2 Ways to Get Up From a Fall

[@margaretmartinpt]

I walk you through two techniques to get up from a fall. You can practice these at home.

[@suepumphrey1559]

Great!

[@hansanandi589]

0:14

[@richarda.valdes1197]

What I would like to see is a person 80 years old and overweight actually using your techniques😊. At your age I could get up and down with no problem . Now at 80 (😢) and overweight I’d like to learn how to get up easier..

[@joancarey4174]

Me too and I have arthritis as well.

[@pamelalalaable]

I’m nearly 80 and have replacement knee joints. With the best will in the world I cannot kneel!

[@btyboopers41bm]

Yeah I'm 82 and weigh 175. I fall on a regular basis. After watching another video I was able to use the sofa cushions to make like a stairway to crawl up. And they cushioned my knees so they were less painful. But I totally know what you mean, its way different when you're older and you have bad knees. I do practice getting up different when I have someone here to help. 😊

[@cathyholland8962]

There’s a KZbin Feldencraise video that is really good

[@cindymurphy7824]

Thank you! At only 66 and 30 lb. weight gain I have fallen and can’t get up. So disappointed, given up and soooo deeply distressed, like I’ve given up and scared…. Not like me at all😢

[@low8739]

Oh mercy this has just saved me! I fell out of bed and have been sitting on the floor struggling to get up. I tried your first method, and I got straight up! I have more strength in my legs than I think but not in my knees. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@bonnieeickhoff3603]

Excellent instructions, so calming too. I ended up on the floor several weeks ago, bone-on-bone hip and both knees. It took me about 15 minutes to get up to the bed. I did a lot of talking to myself to stay calm, to focus, to keep trying different positions. I ended up on my good hip side, scooting over to a stable stool to get some leverage. The curled toes in your instructions is exactly what I did, painful but so necessary to get the bottom and thighs up in the air. Thank you so very much!

[@Myrmecia]

There is a psychological side to this, too. I lived in with my parents-in-law while they were in their late 80s and 90s. In their cases, they saw no need to practise getting up off the floor. But when they started falling (well over 50 times all up between them) they were too old to get motivated to practise. I became an expert picker-upper. The lesson is: begin practising years in advance of when you will really need it. You'll be training your muscle memory as well as your muscles.

[@johnpeter4184]

At 77 200# I've had one bad fall but I have been working on deep squats for a year. I got up with a one legged squat. I'm all over the place on YT but do come back to Margaret Martin often. Thank you for your work. 😊

[@lilaalabed2527]

Thank you for this video. I fell a couple of days ago and scared myself and my husband. It took quite a while to get up because I hurt myself with the fall. No broken bones, but sure got bumped up a bit. I will keep this video in mind if it should ever happen again. In the meantime, I am going to work on my muscle strength. Again, thank you.🙂

[@adelabrouchy]

I could stand up with the position of both arms on the chair an pushing down with them and the hands because both my knees were useless because of the pain I was feeling. Scary to see oneself again in that moment when you are alone and feel helpless. Thank you for the other options. Very useful.💖

[@pattivonbormann4847]

I'm so grateful for this detailed lesson. will practice . I did have a spinal fusion and have week leg muscles

[@kainwi]

I have been using the method where you bring up one knee and then push on it to get up by using one or two hands when there isn't a chair around. I like your way better. It is funny that when you're young you don't think how you're getting off the floor and now you have to.

[@annasophia6311]

Thank you! The information you gave was very helpful.

[@margaretmartinpt]

You are so welcome!

[@LDiamondz]

I tried both of these, and they both were effective. The second one was the easiest, and I had been getting up like that for years, without knowing it was a 'thing.' When I fell hard on my back last year, I started to do it, and felt the most excrutiating back pain. So I decided to stay flat on my back on the floor until the ambulance came. Good thing I did, I had fractured my spine. I'm just starting to do these things again, now.

[@kpopifyYt]

Thank you so much it was very helpful!

[@margaretmartinpt]

Glad it helped!

