Tkthiede
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- Joined
- Feb 25, 2019
- Messages
- 63
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 01/2019
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- US
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- WY
- City
- Cheyenne
How to get up from the floor after a fall – MacGyver Style! | homeability.com
I fell on Saturday afternoon. I was using my rollator but my shoe stuck on the carpet and I pitched face forward to the floor. I really bruised my knees and no matter what we tried my husband and I couldn’t get me up to a chair. I don’t have much arm or leg strength.Thirty five minutes and lots of sweat and crying later I got in my recliner. I searched for lifting aids I could buy and found the link above.I sent it to my physical therapist. We tried the book idea toward the end of video in my therapy session today. It took us 10 minutes but I was able to go from the floor to a chair. It really worked. I’m making sure I have enough cookbooks and coffee table books to get up and in the chair. The ideal would be not to fall but if you do I wanted people to see the different ways to get back in a chair.
I fell on Saturday afternoon. I was using my rollator but my shoe stuck on the carpet and I pitched face forward to the floor. I really bruised my knees and no matter what we tried my husband and I couldn’t get me up to a chair. I don’t have much arm or leg strength.Thirty five minutes and lots of sweat and crying later I got in my recliner. I searched for lifting aids I could buy and found the link above.I sent it to my physical therapist. We tried the book idea toward the end of video in my therapy session today. It took us 10 minutes but I was able to go from the floor to a chair. It really worked. I’m making sure I have enough cookbooks and coffee table books to get up and in the chair. The ideal would be not to fall but if you do I wanted people to see the different ways to get back in a chair.