Getting Up From the Floor Safely - Ask Doctor Jo
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- Getting up from the floor can be tough for some people, especially as you get older or if you have weak or injured knees. Here are a couple of techniques that may help. See Dr. Jo's other ways to get up off the floor: • Getting Up Off the Flo...
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If you are practicing these techniques for getting up off the floor, make sure to have someone close by to help if you need it & make sure you have a chair, table, or couch near by to help pull or push yourself up as well.
The best way to get up off the floor is by getting yourself into a lunge position with your stronger leg out in front and push up at your knees to stand.
If your knees are too painful to put on the floor, you can use the downward dog or inch worm movement to “walk” your way up from the floor, but you need to be pretty flexible to do it this way.
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What if your knees hurt too much to kneel? My friend has fibromyalgia and her knnes won’t allow her to do that doggy position.
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That's truly amazing Doctor. Love ❤ you from the bottom of my heart. I have been struggling to get from the floor. It has been so bad...that I had stopped sitting down totally. Thanks to the exercise...I managed getting up from the floor without anyone else's help. Moreover...I did not experience any pain or discomfort. You are a blessing 🙌. God bless you and your family 👪
Thanks! I'm glad they helped.
Thank you for this video. I am a 72 year old woman who fell while home alone last month. It was terrifying. I tripped over some plastic wrapping on the floor and landed on my knees and palms of my hands. I couldnt get up but thought to crawl down the hall to my bed where I have Pet Stairs for my elderly cats to join me in bed. Thank God for those little stairs. I was able to scoot up the steps onto the bed where my phone was. Thank God for watching over me.
You're welcome. I'm glad you were able to get up.
Thank you so much Dr. Jo for this helpful video. My 90 year old mother fell the other day and fortunately I was there. But I had the hardest time because as much as my mother tried to get up, it was very difficult. Finally, I had to call Fire Rescue. Thankfully, she was not injured. Again, thank you for this helpful video about something that many of us take for granted. I'm going to watch your video on Plantar Fasciitis of which I was recently a "victim". I did take a few weeks for it to finally go away.
You're welcome. Glad your mother was not injured.
I vary much appreciate your videos. The one for vertigo has helped! This one will stick with me too. I fell outside today and an angel stopped to help me
I'm glad they have helped.
Hello Dr. Jo, sincere thanks to you for the helpful hints. They are greatly appreciated. I am still recovering from a nasty auto accident, so your helpful hints are greatly appreciated. 🤗
You're welcome! Good luck with your continued recovery.
Lol, one of my favorite topics. You are tall and slender, watching you makes the moves very clear. For those of us who are vertically impaired and more rounded than willowy it's just going to take a lot of practice. Even with practice, the reality is, if you have ankle, knee, hip, or wrist problems, it will be a mite painful. The techniques are good, practice helps, but, isn't always fun.
Definitely. It's not as easy as it looks, but it's definitely doable for most people with some practice.
..and YOUNG!
I have had both knees, both hips and both shoulders replaced. Consequently, it is virtually impossible for me to get up off the floor. I will try your method.
Thanks. Using the stronger leg helps
You're welcome.
Most people above 60 have some potbelly and it is hard for them to practice this .
I fell down on walkway in California and I was not able to get up easily as my knee was also hurt. A young lady saw me falling and rushed to me , gave her hand to get up from floor! It was on my birthday - 79.
Thanks to her and the American culture of assisting the needy !
Happy Birthday and thank God for the young lady who helped you.
This is a PHENOMENAL demonstration!! Thank you!!! I teach yoga to a community of people over 55 who are reticent to do any floor positions because they fear they can't get up off of the floor after they get down there. This will help them IMMENSELY!! I'm a subscriber now for SURE!
You're welcome, and thanks!
Thank you for this. I fell several times over the last few months. I have Ataxia and also a bad left hip. It takes me about an hour to get up with a lot of difficulty. Appreciate the caring that you display!
You're welcome. I hope it helps.
I love the way she loves on her pets. So sweet. I needed this today
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Thanks, Dr Jo, this will so help me do floor exercises again. At 72, overweight with PMR with osteoarthritis, pain more pain. I got down an up relatively easily, did not allow myself to stop in any position on the way up this time lol
You're welcome! That's definitely the key! If you can do it in one fluid motion, it makes it much easier :-)
Your dog's face with the lion mane is cracking me up!
:-) She was not amused.
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Of course not. She's a dog, not a toy.