[@einstein76]

THANK YOU so much for these 2 methods; I have fallen numerous times. I do have 2 knee replacements, and arthritis. I am usually lucky enough to find a pillow, but once I fell outside and crawled to a 4” step. But if I had known to use my toes from there I could have gotten up. I quit going outside because it was truly terrifying to not be able to get up. I will practice your method until I am proficient. Blessings to you!

[@BonnieRogers-i1j]

Margaret, this video was very helpful. Thank you for the info.

[@vaneta6937]

I call the last one the toddler way, it is how the little ones get up after a fall and how I too get up off the floor😊

[@karenwalls3389]

This is wonderful, can I suggest showing these techniques with using a larger framed person into this video and you showing how a larger person can manipulate getting up.

[@nagarajakoodli9364]

what if knee bones are too sensitive. how to overcome that?

[@drranigupta2643]

I had bilateral Tk R , and i am scared to put pressure on knees .I like your exercise and i an going to give it a try . Thank you

[@cathielanier9864]

9 30 central time. The problem I see is that a good part of the time you are on your knees. If you have had a complete knee replacement it is impossible to put any pressure on it. If your knee is bone on bone and needs surgery, it will hurt just as bad. Even a pillow will not help the pain.

[@LauraMonteros]

Thanks for the prone option. One of my feet seems to drag, so I sometimes trip going up stairs and land on my front. I think I can modify this a bit to take into account I'm not on a flat surface.

[@jimmcconnell7328]

Good video for getting up from a fall. I have weakness in my legs from spinal stenosis so getting up is no easy thing. I see a physiotherapist twice a week to stretch and strengthen my legs but still experiencing this weakness when climbing stairs or getting off the floor from a kneeling position. Do you have any suggestions that would help?

[@chrisgrezinger7430]

All people I know who can't get back up have knee problems and/or with their hands - tricky if all of this helpers aren't usable - So now - what do you recommend for those?

[@natpoat935]

Thank you so much for these techniques. Unfortunately, I can't stand on my knees, is there a different way that I can get up? Thanking in advance.

[@maureendowney3922]

I have titanium knees and just 100 degrees if bend so I cannot kneel. Have also had a quadruple laminectomy to my lower disks and very little feeling in my lower legs and feet, therefore I can't see how I can use any of your suggestions. Have you another solution?

[@annievan-dory2567]

This looks great for folks who can put that much pressure on either/both shoulders. What about someone like me, with a frozen OA shoulder and the other with awful torn rotator cuff? They do not reach and cannot support any weight, including body weight as you demonstrate. It's an awful situation... 😞 So many experts require similar weight/pressure on dysfunctional shoulders.

[@TheLakingc]

Thank you. These are very helpful ideas. I think i have forgotten how to get up! I have gotten heavy since it hurts so much to walk. It would take multiple surgeries to make it work again, and the surgeries so far actually made me have new worse problems. New surgeons, i realize have not a clue and just want practice, and the fee, of course. So, i decided to make the best of what i have. Falling or climbing up into the truck bed, or loft is nearly impossible because it means getting on my knees. The pain of kneeling is unbearable, but so is never getting up! Knee pain will get better, a stroke or death, probably might not. 😄 But one time when i fell, i realized my instinctive ability, learned as a baby, to get up was gone. I had to get creative and rocked back and forth putting books under my butt cheeks until I could grab something and pull up. I also could butt walk to a chair or couch and do what you said. However, there are times with no chair or couch? This has been the most helpful video yet, especially that second option, thank you. I think that is how babies do it in a way, too. PTs only give exercises that make my joints swell up. I quit after trying 5. Not one had practical advice like this. ❤

[@naguerea]

I need this thank

[@genec8393]

And how do you get onto your side when you're flat on your back? Many can't do it.

[@rickmurphy3327]

This is very good!

