How to Get Up and Down from the Floor | The spiral
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- This Movement Intelligence/Bones for Life process from Ruthy Alon can help save your knees, give you grace, and opens opportunities for moving better through space. Watch the Video, as Cynthia Allen, a Feldenkrais practitioner and senior trainer in Movement Intelligence teaches you how to get up and down from the floor.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Start
0:22 - Introduction to getting up and down from the floor using Movement’s Intelligence work.
0:42 - Start with step position.
0:52 - Let your limbs and your joints fold.
1:35 - You’ll go 180 degrees.
1:53 - Coming back to stand.
2:02 - The legs are loosely crossed.
2:14 - Outside foot in a standing position.
2:19 - Lean on the hand behind you.
4:52 - From an elevated surface.
5:43 - Lean again on the hand beside you and range your feet.
5:58 - Swing your hands around.
6:10 - Step out and over and then come up.
6:16 - Going down.
6:18 - Be in a diagonal relationship to the surface.
6:50 - The pelvis is coming down, you turn and then you’re sitting.
8:47 - How would you do this at home?
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When did this happen. I’m watching a video on how to stand up and I appreciate the info and can’t wait to try it. I was 18 years old just last week. Now I’m 72.
Barry, you still look marvelous and not a day over 62 1/2. (Remember when that 1/2 meant everything?!?)
Bingo. So weird.
Not long ago, I was square dancing. Not any more, unfortunately.
Yes age is very sneaky isn't it?
@@scrapbagstudios life is but a vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes. So true.
This 75 year old grandfather who loves to play on the floor with his 2 year old grandson REALLY thanks you for this! :)
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
O my, I'm 70 now & 6'1" & boy how I have needed to learn these up & down movements. I'm still young enough to still engage in floor activities e.g.petting grooming my cat, playing with grandkids, cleaning floors in my apt etc. I used to dread doing them because I'd fall on my way up or down. With practice now I'm getting better at it & the anxiety & fear are gone.
Ergo, more freedom. Thank you.
Hi how are you doing?
It's so weird that this becomes an issue as we age. We just don't bounce like we used to. I appreciate this.
Very helpful and well-timed. I just waited 20 min. for my husband to get home to help me off the floor. I overestimated my balance and strength (lifting a large fern at arm’s length overhead) and crashed down under the shelving and more BIG plants. Just another “learning experience” with no injuries. I will be watching and using this information. Thank you.
I'm glad to weren't injured.
True. We have to keep working with it.
@@Futurelifenow i have a damaged knee - which now if i get down close to the floor makes it ever harder to get up - and on top of that concussion syndrome - My trouble with this one would be having to depend on strength in the right knee - and that if my head is upside down i black out - Any suggestions?
@@333Eriana It sounds like you would be best served by using a chair so you can come up on one knee and lean your forearms on the chair. Then shift the weight of your provide forward onto your arms so you don't bear as much weight in your legs.
This is a revelation! I just regret not finding this sooner. Thank you.
You're welcome!
This the best 10 minutes I have spent in self help…thank you.
Thank you! 🙂🙂
When I was younger even at 40, I would laugh at these videos (like SIT AND BE FIT). Not so funny at 69. This was very helpful. Thank you.
AMEN!
Lol! Yeap, I hear you.
Glad you like it!
@@Futurelifenow, subscribed! Thanks for your wonderful video. Cheers!
I know, right?!😂
My grandma had recently fell and it took her about an hour to get up. This is sad and not easy to imagine for someone who moves normaly. Thank you for working for those who cannot.
You're welcome!
I'm an active 68 yr old however this summer I was working in the garden and found myself stuck on the ground! I got down but could not get up. I simply could not push myself up and I was home alone. My brain said "get up" but nothing happened. This was not only appalling but a bit alarming. There I was. Pondering my next move when your demonstration of The Spiral movement came to mind. I visualized ( imagined) the movement as you taught it. This lovely movement got my butt up and I enjoyed the springy feeling of grace that is part of it. Thank you so much for your educational and practical videos.:) Its easy to lose confidence in your own body as you age, but there ARE ways to deal with that. Got my hubby involved with your techniques, too. He sends his thanks as well..
Wow. When you needed it, it was there! That's great. Thanks for watching, commenting and sharing with your hubby too. Also watch for my new video series this week. Subscribe it you haven't so you get notified.
My god, it's not just me thank goodness. I tumbled in the garden with 2 new knees and was stuck. I just couldn't get up. Me, a 62 year old ex yoga lover. I sat there alarmed, calmed myself and shuffled until I was able to somehow pull myself up using a nearby tree. A terrifying thought.