Many thanks for this useful information. I still do a lot of gardening, and often not near anything to push on. My left leg is very weak. Your method has been helpful!
You're welcome. Glad it helped!
I have EDS and I hurt my knee recently, possibly by getting up wrong, so thank you for this overview! I feel like I have to learn how to use my body safely with EDS.
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Same!
Doctor Jo & Lion for this video. I had reconstructive foot surgery in my left foot in 2019. I have been doing standing exercises but recently bought a yoga mat. To my surprise getting up from the floor was something I can’t do. I am still very protective of my surgery foot so I think that is part of the issue but your video helped. I use the couch but for some reason I turn and use my back arms to push myself up (like a backwards push up) I am going to keep practicing and try to stand from downward dog as you demonstrated. Thank you again!
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Your first method is the way I’ve been doing it instinctively...after two hip replacements....without the chair.
Thanks!
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Thankyou for your kind help
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Adorable puppy… and you as an angel. Thank you for helping people with your videos.
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I have a condition that is similar to MS. my PT told me to get up this way and I just could not do it. The ironic thing is that one day when I was on the floor my son said switch legs. Put ur bad leg bent and push up with my good leg and it worked. I just wanted to share this just in case this doesn't work for you.
I agree. If one side doesn't work, definitely try the other. Glad it worked for you.
Just had a knee replacement and looking for videos like this TY!!
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Great information. I shared this with my parents. I have a mother who’s vertically challenged lol, so I know she can use this. Thanks.
Thanks! Hopefully she won't have to use it...much :-)
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In the 3 years since my comment, my father has passed away, and mother has become progressively weaker to point where she needs a walker to get around. She has also fallen. I doubt she could do either method to get up. At this point, would it be better for her to be evaluated in person by a Physical Therapist?
You're great Dr. Jo! So useful to teach this to anyone who is in need of help. Thank you. =)
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Oh my goodness! Your dog de reminded me of Puzzle the donkey from the last battle in CS Lewis' chronicle of Narnia. Soooo cute!!! Great video 😊❤️
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these are good ideas. because my bad hand will not allow me to use it as a pivot point, and i also have bad leg on same side, i practice your techniques from the macguyver video. i have also showed them to my mother and step-dad. thanks for all the great free info!
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😂thanks. I LEARNT A VERY VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT LESSON. I AM 74 AND HAVE PROBLEM getting up from the floor especially in the temple. Now I can use this technique. ❤❤❤❤
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Wonderful technique. I am 67 and the first technique works for me. Thanks
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Outstanding, is this for people with no feeling in your legs.
you are brilliant. Thanks for everything. I have a little pomeranian named yo-yo who looks like a little lion all the time... lol even when she doesn't want to. Love your socks. You always have the best socks.
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Tyvm! Often have to get down on the floor in my work. Very difficult to get back up. Will experiment with the techniques and practice the one which works best. Ty again!
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Great information. Thanks.
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WOW Downward dog and up. 😍😍👏👏👏👏
I have never got up so fast before.
Also, downward dog and down is the fast way to get down on the floor.
Thank you so much for this. 💖💖💖💖
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Thank you Dr. Jo! You have helped me here on this day. 😊
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Using this as animation reference for my next cartoon!!! Thank you!
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Unbelievable,such a normal function don't know when i lost it, maybe when i turned 75 i found myself on the floor having a real hard time getting up! I managed but it was really difficult.
I have muscle dystrophy and I have a really hard time getting up from the floor, I've been practicing the second option but I still can't get up
Thanks so much for this video, Dr. Jo! Recently have fallen due to steroid induced myopathy, so this video is coming in very handy. Keep up the good work with your channel!
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Thank you very much for a very informative advice from Sydney Australia 😊
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Thank you so much, your video was EXTREMELY helpful!
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I do the inch worm, I’m 72 and it’s the easiest forme
Thanks!, thisis grateand explained so thoughtfully,. I learned a lot. Ihave Rheumatoid Arthritis and in bad flare cannot put any pressure at all on my wrists or hands, so to get up from my yoga mat when my swiss ball or chair are too far away to use my elbows on to press up, i have had to (after a moment of panic), use this method: roll to side and prop up on elbow like fora side plank, bring my top leg's foot up to my waist like for a knee to elbow motion, place that foot on the floor firmly, shift and roll my hips over onto the bent leg, adjusting as needed to get the knee in a 90ish degree angle while simultaneously pressing into the floor withthe elbow that i am propped up on..then i am in a low runner's lunge.... and use the other leg knee bent to inch it up until both feet are close enough to shift weight onto both feet... yeah thatwas a convukuted way to do it.
