Top 3 exercises to make getting up from a low chair EASIER

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What if you didn't have to dread getting stuck in a low chair?!
If you have difficulty getting up from low chair, toilet, couch or even beach chair- this is the video for you! You will learn the 3 best exercises to build the necessary leg strength to stand up confidently. Even with osteoarthritis of the knees or hips, it is possible!
Join Dr. Alyssa Kuhn, physical therapist and osteoarthritis specialist and Kristin who is a member of Adventurers for Life and currently has bone on bone knee osteoarthritis. These exercises help to build strength in the quadriceps (thighs) and glutes and hamstrings (back of legs) which can help to increase support in the knees.
Too often, many people worry or have anxiety about sitting on certain surfaces because of the fear they may get stuck or may need someone to help them up. If this is you, consistency with these exercises is key to unlock confidence. It's important to make sure your joints are supported and prepared with both mobility and power to rise up easily.
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The exercises include: banded chair squats, skier swings and lift offs.
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Disclaimer: This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Kuhn and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Move Well Age Well, LLC and Dr. Alyssa Kuhn, PT, DPT are not liable or responsible for any advice, course of treatment, diagnosis or any conclusions drawn, services or product you obtain through this post, video or site. Complete all exercises at your own risk.

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@user-qd2oj1zb4i 4 ай бұрын

Alyssa, you are an excellent trainer! ... and life saver! Thank you to your assistant also for helping to show reality in what some aren't able to do but are then able to do!! Thank you sincerely!!

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

I'm so happy to hear that! You're welcome.

@soldierfitpersonaltraining 4 ай бұрын

Hi Alyssa! I teach group fitness and a lot of my clients are seniors with osteoarthritis…I have been watching your videos and learning so much from you! A huge thank you from myself and all of my clients ☺️

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Happy to help!!

@carolinejohn4537 4 ай бұрын

Thank you , excellent information and demonstration from your lovely assistant. Makes it so relatable and give us hope when you have someone in front of you able to do something now that was impossible in the past. Love your channel❤

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

I'm glad you love the channel. Stay tuned for more upcoming videos!

@resaboutb.9566 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this: I am SO ENCOURAGED to see a beautiful woman of my size completing these exercises. As I watched, I became teary, knowing I could NEVER do this! My actual first thought was, "Oh, that poor woman!" because I actually felt pain in my knees *just watching!* This makes me wonder, "Could this ever be me???" The contortions of my getting up from the toilet would almost be comedic if not so sad and torturous. There is no excuse for me NOT to try these, and today starts my journey.

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

You got this!

@carollane7938 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Alyssa and Kristin, these are wonderful exercises. I want to preserve my ability to be able to stand up from low toilets and couches!

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

You can do it!

@TRTGCbyjroed 4 ай бұрын

Thank You ladies I needed this video. New to your channel Alyssa. I’m Ms J. Glad you popped up in my recommended list this morning. Be Blessed and have a wonderful day ladies.

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

glad you enjoyed it!

@pamrosser3643 4 ай бұрын

Another great video! Thank you Alyssa😃

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

You're so welcome! Glad you liked it!

@mainstreet1730 4 ай бұрын

Thank you both for this video! It motivated me!

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

I'm here for motivation. You got this!

@rosarieramon1081 4 ай бұрын

Thank you both for helping us with these exercises 🙂

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@karolvoigt3636 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!! You are awesome

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Glad you liked it.

@marinwillow23 4 ай бұрын

thank you so much Dr Alyssa and Kristin. I will definitely try these exercises

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

You are welcome! Let me know how it goes!

@TerriLodge-zk2my 27 күн бұрын

Thank you! So helpful!

@arthritisadventure 27 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@user-ow9jy8ss8u 4 ай бұрын

nice moves!THANK YOU!

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

you're welcome!

@katiealdana2964 4 ай бұрын

Great video--thank you so much!

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@Graceandres3 4 ай бұрын

Very encouraging video.

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Yes! You got this, low chairs can be done.

@starbright1256 4 ай бұрын

I'm going to try this. Thank you

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy!

@amyanderson1246 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much...this is really going to help me❤❤❤

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

@lizlemon9632 4 ай бұрын

Excellent. Thank you.

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@cristinapellicciotti7506 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Welcome :)

@marciasmith5934 4 ай бұрын

Thank you will be trying these exercises,love your channel Dr.God bless you for taking care of us seniors.

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@kaywahab1281 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Welcome! Thanks for watching.

@aesea57804 3 ай бұрын

Love when Kristen gets up from that low bench right at the first. I’d be happy too! These are very helpful demos.

@arthritisadventure 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked them!

@daxwilkinson767 4 ай бұрын

Fabulous explanation. 21s style very useful for seat to stand squat. ❤

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@bsingh8847 4 ай бұрын

🙏👍Thank you for this video, Really helpful.

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@KathyBGood 4 ай бұрын

I've been doing the fast stand up & slow controlled sit down for less than a week, just randomly. I can't believe how quickly it has worked! I'm late sixties didn't really think muscle would grow that quick. Thank God it does. I'm not sure what "squeezing the hips" means in this video. It's not the glutes, some other muscle? thanks Alyssa.