Thank you so much for doing this video! In my 30 year career as a fire fighter, one of my favorite type of emergencies was helping someone get off the floor. We arrived and made a difference instantly. Very gratifying, but I theorize that chairs are to blame for this inability to get off the floor. If we practice sitting on the floor we will retain the ability to get up much longer I think. My dog loves it when I sit on the floor also.
Yes. You have a first hand view. This can be a useful way to coach people after a fall, of they aren't serious injured as well. I agree about chairs. Other cultures are getting up and down until quite old. Chairs have not necessarily been our friends.
I'm 64. A year ago I started sleeping on the floor. I bought a handmade futon and is extremely comfortable. It's been very very helpful for me to have to get up and down off the floor several times a day.
Last week my daughter and I went to the van Gogh immersion and we sat on the floor. when we got up she's very happy to see how quickly I did it.
@@janelmirendah9755 i slept on a futon on the floor my entire life until i was 55 - i also ALWAYS sat on the floor, it was more comfortable for my back because i have a spine curve . . . Unfortuntately that all went out the window when i had an accident that resulted in head injury, permanent concussion syndrome and ripped every ligament in my knee. I wish i could sit on the floor crosslegged still - my body hurts all the time. But due to the injuries , i am really compromised for getting up from the floor safely - and yes - i've been in therapy for years and it hasn't helped - - - i'm always looking for something I DO AGREE about the chair thing, there is not one on the planet i am comfortable in.
@@333Eriana oh, no. I'm so sorry. Have you tried craniosacral? It's does miracles.
My Dr. always said, the chair is the worst invention for fitness, at any age .
I saw a lot of Feldenkrais videos, Cynthia is so nice, the smile never leaves her face. I was happy to attend her classes. Thank you for the opportunity to get to know you, even if it's just virtual
You are most welcome!
My daughter is disabled in one leg, this doesn't work for everyone. I was so anxious to have her view this. Thank you, it works for me.
We are glad you found something that worked for you
When I was young, I just got up or down. Now, I have been aware that I need to plan how I move. That said, this video is beyond helpful for me! It makes so much sense to use the momentum of my own body, and a bit of spiral geometry, to let me do what I want easily! Thank you so much for these insights!
It does make sense doesn't it! Glad it is useful for you Dave
Yes that’s so true! As a young person you didn’t even think about it, but now you have to seriously plan how to get down, or up, and usually the answer is Nope! I can’t do it! But this really works!
It sure sneaks up on you too.
❤
I am a senior myself and personally appreciate the clear and helpful advice. I used to manage a 60 unit Senior Apartment building and falling was one of the fears my tenants had in common. I had one woman who prided herself in knowing how to fall without hurting herself. But one problem that was universal - getting back up. If I had seen this back then, I would have used this video as a training film to show my tenants how they could confidently help themselves. Thank you so much for doing this. It’s perfect! Well done!
Yes. You and your tenants are the reason this video is needed!
i actually taught an 85 year old man (who had alzheimers) how to do this. Occasionally he would drop and he was quite 'top heavy' I was a private caregiver in his home so no handy props or another employee to help. there was no way i could lift him from the floor - so we actually figured this out together. I told him to look at his cat on the floor - that actually helped
Thanks, This is such an universal problem independent of age. I’m glad you figured a way that worked for you. I finally went to HARBOR FREIGHT and bought a small lift that would get down to floor level, so I could help them to a sitting position on the machine, then let the machine get them up to a sitting chair-height where I could help them to their feet, or transferred to their chair. It was small and on wheels, so I could move it to wherever I needed. I would have regular meetings with my tenants, who were all seniors, and practice with them in a non emergency session, so that they wouldn’t panic in one. It worked! Don’t forget the straps to hold them in place much like a child,’s car seat. The real benefit was, they were no longer afraid they’d ever be helpless on the floor again. They knew there was a way to get them back to their feet or chair. They also were no longer afraid that they would hurt me while helping them.
Frank I think we should make videos of us attempting the spirals
Once my mother fell and couldn’t get up all night long. She lived alone and managed to get up in the morning. She talked and talked about it the next day. I was an ass and didn’t think to the extent that she suffered mental anguish that night. I have such regrets.
So happy I stumbled upon this video. I'm 70. My granddaughter expects me to get up and down as fast as she does - although now at 8, she gets I can't, yet still wants me on the floor with her. With this method, I will be able to get up much faster and easier than I have been able to in years. And I might not mind sitting on the floor with her a little more often now. Yay!
Yippee!
I have been searching and trying techniques for a very long time and this is the for one that worked for me to get up from the floor. Thank you!
