Re: Reply pls,.-Getting up.

[Guest guest]

Jagan, it is easy for me . I use my right side to begin and push up with my

elbow and over I go.............Flora

[Guest guest]

Jagan,

I have some difficulty getting up from bed in the morning

as that is the time my muscles are at their weakest. I do

daily stretching exercises and sit-up and leg lifts to

strengthen my stomach muscles, so in the morning I

slide my right leg over to the edge of the bed and bend

that leg at the knee so that the foot is near the floor, then

I do a " sit-up " which means I have to help by grabbing the

back portion of my thighs and pulling with my arms to help

reach the full sitting up position. Then I swing the other leg

off of the bed with my arms behind me to help brace myself

from falling backwards again!

Some days if I am already on my right side, I can push up

with my left hand enough to get my right elbow under me

and then continue to push up into a sitting position while

sliding my legs onto the floor. This is much harder for me

and I often give up, roll on my back, and do the above.

What I REALLY find harder than getting OUT of bed is

turning OVER in bed.

Lyndal

[Guest guest]

Easy.

>

>Friends,

>I have described below what I do to practice getting up.

>It would be great if each & everyone one of you try this & post your INITIAL

>capability in this regard. I think everyone reading these postings will have

>some food for thought with your replies. Pls.,- do post.

>I think a two word reply will do. it's easy to make & to understand.

>A) Easy.

> Some difficulty.

>C) Great difficulty.

>D) Not possible.

>Jagan

Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA ghekhuis@...

We'll cross that bridge when it rears its ugly head

[Guest guest]

Lyndal,

I am not talking about getting up from bed to a standing position. I am

talking about getting up on the bed itself to a on all fours position.

Bed is only a convenient substitute for floor, to practice.

We find it difficult to get up when we fall - on the floor. There we don't

get the advantage to hang our legs out unless we crawl to a nearby stairs if

any.

Jagan.

From lyndalgbrown@...

Date Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:38 pm

To PLS-FRIENDS

Subject Re: Reply pls,.-Getting up.

Jagan,

I have some difficulty getting up from bed in the morning

as that is the time my muscles are at their weakest. I do

daily stretching exercises and sit-up and leg lifts to

strengthen my stomach muscles, so in the morning I

slide my right leg over to the edge of the bed and bend

that leg at the knee so that the foot is near the floor, then

I do a " sit-up " which means I have to help by grabbing the

back portion of my thighs and pulling with my arms to help

reach the full sitting up position. Then I swing the other leg

off of the bed with my arms behind me to help brace myself

from falling backwards again!

Some days if I am already on my right side, I can push up

with my left hand enough to get my right elbow under me

and then continue to push up into a sitting position while

sliding my legs onto the floor. This is much harder for me

and I often give up, roll on my back, and do the above.

What I REALLY find harder than getting OUT of bed is

turning OVER in bed.

Lyndal

[Guest guest]

You are right Jagan. Sorry, I misread your message.

To attain the crawling position in order to find a handy and

firm item from which to pull myself up, I practice getting up

and down off of the floor instead of using a bed. Although

the bed is nice and soft in case you " overbalance at take

off, " I find it not firm enough for my inner balance ability.

I once found myself falling towards my bed and thought,

" That's okay, at least I'll land softly. " But instead I found

that I bounced right off of the bed & onto the floor. And

several times while trying exercises on my bed I almost

rolled off onto the floor. So I don't trust it anymore.

Instead I practice on my nice firm (but padded) carpet. So,

from a sleeping position, I do a sit-up as I described before,

then I pull on my right leg bending it in toward my left thigh

and then roll over to my right while placing my hands down

for balance and at the same time pushing to allow the

momentum to pivot me over onto my hands and knees.

Then I crawl to a place which is at the right height and firm

enough to support me in standing up.

So, in rating my " getting up " ability? I'd say it falls (pun

intended) between " easy " and with " some difficulty " .

Lyndal

In a message dated 1/22/03 7:39:26 PM Mountain Standard Time,

cjagan@... writes:

> Lyndal,

> I am not talking about getting up from bed to a standing position. I am

> talking about getting up on the bed itself to a on all fours position.

> Bed is only a convenient substitute for floor, to practice.

>

> We find it difficult to get up when we fall - on the floor. There we don't

> get the advantage to hang our legs out unless we crawl to a nearby stairs

> if

> any.

>

> Jagan.

[Guest guest]

Hi Jagan,

Like Lyndal I think this manuever is much easier when done on the floor. The

bed is too flexible. But I am not going to get on the floor to practice.

Getting into the all-fours position is fairly easy. But it is difficult for

me to get up even after I crawl over to an immoveable object.

Jane