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Keep it up! Squeezing the hips means squeezing the glutes to bring my your hips forward as you stand up

@KathyBGood 4 ай бұрын

@@arthritisadventure thank you!

@sharonmitchel1377 17 күн бұрын

This is an excellent way to break the sit to stand into its components. Having a coach or PT tell me to just do a sit to stand is a recipe for pain since it aggravates my right adductors and left inner knee. Thank you!

@arthritisadventure 16 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@jayshreemehta843 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome

@jacobterpoorten9961 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, great vedeos.

@arthritisadventure 2 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@kimsmith4568 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much you are amazing!!!!

@arthritisadventure 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

@ilarajguru8502 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Always welcome!

@Flow888100 4 ай бұрын

How to fix knee pain on the outer side of the knee?

@stef3565 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful video!

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@patriciajoyner9871 4 ай бұрын

Oh I have to try.this gives hope

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Great! You got this!

@wmbriggz 4 ай бұрын

Going to give these exercises a try… ordered the bands…greatly enjoy these videos… and they are helping,,,,

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Keep up the great work.

@Liz_Brown 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Thanks for the support

@susayoun 4 ай бұрын

Bravo!

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the video!

@teremanzur 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a los both of you…❤ tris video is exactly what I need… I love your chanel Alissa. God bless you.

@arthritisadventure 3 ай бұрын

So glad you like it!

@cybercamp2900 4 ай бұрын

Professional PT style is evident 🙏🏻 We/I have gained some of my strength back with your advice. Motorcycles are a fun AND dangerous hobby, sometimes painful though 🤨

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the video.

@lonniedrahos6619 4 ай бұрын

I really need this as after knee surgery, I have trouble standing from low chairs. I’m going to practice your tips!

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

hope they help!

@sheeladsouza4922 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤

@MichaelHull-rq9fe 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@HazelW-oe2ls 4 ай бұрын

@arthritisadventure Thank you for all your excellent work. Would these exercises work for people with both bilateral hip and bilateral knee replacements? Thank you.

@sandysue202 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Alyssa, for showing us these. I won't sit on my daughters couches for this very reason! And I will be checking out that cloth band. I am always just a bit uneasy when I use the latex bands, both the tubes and the flat bands. I have visions of there being a weak spot, and a sudden break will occur.😮

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the video! The cloth band is a great approach.

@TRTGCbyjroed 4 ай бұрын

I bought those leg straps a month ago and they are amazing. Where have they been all my life 😊 I will be 72 years YOUNG next month. I will NOT give into or Claim stiffness, soreness and mobility issues in Jesus name AMEN🙏🏾 Love your channel. Ms J

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Glad you love the channel! 72 years YOUNG. Love it!

@vickiwhite725 4 ай бұрын

Amen!!!❤

@TRTGCbyjroed 4 ай бұрын

@@vickiwhite725 AMEN indeed☺

@55billmarshall 24 күн бұрын

3 years ago I was fit and healthy (then 66), with just some slight hints that my knees were wearing. Then in 6 months I went from there to being on crutches and having zero strength in my legs - at one point I couldn't get off a chair at all. At that point I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic polymialgia and when the high-dosage immunosuppressants I was put on started to take effect I found that my calf muscles particularly had wasted away to almost nothing - just hanging skin. This exacerbated the knee issues badly and after an MRI the doctors are now talking about knee replacement. I have managed to build the calfs and thighs with an excercise bike and some days I can climb stairs ok, other days are less easy. Down stairs are still a struggle. However I still find the back of the knees are weak and the muscles repeatedly failed until about 9 months ago and still sometimes feel as if they are about to. I still can't stand up without arm help and none of the exercises I've been trying seem to be improving matters. I'll try these three but do you have any other suggestions for speeding up the recovery? I fear having an operation without being stronger than I am currently, and as a previously keen walker I want to be able to at least walk the country trails even if I can't get back to the mountains.

@debrapollard2044 4 ай бұрын

This lady did Great

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

She sure did!

@spartacusjonesmusic 4 ай бұрын

Interesting. Gives me an idea to try. My knees aren't the problem, but this looks like it might be good for a recalcitrant hip, too. Some serious power-lifters swear by "box squats" which in principle are very much like your second exercise. I keep looking for ways to hit the posterior chain without causing a flareup. And for the holy grail: a good low-impact hill-sprint substitute to work on VO2 max.

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Give it a try if you're feeling good and see how it goes.

@yogawithchristine Ай бұрын

Now I know what to do with my band, thank you!

@arthritisadventure Ай бұрын

Welcome!

@poonamghai6260 4 ай бұрын

Please do help me with my pain in my arms and shoulder. Specially when I sleep at night when I sleep on the side, the arm pains, which ever side I sleep.

@terismidt4920 4 ай бұрын

I'm 64 years old. I have osteoporosis in my hips and back. I have been walking a little bend over because of the pain I have in my left hip/groin. It is very painful getting up from a sitting position. Will these exercises help with that? Thank you for this video.