You are most welcome! 🙂 Glad it helped! 🙂
I fell outside and my wife and I struggled for over a half hour to return me to my feet. IT took firefighters arriving to accomplish this. I plan on practicing these moves because, as karma oftentimes demonstrates, once you learn something new, the odds of having to use it dramatically decrease. Thank you so much for this video. !I am now subscribed.
You are welcome and thank you too for subscribing! 🙂
This is super! I'm 67+ yo and find it a little more difficult getting up and down from the floor. As I have to work sitting on the floor sometimes given my limited workspace at home I've found it a bit challenging getting up and down, which I do frequently. This really helps a lot! It's also a safer way to move with osteoporosis so that I don't risk falling and fracturing my pelvis. Thank you so much! Jenny
You're very welcome!
I found this randomly...or was it answered prayer! I havn't been able to kneel in prayer & get myself up for about 4 yrs after an injury to my leg. I really want to be able to kneel & I prayed & tada...thanks to your wonderful instructions & rewinding & practicing, i was able to get off the floor & stand! I was so proud of myself & felt so enabled! Thank you so much! I'm now working on going from standing position to the floor without landing with a thud, but with practice it will come! I will soon be 59. The old saying "if you don't use it, you'll lose it" is so true!
I'm so pleased for you! Yippee!!
After 30 years being overweight and then losing over a 170 pounds I realized I no longer had any clue on how to get down to the floor to sit or get up off the floor. I honestly thought I could lose weight and then I could do all the things I couldn’t do because of my weight.
Thank You so much for doing this video.
Like to say congratulations on your weight loss. I fell down this week & my daughter & husband picked me up. I joined WW & started exercising. Sit & be Fit is my best friend. After watching this video I can get up by myself. I’m 63. Once again congratulations on your weight loss. 👏
@@car2029 thank you so much for your kind words. Wishing you all the best on your journey with WW. I’ve watched the video a few times and then attempted to get down … and totally freaked out and couldn’t do it 🤣
I’m determined to do it. At minimum I need to learn how to get up…. I’ve falling a few times in the last few years and needed help every time. I worry about it I fall and no one is there to help.
@@sheila2212 yes that’s why I’m trying to exercise to increase strength & stamina. I fell one time no one around & I inched my way to sofa & managed to get up eventually. Thank goodness I didn’t break anything ugh so scary.
This is so necessary for everyone over the age of 40. I am so glad I found this. I have two artificial knees and braces metal braces in my wrists I need this so badly thank you so much for this
You are very welcome!
In all the physical therapy sessions, sitting and rising was never addressed after knee replacements. I am so grateful for this video, so I can try to do these moves and make them become ingrained in my brain. Just last week, it took me 15 minutes to get out of the bathtub from a seated position. It's scary and painful when I kneel, because my flesh gets the brunt of my body weight, and the artificial components of the knee replacement are not forgiving to tender flesh, blood, and nerves. Bless you for your advice and video.
You're very welcome!
As a retired registered nurse, this is possibly the most useful UA-cam video I have ever seen! Liked and subscribed!
I accept the compliment!
Thanks dear... Am from India🇮🇳 &79 yrs. Old. I used to dance & do yoga. Yes all these helps a lot. Any type of exercise walk we should do for daily life. Wish 🙏 you all good health stay well. ☘️🌻
We are glad you found something that worked for you. Stay safe too 🙏
🔵 I was a professional body worker for a bit over 24 years and used to teach things like this to my elder clientele who were not confident that they could get up off the floor if they found themselves there.
It's really great that this knowledge can now be more easily discovered by a wider range of people because of the internet,... which of course wasn't around yet when I was doing it back in the 70's and 80's,.....Thank you!
You're welcome! 🙂
Iam 95 and managed by much trying on my own to find this way to get up from the floor after my stretching
Exercises on floor. I have exercised most days of my life.
My weight has been around 50-53 kg since I was 14 years old!
Movements we take for granted, have to be learned and practiced. A great video, thanks.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
I have been trying to find a way to stand up and not look like I'm crawling. This was awesome. (I can't believe I am old now and need this video but I feel so much better knowing this practice.)
We are glad you found something that worked for you.
Thank you. I'm 74. I am in a play and NOW am able to complete the physical scenes!!❤
Wonderful! We are glad to know that! 🙂🙂
I"ve no idea why I watched this, but it's remarkably helpful - thank you.
Excellent!
If I can remember it !
As a 55 yr old cancer survivor and sole caregiver for my lively 85 year old parent who has dementia, thank you so very much for sharing this detailed kinesthetic information to practice *before* any falls. We’ll both be practicing, Insha’Allah.
You're welcome!
I hope everybody appreciates how unique this video is, in that it has clear instruction, and each **portion** of the movement is described and demonstrated. This is very rare, I find, in instructional videos when it comes to some kind of a physical movement or activity.
