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Professional help on how to get up from floor with bad knees

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Hi Kathy,

I just don't get down on th floor anymore because I can't get up!

I do have a very undignified rolling and groaning technique but I wouldn't recommend it.

Sophie

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Neonkittie17 in reply to

😂 but seriously I know what you mean and I can't kneel down either! Last time I tried in the kitchen to get something from the back of the low cupboard I had to shuffle about fifteen feet on my knees which was very ouch, to the lounge sofa and hoist myself up via my elbows. 😜

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JacquiThomas999

Are you able to kneel on your knees? If you can kneel on your knees, put you hands on a steady chair and put one foot flat on the floor and push yourself up.

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farm123

Very good question. I try to avoid getting there in first place, I have not been able to kneel for years. I end up with my bum in the air - feet and hands on the floor and pushing back with hands then using chair/settee to stand.

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Cagsie

Same here, haven't knelt for years as it feels like I'm kneeling on lots of pebbles. If I'm on the floor I bum myself to a chair and roll over. I then get a cushion and kneel with one knee, it's very painful but push myself up. All very painful and need to sit to recover, totally undignified. Good luck xx

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marie66

Its the weight on the wrists pulling up I find so painful! Even getting out of bed 8s a wriggling and turning event to behold but I'm getting there! M x

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Neonkittie17 in reply to marie66

There are some devices that you fit under your mattress so you can put your weight on the support rail on them to stand up. I put my hand against the back of the bed/wall behind and push myself up. (Google bed rising aid. Many don't need any tools to fix etc and the weight of the mattress keeps the device secure. I was thinking of getting one a few years ago but then mobility improved enough to let me get up unaided. )

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marie66 in reply to marie66

Snap, i never thought wrist problems would be so debilitating but they are! M x

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BoneyC

I've never been able to kneel down, don't do it!

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cathie

I'd avoid it even now with my new knees. But a physio might help with rolling round and up. But be careful with your hands and shoulders.

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