The 3rd Foot Cane
The 3rd Foot Cane Foot
How Is The 3rd Foot Cane and Crutch Different From Other Canes And Walking Sticks
The 3rd Foot Cane and 3rd Foot Crutch foot are sized and proportioned to move, pivot and maintain balance, stability, upright posture and the body's natural alignment from the back of the cane and crutch foot to the front of the cane and crutch foot like a foot.
The feet of traditional canes and walking sticks are not sized or proportioned to move, pivot or maintain balance and the body's natural alignment and upright posture like a foot. In order to maintain balance the users arm and hand must extend away from the side of the body and use the cane or walking stick handle to maintain balance when walking.
The human body is designed to maintain and regain upright posture, balance and stability well into old age and after an injury as long as the body maintains its natural alignment with the feet contacting the ground from heel to toe when walking.
The theory behind traditional canes, crutches, walking sticks and walkers is that you use your arm or arms to extend your body's base of support and use the cane, crutch, walking stick or walker handle to transmit some of your weight to the ground to maintain balance. The only problem with that theory is that your arms and hands are not designed to extend your body's base of support and carry your body's weight to maintain balance your feet are.
When you use your arm and hands to extend your body's base of support your head stops being aligned and centered over your shoulders and becomes positioned in front of the rest of your body. Your feet stop contacting the ground from heel to toe and engaging your core muscles. You become more and more unstable and bent over with time because your body has stopped moving the way it was designed to maintain its natural alignment and engage the core muscles.
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The 3rd Foot Cane is recommended and used by Physicians, Podiatrists, Physical & Occupational Therapists. Used by Men, Women and Seniors for Balance, Gait, Drop Foot, MS, CP, CRPS, Parkinson's, EDS, Stroke Rehab and other conditions that affect mobility.
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Ardra Shepard included the 3rd Foot Cane in her 2023 Mobility Aids 101: How to Cope, What to Get and in her 2021 Gift Guide For People with MS.
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The 3rd Foot Cane was chosen as a Portfolio Member by The West Coast Consortium For Technology And Innovation.
The 3rd Foot Cane foot acts as a foot substitute that maintains contact with the ground from heel to toe helping maintain or regain your body's natural alignment and a long enough walking stride for your feet to contact the ground from heel to toe and engage and strengthen your core muscles. Letting you move better, get stronger and walk longer without extending your arm and leaning on a cane handle to maintain balance.
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Stability & Alignment
The 3rd Foot Cane moves with the body on the outside of the leg not ahead of it like a traditional cane or walking stick that uses the handle to maintain balance.
The cane shaft and cane foot of The 3rd Foot Cane maintain the same angle as the leg and foot when walking forward, backward, turning and on the stairs helping to support the body's balance and natural alignment
A new angle for better posture
The angled cane and crutch shaft of The 3rd Foot Cane and Crutch keep your center of gravity over your feet.
SureGrip™ Support
The bottom of The 3rd Foot Cane and Crutch foot are designed with SureGrip support Technology that has been carefully shaped to help maintain balance, stability and the body's alignment when walking on indoor and outdoor surfaces.
The contact area of The 3rd Foot Cane and Crutch Foot are contoured and proportioned to stabilize and balance the body's weight and provide linear support up through your shoulders when walking keeping the head upright and aligned over the body.
Patented Length Ratios Provide a Comfortable Gait
The 3rd Foot Cane and crutch's angled shaft and carefully tuned lengths in front of and behind the cane and crutch shaft move at the same angle as your leg helping keep the body stable and upright when walking forward, backward, turning and on the stairs.
The line-of-support running from the ground contact point up through the body is constantly changing. Keeping your center of gravity over your feet.
As you move forward, walk backward, turn the cane and the crutch foot move next to the outside of your leg like a 3rd Foot that helps maintain your upright posture, stability and alignment.
At 20 ounces or 1.25 pounds the 3rd Foot Cane is comparable in weight to other 3 tip, 4 tip and prong canes, lighter than most quad canes and not as light as a single point cane.
The cane's weight has been systematically calculated to maintian your balance, upright posture and your body's vertical stability when walking forward, backward, turning, sitting down, standing up and on the stairs.
A standard single point cane weighs about 15 ounces. The 3 tip, 4 tip and prong canes weights between 18 and 22 ounces. A typical quad cane weighs 28 ounces. None of them maintain balance or the body's natural alignment on the front of the cane foot like a foot does. They can not maintain, regain or help develop an upright stable walking gait. The longer you use them the more bent forward your body becomes.
The cane foot of the Aligned As Designed Cane has been engineered as a hollow reinforced structure, which allows a generous landing area that is anatomically proportioned to move and maintain balance like a foot without the associated weight of traditional quad canes.
Full range of heights in one cane
The Aligned As Designed Cane's patented three-piece shaft design allows a generous height adjustment. Height adjustable from 29"to 39" or for people 4' 11" up to 6' 4" using a 39" cane.
The height can be adjusted when climbing or descending stairs, or sitting down or getting up for added stability.
SureGrip™ Silence
A durable core with a resilient cover provides a silent yet confident grip.
The unique and patented SureGrip™ foot and handle are a two-part construction of a rigid core with a resilient over-molded rubber. The generous rubber sleeve is made of a soft yet durable synthetic rubber built to withstand the rigors of daily use. Treads defined in the bottom of the foot help push away fluids for a more secure grip on wet surfaces.
Return Policy & Limited Lifetime Warranty
We stand behind our products 100%! We offer a Full 30 Day refund for all canes that are returned within the 30 day return period undamaged. Canes that have been used after surgery are not returnable when no longer needed.
If a cane is damaged in transit to a customer we replace it at no cost to the customer and provide a free return shipping label to return the damaged cane.
We strive to design and create products that are as durable as they are functional. Some normal wear-and-tear is to be expected; however, our quality-assurance process helps us to manufacture and improve our products by balancing performance, durability, and sustainability. That's why we offer a limited lifetime warranty on all our products!
If you have a question or comment about our products, or have a suggestion on how to make them better, we want to hear from you! Please contact Customer Support at 310-800-0110 or use our online contact form for a quick and courteous response.
Walk Upright With The 3rd Foot Cane
3 Tip 4 Tip & Prong Cane Feet vs The 3rd Foot Cane foot
3 Tip, 3-Prong, And 4 Tip Canes
Single-point, 3 prong, 3 tip and 4 tip cane feet and cane's with the handle on the top or front of the cane shaft use the cane handle to maintain balance because the cane feet are not proportioned to move and maintain balance, stability and the body's alignment like a foot.
3rd Foot Cane
The 3rd Foot Cane foot has the same proportions as your foot. It can maintain balance, stability and the body's alignment from the back of the cane foot to the front of the cane foot like a foot. Allowing your body to move the way it was designed to move to maintain or regain an upright, stable walking gait that engages the core muscles when walking forward, turning, walking backward, sitting down and standing up.
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The 3rd Foot Cane™ by Aligned as Designed®
The 3rd Foot Cane is the first cane designed and Patented to maintain or help regain an upright balanced walking gait by maintaining the body's natural alignment using the cane foot to maintain balance.