Very well demonstrated!
Problem is, if there are knee problems, the knees will not obey the instructions. I know !
Thank you so much. I am glad you find it to be of high quality. 🙂
The presentation is very good both in purpose and demonstrable ways of a person with reasonable mobility in most imbs could use.
However the most relevant one is the elderly with limited mobility and insufficient strength to raise themselves on to one arm or to sit up especially after the Trauma of a fall when the first thought is,
"What have I Broken" or
**** Not Again!
The sheep on its back has nothing on an Octogenarian flaying about on the floor trying to get some purchase somewhere.
This is not a criticism only an observation.
From one who knows because he has had a few falls in the past year or so.
2 replacement knees,
1 replacement shoulder other damaged.
Heavier than he should be for his height.
Complications inside the chest areas.
Yes now I do have a stick to help prevent falls.
Poor reflexes? Trip over a matchstick or scuffing foot.
Once it starts, can't stop it
Try to ease the fall to prevent broken bones.
Please carry on the good work.
You are treating the majority.
@@billbillinness4742 You are absolutely correct. Custom approaches are needed for many and better done in a one-to-one session. And balance in general may need to be worked with before this step is. Thanks for sharing your ideas and experience.
So helpful! The things we take for granted can blindside us.
They sure can.
My knees are bone to bone so seeing a way to get up off the floor without the knees leaning on the floor is very helpful.
Goodvlog
My knees feel like bone on bone when I'm walking and especially when I'm standing.
I'm in the same boat and can't put any weight on them - this is so much easier and so helpful
Mine are too and its really sore to put them on the floor
This is a great way for you for sure!
Thank you for giving us a dignified option to rise from the floor. I have bad knees and always worried about falling in public and being able to get back up without looking ridiculous.
You are so welcome!
Thankfully I have never fallen in public, but did enough at home. One day I took mail out when my husband was still sleeping. I fell in a huge snow drift and took a good ten minutes to get to the doorbell and ring it with my cane. He had to drag me inside and another 15+ minutes before I was on my feet again. I have fake knees and they are something you want to kneel on for sure. I am thrilled to see this video!!!
I feel your fear. I fell last year at the entrance to a grocery store. I was looking at something, and someone put (of all things) a "safety cone" and I turned around and fell over the darn thing. Right on my face. Cracked a tooth. From then on, I try to be more cautious and make sure I know my surroundings front, back and sides. Aw, the golden years.
I don't understand how someone with bad knees could use this method. I cannot bend my knees nor pivot on my legs without excruciating pain. Any tips for me?
@@Futurelifenow I fallen 3 or 4 in public places every one has been very helpful BUT I wish sometimes I could lie there for a couple of minutes before being helped to my feet. Just to recover a little and check I've not damaged more than my knees and my dignity!
I'm 92 so I really needed to know how to get up from a fall, I really appreciate this Demo. Thank you , I certainly will practice it.
Your very welcome.
I'm 74 but still quite fit aerobically, running and walking more than 100 miles a month. These Feldenkrais movements are still very useful however. They help us use reducing strength and mobility to best advantage. Thank you!!
That's great! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Bless you. You may say it for a different reason but I like how you say …watch the hand.
To me, it’s a recipe…a focus point, marching orders, I get centered. Watch the hand.
I’ve had several I’ve Fallen And Can’t Get Up. My tools are Little Giant four Step Stool. I use it bedside, it’s remarkably stable, I can get on first rubberized step, and go up in successive steps. I leave it open and put plants and books.
Other tool is rubberized shelf liner.
I have wood floors like you. With a bum foot with no flex, I could slip. Butt scootch over to your potted plant…find a length of rubbery shelf paper right there where I left it. I have it in every room, about placemat length.
Bless you for posting. This would be an ice breaker at parties….instead of cards and board games…practice getting up and down.
Grab bars are not just for bathrooms, remember. Install on door frame, use the door knob as a handle.
Necessity is a great teacher.
I had gotten on the kitchen floor, the chair I brought with me, wasn't helping. I butt scooched to the basement door.
Oh….steps, feet flat on top step…may as well use this handrail while I'm here.
A party game! What an idea. I love how creative you have been in solving the challenge. Good for you!
How can anyone give this a thumbs down? crazy - I tried every move and it worked. Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome!
Good for you!
I do appreciate the wonderful information enclosed in your articles and video's. Great! Thank You!
You're very welcome!
Thank you very much for making this video. This is very helpful for seniors. Safety and mobility are important for this age group. Much appreciated🙏🙏🙏🙏God blessed every body😇😇😇😇
You're very welcome! 🙂
Very clever, very helpful. Thanks for sharing. This is definitely a big help for us baby boomers!