[@margaretmartinpt]

Thank you

[@bettywhitener8829]

Thanks for referring to the floor as the floor and not the ground…to me the ground only applies to being outside…when inside it is the floor..Enjoyed your video…82 yrs old ..not sure I could use my flat hand due to wrist issues nor the knuckles due to arthritis… BW..Richmond VA

[@multibucker]

Very helpful, thank you so much.

[@margaretmartinpt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cynthiacazares4807]

What if you have bad knees? When I have fallen I have to get help since I can't put any weight on my knees. I try to keep my phone in my pocket at all times in and out side the house. Lucky for me my grandson lives with me. So I am not a lone. Last time I fell I called him and he and his friend helped me up. I been going to the Y and using the leg machines. I am hoping one day to be able to get up with out help.

[@anthonybrown7095]

Excellent. Useful knoewledge. It happens frequently in the world so learn how to recover . By the way...I love your room. Style!

[@msesheta]

Thank you Margaret!

[@margaretmartinpt]

You are welcome.

[@doloresg1582]

Thanks for the help.😊😊

[@paisleyjane9606]

My method is close to your second option, but I can't put much pressure on my knees (especially the one that's scheduled for replacement in two weeks). My mthod therefore looks a lot more like downward facing dog.

[@bonnieturley]

Thank you

[@janeevans5132]

Great but what if you can't put any weight on your knees and a shoulder that needs to be replaced.? Also a hip replacement (twice on same leg within a year due to infection) if not the best so now only have one hip and one arm can't kneel on either knee, how to you get up then?

[@normanriggs848]

Thank you!!

[@herbertnarangoda8463]

Thank you so much

[@lesliefox9800]

what do you do in the middle of a field

[@Myrmecia]

Option 2

[@maureent5954]

Since many of us will not be barefoot and other than taking off shoes is there any alternative? I could not do this one because I could not lift on toes. Another problem is wearing shoes like Skechers with stiff thick soles. Cannot turn foot as shoe edge stuck on vinyl floor would not move and I could not lift high enough. Could only get 1 shoe off. I have good upper strength so-tried to use cabinet to pull myself up. Tried second time before letting muscles get back to normal and could not do it. Twisted as I fell back. Spiral fracture of lower femur. Alternatives to getting up on toes?

[@CarolBurgardCrosby]

All the videos and instructions are given for conveniently falling near furniture or objects to assist in getting up from a fall. However, I usually fall in inconvenient places, nothing to grab onto as on the sidewalks, parking lots, parks. So how do you get up from these falls with no assistance around?

[@steveanderson5031]

carry a cane

[@Myrmecia]

Option 2

[@marykaybuttery3513]

I am seeing a lot of videos on HOW to get up off the floor--thank you However very few show exercises needed to strengthen parts of ones body needed to get up more easily. I am a 72 yr old woman trying to assist my body as it ages. I prefer to live alone and stay independent. So assist me to assist my body as it ages

[@crystalthompson3424]

I also have bad knees am I lost cause. I pray and believe God will bless me very much.

[@sophelet]

I slipped and fell on an uncarpeted floor and broke my wrist severely. I also bruised my upper leg and hip when I fell. I also have a lot of arthritis in my knees and not a lot of strength in my legs. I'm also a heavy person. I think it was adrenaline that made it possible for me to get up, using my cat's low perch. (there were no available chairs and they aren't terribly sturdy anyway). If the adrenaline hadn't helped, what should I have done?

[@MrsMTMomma]

Perhaps, after a talk with you Dr, you would benefit from the lag strengthening exercises shown by Will Harlow, PT, on You tube.

[@PauletteNager]

Both of my knees are artificial and it is quite painful to kneel. What would be an alternative method?

[@corinnefreestone704]

I have the same problem and am heavier than this lady. Have used cushions to get up but it is still very painful. I did work out that if I can wiggle and slide over to stairs with a rail it is a much easier wat for me.

[@carolelethrud2859]

What if you can’t get on your knees? 5:49

[@debrariccio-dc2sj]

Neither one of these methods work for me. I have very bad knees. I recently fell and tried both ways. It took me over 2 hours to get up. I wasn't hurt by the fall, but I was by the getting up. Every muscle in my body was hurting from the strain not too mention what it did to my knees. I'm using a walker until I get my strength back and the pain subsides. Isn't there any way to get up without further hurting my knees?

