In this short, Dr. Ivan Bracic, DC, clinical director at Novaré Injury Care and Rehab in Fort Myers, shows how he and his mother get up from a chair without using their hands, a simple exercise you can do every day. He also gives the exception: pushing off the armrests is for when you're in pain. Otherwise, he says, use your legs, glutes and abs.
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Video Transcript
These things look massive, don't they look great? And everybody does this to get up.
No, not me, and not my 94-year-old mother. You know how we get up? Like this. And this is a simple exercise that you can do each and every day.
And when you're in a chair like this, know that this is for when you're in pain. Otherwise, use those legs, use those glutes, use those abs.
Age powerfully.
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