You are most welcome!
I just turned 65 and although my mind says I'm 25 boy is my body telling me different! Getting off the floor is impossible! I can't thank you enough for this information. It's a life changer!
start stretching! en yin yoga, just softly and you will be amazed
Glad you enjoyed it!
I watched this two months or so ago. Recently I was sitting at a beach in Hawaii, and I . used this method to get up. It worked brilliantly!!! I was thinking my daughter and friend were going to have to help me up. No Help at all. I did it all by myself. I have walking difficulties right now. Thank you. 😁
Fantastic! Nice work!
I can't express sufficiently how wonderful this video is. I have no kneecaps, bilateral knee joint replacements, RA and arthritis. I'm paralyzed with fear of falling as I've had issues since in my late 40s and am now 70yo. Have watched this with my boyfriend so he can help me without injuring himself. Six years ago I was alone at my cabin and fell as a result of a stroke and heart attack (pre boyfriend). This occurred on a Tuesday night and wasn't found until Friday afternoon. My delirium, confusion, broken collarbone and broken foot kept me from having anything but muddled thinking, no concept of time or ability to reason about getting help. I remember just little snatches, like pictures, during the 3 days and would have died if not found. Fortunately for me I'd missed being at a prearranged pickup point to get my twin granddaughters for the weekend. I spent 11 days in the hospital as my organs had started shutting down and I couldn't communicate at all for a while. Fully recovered except for the fear.
Thanks for sharing your journey. Take your time practicing this many times from your bed and your sofa and you will gradually reduce your fear. Goodluck!
OMG. I feel your pain. Just last month I fell for no reason at all, and nearly broke my pelvis. Now I know what they mean when they say, "90% of all accidents happen in the home." For what it's worth, please keep your weight down, try and exercise... even if its just walking, AND KEEP MOVING. Don't let the fear get you down. Bless you, and stay well.
Be blest.☦️👩🏻🦳🐾 Your experience is inspiring, how you have recovered. Yay for you!
Janice Hoff 😭❤️
Janice Hoff ❤️ so brave!!
This is an interesting way to get up and down from the floor, great alternative for those that can't kneel. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you find it interesting!
Interesting. Overweight. Hard to get up down
Dr. Alyssa Kuhn, Arthritis Adventure Drawn in by the title of
the video...then blown away by the "A. A." in your sig-line! At
75, driven to 'flat on my back' by RA/FMS/SS/RS, it's been an
'experience' as my late-husband used to say, yet never would
I refer to my apre-Dx life as an "adventure.''
Certain there's a good reason for whatever the use implies...
Could you respond? Thank you, Dr. Kuhn.
It's amazing how intuition works! I'm 67 years old and obviously have been having difficulties getting up from a sitting down on the floor position as I grew older, but I figured out how to do this manoeuvre without anyone showing me. It is true that we have all the solutions inside of us. We just lost the ability to retrieve what's inside of us because there's too much noise going on. Having said that, thanks for showing other people how to manage their difficulties as they grow older, something that many of us take for granted.
Wonderful!
I didnt see your wings. What a blessing. A dancer by profession, never had these problems. Lately at 85, I find it difficult to get up. ( extra lbs too). This is marvelous, know that I will be passing it on. Thank you Again. Blessings.
That's wonderful!
What a great instructor you are! Thank you so much for these videos! They give me hope!❤️
I'm glad you hear that!
Where have you been all my life? My knees have been so bad that the only way I got on the floor was when I fell. And then I couldn’t get up! Thank you so much!
It warms my heart to read this. Enjoy your new skill. - Cynthia
Hello Christine, how are you doing?
Thank you for posting this!!! I just tried it, and even at my age of 72 AND a recovering knee replacement patient, it went great, even the very first time. Thanks again.
That is fabulous! So glad for you.
THANK YOU!!! At last someone talking sense, and not ridiculous advice by someone so young they can not possibly know what it is like not to beable to get up from the floor
You are welcome. Thanks for commenting.
Thank you so much! Helped me tremendously with my knee arthritis. It was so painful getting up from my bed. I am 44. Greetings from Latvia!
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
I’m so glad this video showed up in my feed! I’m 73 and I’ve been avoiding sitting on the floor because it was so awkward getting down and up again. Now it’s easy and quick.
Love that!