`ow, thanksto Dr. Jo, I will start prone and justdo a Dolphin pose (down dog on elbows) and use the inchworm with really bent knees.
Thinkingthis through really helped me see how crucial doing hamstring stretches, ankle mobility and keeping my upper body strength and stable rib alignment is for just basic safety.
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Best way
Nice video helped me with making my animation
Thanks. Glad it helped.
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Erm… It’s a silly story, but I’m just a very thin, weak and lazy person in 20s who likes to lie down to floor all day. My sister said I should get out of her room and me being super lazy, searched if there’s a method to get up easily, and found your video. I didn’t expected much about the simplest thing as wake up, but your video actually helped me a lot!
Personally the most bothersome part of waking up is always that I should give a core muscle full force to take my own body weight at some point, which leads to promised low blood pressure dizziness, but start from light rolling, change posture to lunge and grab something to distribute force to several other muscle and finally waking up!
This gradual step was what I was just looking for, thanks for making me easier to wake up, aaand, I guess I really should start exercise or somethin’ I guess.
You're welcome. Glad it helped.
Very helpful, can u please show how to sit on the floor without support ?
Thank you it helped me I have trouble getting up if I fall
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Thank you Dr Jo ,Namaste
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I find pushing up on the chair the best way for me
Can you do a vid on how to get on the floor, there’s a problem that happened with my knee so idk how to get up or down anymore.
Great advice! Thank you!
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Thanks Doc !
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Great, thanks so much. Getting up from a lotus position: solved!!
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I find that if I put a pillow or make a cushion from something handy under my knee or knees, it is a lot less painful and easier to get up
Exactly what I needed 🤟
you are great!
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Your wonderful Dr.Jo Thank you.
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Thank you for sharing this!!
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Thank you soooo much for this.
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These are wonderful & I'm going to practice with my granddaughter. I fell about 8 weeks ago & broke my right wrist, so was in a LOT of pain. Very scary to be on the floor, knowing you just broke something!. Anyway, did manage to get up, but had to push on my fractured wrist (ouch!) doing so. I'll always wonder if the slight displacement (2mm) of my radius happened then, but guess I'll never know.
Sorry to hear about your fall and break. I hope you heal quickly.
gggooo d0c jo!!thank you atl gs...i suffer spine arthritis thk u
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Gardening season is nearly here so I want to be able to get up with a lunge. I’ve always struggled with lunges. I can easily get into the lunge position, press down at the raised knee, but nothing happens. It is like my legs are dead. How do I wake up these muscles?
I always get up off the floor the second way you showed, but less elegantly, which concerns me. I don’t want to hurt my aging back.
THANKS. I DONT HAVE A YOGA MAT. BUT IF I AM ON A MATTRESS AND WANT TO GET UP I JUST PUT MY HANDS ON THE FLOOR AND PUSH MYSELF INTO IT AND GET UP QUICK. THAT IS ONE WAY OF GETTING UP FROM A MATTRESS. BUT I HAVE A HIATUS HERNIA AND OSTIO ARTHRITIS IN BOTH KNEES BUT IM STILL FAIRLY AGILE. I CAN GET OUT OF A BATH FAIRLY EASILY BUT ITS A TALL BATH. ID HAVE TROUBLE IF THE BATH WAS LOW. I THINK MY WRISTS ARE STILL REASONABLY STRONG THOUGH.
Thank you so much! I had both my knees totally replaced (at the same one in one surgery - not recommended by me anymore!!!). It’s been 5 years. I had a great surgeon and I have around 125 degrees rotation in both knees. I have had it up to 130 when doing physio consistently. I experience anxiety about kneeling. I can’t seem to get an answer as to whether I should kneel? Any thoughts. I have fallen. And getting up was almost impossible. It took everything I had in me to get up. One more second of energy and it was over. Cell phone emergency help. Txs for your channel and help.
You're welcome! Unless your doctor has instructed you not to kneel on your knees, it should be okay to do so, but it's the same with any therapy where you will probably have to build up to it. If it's too painful to kneel on your knees, the second one might be worth trying.
I actually used books from a bookshelf I scooted to. I had to use the books and use my forearms to push up. All chairs were too tall.
I have been sporting the downward dog option since I had both my knees totally replaced in 2017. Guess I make the cut for being flexible, yea me!
