you want to feel confident in your posture so you can walk — whether in daily life or on the hills — without needing walking poles?

What’s Getting in the Way?

Are you worried that you might fall, or that you don’t have enough muscle tone to support yourself without a stick?

Or perhaps there’s a mental story running in the background — that age has “caught up with you” and using a stick is now inevitable.

This Month’s Blog & Podcast

This month’s blog and podcast explore how you can become less dependent on walking sticks, so you can feel balanced, stable, and confident again when walking without their support.

I’ll be sharing my top procedure to help you bring more poise into your body and restore muscle tone, so you can trust yourself to walk with confidence.

I deliberately use the word procedure rather than exercise, because this work is about far more than movement alone. It involves your whole mind and body — how you breathe, where your attention is, and how you bring awareness into your body so you can release unnecessary tension and rediscover effortless poise.

How Did We Get Here in the First Place?

Often, we come to rely on walking sticks because our posture has gradually become compromised. This can leave us feeling unstable, fearful of falling, or experiencing joint pain.

Over time, habits of movement can take us away from our natural centre of gravity. When this happens, we start overloading specific joints to hold ourselves up. Those joints take the strain — and eventually, pain appears.

If you’ve had an injury, you may feel that you’ve lost your natural balance and muscle tone, and developed habits that make you overly dependent on the stick for support.

A Preventative Practice Too

This procedure isn’t just about recovery — it’s also preventative. Practising it regularly can help you maintain healthy posture so you can walk the dog, enjoy the hills, or move through daily life with ease, confidence, and no discomfort.

A Step-by-Step Approach for Everyone

I’ll guide you through the process step by step, so wherever you are — whether you’re:

·         recovering from an injury

·         dealing with years of dependence on walking sticks

·         or simply looking for a preventative approach

there will be a safe and appropriate place for you to begin.

This Procedure Helps You:

·         Bring your weight back over your centre of gravity in a safe way, reducing pressure on your joints

·         Align your spine so your body is naturally balanced

·         Restore muscle tone in your legs, improving stability and confidence

This is not going to happen over night. It requires regular practice but you can feel the benefits of lightness, more posies and hopefully less pain immediately. Short but consistent practice is the key. Enjoy the video, and I’d love to hear how you get on with it.

If you need more support then you could:

1. Contact me a for free telephone consultation

2. Try out my online 30 minute Stillness Class - more info here

3. Come along to an in person class in Cumbria - more info here

4. Come along to a retreat more info here

5. Book a private session online or in person

Watch the video again on youtube

https://youtu.be/BdZEIZGxixU