As popular as walking frames are, you will have noticed that although they are light and easy to use, they are not always easily stored, trying to place a walking frame into some cars may cause a few problems if there is limited space or you may find that the frame fits in ok but still seems to take up a lot of space, so that you cant fit other items or passengers into the car as you would like to.

A solution to this is the availability of a folding travel walker, you still have the same support that you would expect from the frame but with the added benefit of being able to fold it down so that it will fit very easily into a car, a folding walking frame will take up much less room and is easily assembled back into the normal position so that it is ready for you quickly when you are ready to use it again.

A frame of this type is designed and intended to be used regularly too so it will withstand regular folding down and assembling no matter how often you need to do this.

A folding walking frame usually wont cost much more than a standard one, with some being available for between £30 – £40.

Depending on how you use your walking stick there can be times when only a part of the ferrule of the walking stick is in contact with the ground, thats the rubber part that you see on the end of the stick.

Furrules are available to purchase to replace the worn-out one and they are easy to fit but for around about the same price you can purchase a flexible ferrule and how it works is that the flat bottom can stay touching the floor or ground completely while your walking stick can be at an angle so that you benefit from the furrule having better contact with the ground while still having normal use of your walking stick.

You can pick up a flexible ferrule for under £3 and they are well worth it for added safety and piece of mind knowing that not just the edge but instead the whole bottom of the ferrule is touching the floor or ground as you walk.

When you’re using a walking stick you can sometimes find yourself looking around to place it somewhere for a moment as you deal with things like paying for your shopping or dealing with something else.

The thing is there’s a chance of the walking stick slipping or you not being able to find a place to rest it for a moment and many users prefer to keep theirs as close to them as possible.

A solution to this can be to purchase a walking stick wrist strap, often they will be made of a leather type of material and the one end fits tightly around your walking stick, near the top just underneath the handle, then there’s basically a loop where you can slide your hand through.

They are designed to be loose so you wont have the strap fastened around your wrist but rather its just looped around your wrist and what this enables is the walking stick being able to dangle underneath your wrist and hand as you deal with whatever it is that you may have to do for a moment, then when you’re ready to take hold of your walking stick again its a lot closer to your hand already.

A wrist strap can also prevent you from completely dropping your walking stick, very useful if dropping your walking stick would cause great difficulty for you in trying to pick it up again.

A walking stick wrist strap wont cost you much at all either, with around £6 buying you a decent one and it should last you for quite some time too.