Walking aids: sticks, crutches, frames and rollators
Walking aids help you stay on your feet when balance, strength or an injury makes walking harder. Allcare Warehouse groups its walking aids into three sections: walking sticks, crutches, and rollators and walking frames. Each gives a different amount of support, and the right choice depends on how steady you are, how far you walk and where you use it. The guide below compares them side by side so you can narrow it down before you call or visit.
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Walking SticksT-handle Walking Stick extendable 2 section
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Rollators
Territory Walker
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Tri Wheel Walker
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Walking Sticks
U-Handle black Walking Stick extendable 2 section
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Rollators
U-STEP WALKER 2
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Voyager Walker
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Walking SticksWalking Stick – Coopers
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Walking Stick – Crook Handle
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Walking Stick – Fisher Moulded Handle
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Walking SticksWalking Stick – Folding
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Walking Stick – Patterned Stem
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Walking SticksWalking Stick – Swan Neck
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Walking SticksWalking Stick – Timber Handle
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Walking Stick Accessory – Wrist Strap
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Walking Stick Seat
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Walking Stick Wrist Strap
Which walking aid gives the support you need?
As a rough guide, the more support someone needs, the wider the base of the aid they use.
Walking sticks and quad sticks
A walking stick suits someone who walks fairly steadily but wants something to lean on. Our walking sticks range includes adjustable aluminium sticks, folding sticks and timber canes. A quad stick has four small feet, giving a wider base than a single tip while still being held in one hand.
Crutches
Crutches are usually used in pairs, often while an injured leg recovers. Forearm crutches, with a cuff that sits around the forearm, make up most of the range, alongside underarm crutches and children's sizes from Rebotec, Coopers and Care Quip.
Rollators and walking frames
A walking frame is lifted or slid forward with each step and gives the widest, steadiest base of the three. A rollator has wheels, hand brakes and usually a seat, so it suits people who walk further but need to stop and rest. Both sit in rollators and walking frames, along with forearm platform walkers and knee walkers. Our comparison of walking frame vs rollator goes through the trade-offs in detail.
Walking aids for elderly people
Older people often move from a stick to a frame or rollator as their needs change. Things worth checking:
- whether it adjusts to the user's height
- whether it folds to fit in the car
- how heavy it is to lift
- whether the handles and brakes are easy to grip
Healthdirect notes that a healthcare professional can assess your mobility needs and suggest a suitable aid, so ask your GP or physiotherapist before you choose. Our article on the best walking aids for older people has more ideas.
Using NDIS funding
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) lists walking sticks and four-wheeled walker frames among its examples of low-cost assistive technology. Whether an item is funded depends on the participant's plan and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), not on Allcare Warehouse. We supply participants with self-managed, plan-managed and NDIA-managed plans, and our NDIS hub explains the steps. For wheelchairs and scooters, go back to the full mobility aids range.