This is great i had to learn to walk again even though they said i never will again and worked on my upper body but had trouble getting up from couch and when fell on floor. Now i can get up! Yay. This is better than my stpid hospial physio. Thank you. Im not afraid to be by myself anymote.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
This is priceless information. I had fallen at work badly a couple of times due to bad carpeting and have gone at 58 from being very active to not being able to get up on a stool or chair. If I end up on the floor it's difficult to get up again and I usually shuffle myself up to some furniture and haul myself up with my arms and shoulder strength which are still good luckily. But it is so frustrating when I want to change a lightbulb or want something from a high cupboard to have to get the ladder out. My right knee can't have any weight on it and the left only a very small amount. I had been thinking about doing Yoga or Pilates as I need to lose some weight but both have things you need to do on the ground which put them out of reach for me. Gardening has also been much harder too. Maybe I will start to sit on the floor again more now and practice your way. Thank you very much for this.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
I'm a lifelong figure skater, used to be easy to get up of the ice. Once I turned 60, it's very difficult. Thank you for this video
You are welcome. Keep exploring.
Thank you!
Spending time on the floor with my grandson.
Was having difficulty getting up.
Easy safe and elegant!!!
My problems...overweight, bursitis in knees and hips. Wish it were as easy as you make it seem. I end up lying down on the floor and cant even sit up.
This is GREAT instruction! At 71 and very inactive for the past 2 years (since COVID) and 2 knee replacements, my mobility in getting up and down from the floor has been really awful. In fact, I just never do it if it can be avoided. Yesterday, taking my granddaughter to an activity, I needed to get down on the floor and couldn't without assistance! I found your video today and am practicing it with delight! Thanks so much!
How fun for you! Enjoy.
I'm 68 and falling constantly. Always depended on my adult son or EMS to help me off the floor. I will be practicing this move to help myself. Thank you for posting.
Practice is good!
Hello ynvonne, how are you doing?
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I have bad RA and OA with both knees having been replaced and then needing to be repaired. I don't need help to get me down on the floor as my balance is the pits. I need help getting up off the floor. It usually takes about half an hour to get me up. One time I fell in the bathroom at 3AM and ended up having to call the ambulance guys to help get me up. It cost us $450+!!! Seeing you get up made so much sense and while I don't want to practice it currently, I did save it to my computer, sent it to my husband's computer so he has a copy as well. I went to PT for 3 months for one express reason and that was so I could learn how to get up (touching my knees to the floor makes me feel like I am kneeling on marbles or nuts and bolts, very painful). In the entire 3 months they never did anything remotely like helping me to learn to get up. They just tried to strengthen my core. Not why I was there. This is the first time in 20 years that I have seen something like this. When I was young and much healthier, I could rise from a lotus position straight up without twisting or using my hands.
I am so glad it fits your need!
I had total knee replacement 3 months ago. I am 74 years old. Still stiff however strong. This video is so helpful giving fine points to process of getting off the floor.
I wasn't even looking for this type of video but it just popped up in front of me so I gave it a look... I've been experiencing a progressive & rapidly accelerating very painful lower back spinal issue for the past year and it's getting increasingly difficult for my body to be in that middle ground of a 45° angle that's needed when in the process of rising and sitting. I just tried these techniques... For such a seemingly easy movement, it worked wonderfully and the results were surprisingly painless for me to sit and to rise... I have a feeling that you have just made my life a bit less excruciating. Thank you so very much for this video and may the LORD GOD bless you and your family :-)
Yahoo! So glad it worked for you!
This is my favorite way of doing it after watching several other videos with different methods. Thank you!!
Great to hear! You're welcome Carl.
Thank you! Since having a stroke 5 mos. ago, I've had occassion to need to get up from the floor after a fall... While I'll start practicing from the sitting position, I hope I remember the "from the floor spiral" steps to get myself back up from the floor...if it happens again. Thank you for posting this.
You're welcome!
Thank you for making this video. As a plus size person and someone that is getting older this is very helpful. My father had a stroke at 79 and lost a lot of use to his left size which he was left side dominant. In his first year post stroke he fell at least a dozen times. PT taught us how to get up from the floor but used the technique of getting to your hands and knees. Not easy or painless for someone with limited mobility or excess weight. Your technique, I believe, will help me for years to come. I will be sharing your video on FB to all my friends and family.
Glad you like it!
Clear demonstrations right for me. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
As someone who was always nimble and flexible it came as a GREAT SHOCK to me few years ago, when one time I was seated on the ground and couldn't get up! My usual/old way of doing it was just not working and I was not able to get up without a lot of fumbling around and hanging onto furniture! I realized then that between sitting at work and sitting at home and for whatever reason I hadn't been sitting on the floor like I always used to, I just couldn't do it! It was quite alarming! 😦
One time I discovered that if I could get my feet under me, I could stand up no problem, kind of like the end portion of movement in this video (essentially standing up from a "touching your toes" position).