@lynnwilliams5432 4 ай бұрын

Gluteus medius amnesia also IT band problems. Broke my femoral stem and had anterior hip replacement said the found another femur fracture and made me stay off it for three weeks then said it was fine. Advice?

@thenderaaa9252 4 ай бұрын

Would be interesting to know what leg routine Alyssa uses for herself. I don't think she is using these techniques that she teaches for osteoarthritis sufferers; she has built substantial leg muscles/strength.

@marianneegland5576 4 ай бұрын

I agree. Would love to know her routine.

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

I might have a video in the future! Let me know of any other video ideas you'd like to see.

@ilonaisaacs8150 4 ай бұрын

How about a really low beach chair that is used in the sand?

@HazelW-oe2ls 4 ай бұрын

@arthritisadventure Would you please do a video for tennis elbow/golfers elbow? Thank you

@harwellsj 4 ай бұрын

😊😊

@marylightfoot4817 4 ай бұрын

For me no knee pain but my problems are trouble with balance and I think my knees lock. Don’t think I have soft knees. My Ms is challenging for me. Thanks for you videos.

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Glad you like the videos! Keep up the work on the balance.

@michellejeter3895 4 ай бұрын

Question, will this exercise also assist with strength for a straight posture?

@helenfanegan1102 2 ай бұрын

You are awesome, but can someone that has arthritis and lumbar spinal stenosis do this exercises

@Dale-AnneVanderMerwe 2 ай бұрын

Hello. Where can I get this stretchy band.?? I'm from South Africa.

@arthritisadventure 2 ай бұрын

You can find them on the amazon store. www.amazon.com/shop/adventurealive

@DenGio55 4 ай бұрын

Help! I don’t see the link for the cotton band. Looks like the perfect thing for me. My knee is bone on bone, but bigger problem is my glutes have severe atrophy and tears. Would these exercises be ok? Thank you so much!

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Here is the link: amzn.to/4a9383X

@DenGio55 4 ай бұрын

@@arthritisadventure thank you!!

@sakinahshakir214 4 ай бұрын

😊❤

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@bridgetmcpherson8073 4 ай бұрын

I do these exercises as I have had a knee replacement on my left knee, however I have pain inside my right knee, when I stand the pain is extreme after workouts and I have to ice it. Clearly I am doing something wrong?

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

Try doing the exercises in front of a mirror. Your knees may be moving in like I talked about in the video. You can learn a lot using a mirror when doing exercises!

@taysoimuay4902 2 ай бұрын

I have left knee pain when I walk. I follow your instructions. When do excise at time I can't balance. Why?

@arthritisadventure 2 ай бұрын

Pain when walking and difficulty balancing can be caused by a variety of things including: muscle imbalances, decreased mobility, strength asymmetry (one side is stronger than other), decreased sensation (I.e neuropathy), etc.

@watchwomanofthedragon8376 4 ай бұрын

I had mashed hips that refractories. I healed in an upright position like the mischlien woman the swelling was like a cast. Hit by a car 3 times with 3 bounces. A miracle as left rib cage mashed too punctured lung & concussion Jesus let me stay. Il see if I can learn this.

@sandhya45354 4 ай бұрын

Hello I am 21 suffering from osteoarthritis in hip joint for 2 years i tried so many things and improved a lot but still there is pain and stiffness making it difficult for me to carry out daily routines please help me i am already following you still need your help 😭😔😔

@debrapollard2044 4 ай бұрын

How long did it take for her to get to this stage?

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

This is difficult to say an exact time she could do this but she was very diligent when we were working together for almost a year.

@vickiwhite725 4 ай бұрын

Is there a reason the hands have to go under the chin? Can your arms just go free range?

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

your arms can be anywhere that's most comfortable

@RiDankulous 4 ай бұрын

That's a low stool. That's a pretty good accomplishment for anybody but especially someone with knee pain.

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

She has been working hard with the movements to get there!

@AnitaVelarde-qu8bp 4 ай бұрын

T55

@MichaelHonahara 4 ай бұрын

Truly you asurred me that after giving your natural herbal medications to my autistic son he will be fine, after 21 days he speaks better thanks to Doctor isibor.❤❤

@victoriachanel2493 4 ай бұрын

New to your channel, can you recommend sneakers for someone who has to stand all day at work??❤

@arthritisadventure 4 ай бұрын

I love the Kuru brand: kurufootwear.sjv.io/qnBZ35. I have the Atoms and am wearing the Flux in the video.

@ajessm 2 ай бұрын

Actually, a physio told me it is inadvisable to sit in a low chair. It is bad for your back. You should always sit so that your hips are higher than your knees she said

@arthritisadventure 2 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say I agree, low seating surfaces are not inherently bad. Sometimes there isn’t a choice not to sit in low surfaces especially low public toilets and some chairs in public places.

@MichaelHonahara 4 ай бұрын

Truly you asurred me that after giving your natural herbal medications to my autistic son he will be fine, after 21 days he speaks better thanks to Doctor isibor.❤