I actually fell at work last week and landed on both my knees. Worse thing that could happen to me.... happened..... I am left bruised and swollen. Yes, I know I’m young for all this and yet it’s happened. Had to get my hardware checked and xrayed.
After my fall I didn’t want to do my downward dog at work (I work in a doctors office and bleh floors in medical anything are nasty) I opted for a chair to kinda of slither up with my arms, no knees being used. Was hoping to see something similar to that with your chair. 😭
Glad you found something that worked after the fall. Maybe I will make a slithering one next time :-)
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I really need to ask a question, why your dogs in all the videos are sleepy or yawning or going to sleep😂😂😂😂, of course kidding. they are so beautiful. Thanks for your videos and your advises.
Thanks! They are bored with me, so they can barely keep their eyes open :-)
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I was watching carefully on how u actually got down on the floor - thats my problem. My knees are good pushing up, it's bending them to a squating postion... at 200lbs I make a loud landing to the ground... it not cute. HELP! My grandbaby always wants me on the ground to play.
Love from india🇮🇳 mam i am a abdominal TB patient 20 years old because of treatment i rest for long time and energy loss i didn't stand up please help
Wow!! ❤❤🎉
Thank you for this, i'm a teenager with a newly diagnosed chronic disability and sometimes it causes paralysis so i fall alot
I can do the first one when i'm paralyzed, i just need to manually move my legs with my hands
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I don't think I could do that since I'd be right on my kneecap. That's a no no after TKR since the patella could crack. But some possibilities at 5:53. I might try that.
Tnx, you're brilliant.
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I live in a place where this would be indispensable.
Rather than having someone call 9-1-1.
Definitely. It does take practice, but it could help many people.
This is great....but how do I get down on the floor?
Im screwed, Im recovering from a ankle injury currently doing physiotherapy. My ankle is not flexible yet and also have bad knees 🥴 so kneeling on my knees is very painful. Because of this i often dont get down on the floor. The only way i can get up is i prop my back next to a couch or seat and use my arms to push up and my legs do at the same time. Is there any other tips you may have.
i can do this
How do I get up from the floor safely with a prosthetic hip? Getting the legs underneath me is not an option due to the anterior approach and higher risk of dislocation.
Thanks great video.
What is the best way or the natural way to go down the stairs without the side handles or crutches for someone with a weak leg muscles or after recovery from foot injury
You're welcome, and thanks. This might help: th-cam.com/video/SdCoy9Min_s/w-d-xo.html
It’s scary not being able to get up off the floor 😢
If the patient has knee flexion deformity how will she coming to stand can you pls tell us.?
Hello doc, Can I do the 1st and 2nd one after 3months of hip replacement surgery?
What if you have a bad hip knee replacements & a fused elbow?
But I can’t kneel after having both knees replaced and one of them twice. Also have one hip replacement. Downward dog looks interesting but I am almost 80.
I didn't know there was a safer way to get up off the floor i was just lookin for DMXs song get it on the floor and this just randomly popped up
Hello mam, plzz tell me the exercises for the eye/eyelids. Exercises for increase in the circulation of blood in opthalmic nerve.
I don't have anything for that, but these might help with gaze stabilization: th-cam.com/video/2UuZzoNpZwY/w-d-xo.html
I am only 67, male, reasonably fit, go walking every day but recently find it harder to stand from kneeling - what about exercises to strengthen leg muscles? I have been on the net but cant see any for this? - or is it more complicated than that ? thanks. ian
I have disc herniation at L4-L5 WITH PAIN IN LEGS AND STIFF BACK .CAN I FOLLOW THIS METHOD IS IT SAFE , PLZ REPLY
What if you fall in a locked straight knee brace
Are these for people with conditions in their joint? I thought getting up without hands is a proof of good core strength.
This is for when you have an injury, pain, or have difficulty getting up in general.
My knees hurt when I kneel on them and I perform CPR ant ideas on an alternative rather than taking the pain😪
How do I get up of floor with vertigo as I have BALANCE issues
First time I’ve seen a way to get up with 2 knee replacements
How can i get up if I have a hip replacement and I cannot flex my leg more than 90 degree?
I have 2 hip replacements an one knee replacement can’t put pressure an 79 yrs old what then?
madam how to recover weak hip problems
It depends on what the weakness if from. What is your diagnosis?
walking difficulty madam. I have weak hip problem
That's not a diagnosis, like why are they weak? I have many videos to strengthen the hips, but it depends on why it's happening. Have you been to your doctor yet?