However, my means of getting there is nowhere near as graceful as this LOL! I just got into bed, but I really look forward to trying this out in the morning! 😀
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
I'm 76, and this has been a real worry for a long time. Thank you so much. I'vw saved your video to y play list, and will practice until I can get up off the floor without fear .
Excellent!
Wonderful!
I have endured total knee replace on both knees. The physical therapist taught how to go down and get up after the left was replaced. Then came the second total knee replacement. I was never taught properly how to get up and down by physical therapist after the right knee was replaced. Thank you for this well thought out demonstration. It is greatly appreciated.
Glad you are finding it useful.
This is so helpful. I'm 74 and struggle to get on the floor and struggle even more to get up from the floor. This looks logically right. It also manages to look graceful. I will practice this. Thank you. Subscribed.
Go Victoria!
This is such an important thing to know! I am 91 and have to be extremely careful. You may have saved a life today with this Video which should be shown wherever Seniors get together.
We are glad it is useful!
I'm 72 and I practice getting up off the floor regularly just to prove to myself I'm still able, but using your tutorial makes getting up more graceful. Thank you! I'm gonna practice because I noticed I'm using muscles I haven't used in a while. LOL
That's wonderful! Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
This was very helpful. Thank you very much. I'm 75, and thanks to virus after-effects (July '20), I am now a "fall risk" according to my doctor and the hospital, so this was extremely helpful for me! Getting up is hard, because my legs hav so little strength. I will be looking for more of these teaching videos. Thank you again.
C David
You are welcome! Thank you too for sharing your experience with us!
All of a sudden and I find myself aged 70! The worry about a fall and righting myself is now ever present. I did have a tumble in the garden luckily without incident and stood up under the assistance of all the adrenalin that was flowing. With your excellent instruction I already feel happier and will try by practice the procedure and be better prepared. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
that is so great... fell some years ago and hurt my knee, no longer able to kneel to get up... this has been such a good process to learn... thanks again.
Glad you like it!
Older people often do NOT realize how much muscle tissue they've lost until they find themselves down and try to get up. I would suggest practicing those methods she demonstrates so they will become familiar when your mind is stressed when you're down in an uncomfortable position! Thank you for the very helpful video!
Practice all ages is essential!
@@Futurelifenow I've heard that Jack LaLane used to tell people to get on the floor and get up ten times a day. But it was scary doing this the first time. It worked. It's a lot less embarrassing than my old method.
@@HeleneLouise Truth! Rolling over from back to front several times a day as well as getting up and down. Great movements for health and balance and just feeling good. Glad this method was helpful for you. - Cynthia
I learned this from a Feldenkrais physical therapist. Great technique, thanks for the reminder and demo!
@@deborahminess4668 glad you had a good teacher.
THANK YOU! recovering from knee replacement, trying to get back to my yoga mat, and this is most helpful!
Glad to hear it.
Love this! It's so much better than using the lunge method in other videos. Thank you!
Great!
I'm 78 and this is a life~changer! Thank you!
We are so glad!
I truly needed to see this. Thank you 💜
You are so welcome
I'm a 5'2" senior and overweight. I have a lot of trouble getting up and down from the floor. I'm so excited to see this and I can't wait to get started learning. THANK YOU
Great. Take you time and practice in bits and you will do well!
@@chowmikki Congrats on losing 20 pounds and keeping it off!!!
@@chowmikki Lots of fat shaming in your comment. You could edit that out and just leave the encouraging parts and it would be worthwhile. Unfortunately it's just another toxic virtue signal. i'd rather be overweight.
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Hey! I'm 5', overweight, and thrilled to see this video! I'm less overweight than I was, since I started following Eat Like A Bear
Everyone getting knee replacement needs to see this video. I had to get down to the floor, which went ok. Then wasn't able to put pressure on my knee's and was stuck there! OMG - very scary! I grabbed a chair, sandwiched myself between cupboards in the kichen and somehow got up! This video is awesome and I will start doing this as an exercise everyday until I master it! Thank you for the instruction❤
Thanks for the feedback! Glad it was helpful! 🙂
Thank you for this, Cynthia!💖
I was taught how to get up given my movement difficulties/relearning to walk after my 2nd brain surgery/1st rehab. But after my 3rd brain surgery/2nd rehab spasticity and contractures have made everything much harder! I was a few sessions shy of completing rehab when Covid hit, and never got to learn a new way to get up again with these limitations. Working on my strength again, and I look forward to practicing this with my partner.
Seeing this, I now remember using such a move naturally long before, but Movement trainers such as yourself are a blessing! It's easy to take your body for granted until it happens to you! 😮
It is true that we take it for granted. I hope the video is of value to you.
I tried this….it was amazing! Normally I thump down onto the floor, and getting up involves a lot of grunting and groaning….this method allowed me to execute the movements without making a noise! 👍👏
Glad it helped!
I am so glad that UA-cam recommended this video! I'm only 54 but I already have a hard time getting up off of the floor and off the sofa. This will be a huge help!
Glad it was helpful!
My friend, I feel ya! Recovering from a shattered knee cap, same age as you... Thinking I can reverse the spiral, gonna have to work it through and see, but what an inspirational lesson!!
Thank you soooooo much for this video. I'm 62 and always seem to be sitting on the floor/ground. Nobody can understand why but I just find it more comfortable being on the ground with legs crossed (yoga style I guess). My execution in getting up however is quite comical and no doubt dangerous for me. I will be practicing your movements and can't wait to stun everyone next time we're at the park or gardens with my new up execution. Bless you x
Good for you for enjoying the ground. Practice and see what happens!
The pronciple here, apart from all the twisting, is that she doesn’t try to lift her entire body weight at once. She uses the floor as support while she lifts the weight of her upper legs and hips first. A similar principle applies to those who need a cane or walker to stand. I discovered this when I had a temporary disability which required use of a walker, then a cane, to stand. I learned how to get up from the floor using only my assistive device before going outside.
I'm in my late 70s and overweight. Once I get down I can't get up and have to crawl to a chair.
@@carolmilligan3259 - If you used a cane, you might be able to get up using just the cane. It depends on how much overweight you are and what your strength is, though.
This is easy for her but I'm 70 and weigh 300 pounds. I was in the hospital recently due to a severe infection in my legs that got into my bloodstream affecting the use of my arms and legs after being in the hospital then rehab I cannot do either of these. I walk with a rolling walker and cant use my cane yet. Climbing up and down the stairs is extremely frustrating for me because I cant do it alone I have to have someone carry my Walker up and dowd. I want to get my independance back. Before I got sick I use to go for a daily walk every day for 30 minutes or more.
I am in my late 70’s how would you suggest we handle burpees please?
You are absolutely right. You can't easily lift something you are sitting on! Congratulations on your own discoveries. 🙂
I had 2 knee replacements this winter and have not yet attempted the whole floor thing. I can't tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon this video. You make it look easy and more importantly, graceful! That's one word that no one ever said about my up and down skills even before having the knees done! Thanks!
That's great!
I am still in my 40s yet have mobility challenges due to dual ankle injuries. This information is extremely helpful. And as a former dancer I can attest that it is the optimal way to avoid injury. Now I can get down upon and up from my beloved Pilates mat safely. Thank you!
You are most welcome!
I am 40 years old and getting up from the floor just fine. But I am overweight and think about the strain I might be putting on my knees.
This is a great video to implement to prevent knee damage in the future. I'll be doing this from now on.
We are glad you found something that worked for you
I very much appreciate the simplistic and thorough explanation/ demonstration on using this method of being able to help myself to get up off the floor, or to get down on the floor! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
At 87 and having a fall recently I had difficulty getting up and stressed the muscles in my chest and upper arms which were very tender for a couple of weeks. This method resembles my getting out of a deep bathtub in the past, but had not applied nor exercised recently.. My wrists are particularly sensitive so the fist tip will be tried.. I've saved video this to cast to my TV so I can see and watch near my footstool first. Thank You
We hope it was helpful.
I practice Yoga every morning. This is very helpful for us 60+ to get up and down. I am sharing with my whole group. Thanks a lot for the lovely presentation.
I love hearing that!
I am 64 and disabled and one problem I have is getting up off the floor. Thank you so much for showing this. Now I can use this procedure to get up. I have had to crawl to a chair or to the sofa to get up with in the past.
You're very welcome! Practice on a raised surface first.
Can be a great exercise! Going through these motions to get down and then up off the floor several times makes a great full body exercise. I like to get up and down using the left foot and then again using my right foot. I'm 60 and do not have problems getting up and down yet and I'm sure doing these exercises will keep me that way. Thanks for the video!
Glad you like it!
REALLY USEFUL ,AS I CAN'T GET UP OFTHE FLOOR WITH NOTHING TO HOLD ONTO, SO I WILL BE PRACTISING.THANKYOU FOR DEMO X
Very helpful, thank you. On the floor often with grand babies, so needed right now.
Glad it's useful for you.
Such a simple and logical maneuver. Don't know why I didn't think of it. Thank you.
Thank you, I’m so frustrated that I can’t do what I could do even 5 years ago! At 61, I find this invaluable 😊
Happy to help!
I figured this out, because I had to. So cool to see that there is reasoning behind it.