[@Finnigann2580]

I had a stroke about four years ago and falling is my last fear. I cannot use my left side (lacking range of motion) but It's still got strength. suggestions?

[@lindaowens933]

Ladyni am 80 with bad knees and both hip have been replaced and Abad shoulder and when I fall I can't get up no matter what I do I can't get up because my.knees are bad and get up on them believe I have tried 😊

[@kirstisalo254]

I like you ,and good to now and see how you doing it, thanks for that 😊

[@carolgillingham5958]

What if you can't kneel as both knees are replaced

[@crystalthompson3424]

I have had a stroke and have fallen but still cannot get I have tried every angle and not effective I had to call for help and I am still trying to work something out.

[@lindahuffman2556]

I can't get on either side because both of them are painful. Plus I have had both knees replaced. My right knee has been replaced 3 times so I can't get on my knees and my left knee has been replaced once. Also I have severe arthritis in almost every joint in my body. I also have a very painful back. I have no choice but to wait for the ambulance to come and pick me up. Oh, did I mention that I weigh over 300 lbs.?

[@irishdivajeffries6668]

If for any reason I would fall, I cannot get up! What should I do?

[@TheGoodHeart1000]

This helps if you your knees wil allow your weight on them.

[@margaretmartinpt]

Thanks

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

Yes, the one issue I see with a lot of these type videos about recovering from a fall is the assumption that one can either put their weight on their knees sufficiently to kneel, or even the ability to bend the knee in at a 90 degree angle.

[@carolynmcpike3193]

I cannot put any weight on my knees! What do I do?

[@GravyMilkJelly]

I came here for this exact reason. I guess there's no way around it. Using all the adrenaline and going through the pain on your shins, knees, and arms.

[@Lori-lp6uc]

This is why I don't have hardwood floors. It's more comfortable and easier to get up from a carpeted floor. Less likely for feet to slip, and carpeting provides some padding to avoid injury

[@2bowlaholics]

I can't rest on my knees and get my feet up underme, I have sprained my ankles too many times, partly why I keep falling. But being a brain cancer survivor that messed up my balance, even with a walker

[@ellenbrechin3098]

When you have had both knees replaced, you can't be on your knees very long.

[@wendyinglis4183]

What if you fall in a street and nothing to help you up like chairs etc

[@KC73]

I did that last month. Ugh.

[@VickiPurscell]

5:00 pm first one works I've done it but second no way I'm 62 and overweight I couldn't pull off 2 at 35😂

[@SisterPatGoad]

My knees can not take the pressure on them I weigh 245 still, I am 70. I am over weight and have huge butt. A few time had to call 911 for help !!!!

[@prympammi]

I’m 73yrs old and I’ve had knee replacement surgery and it didn’t work to good. So I’ve had two more repair type surgeries since. I have had tons of physical therapy sessions nothing has helped. Im always falling and have horrible balance issues. Just fell out of bed two days ago and I still can not get myself up reason being I can’t use my knees! Im told my other knee is also bone on bone but NO WAY will I do that to myself again 😿😿 it’s horrible. And when they find out I hit my head it’s worse!! They put me in MRI and I’m claustrophobic and they want to put on that helmet thingy. So now I just say “no I didn’t hit my head” even with a goose egg on the back! So all that to ask how to get up when you can’t use your knees??

[@geminiecricket4798]

I think I would call 911

[@Questor-ky2fv]

Sad to say, but your methods won't help me. I'm in my mid sixties, obese, with 2 very bad knees, a bad back, 2 bad shoulders, and the thumb/wrist joints on both hands are also shot. I fell without injury several months ago. Took at least 3 hours to get off the floor, and I still don't know how I finally managed it. A couple of weeks ago I fell again, also without injury. Spent around 2 hours unsuccessfully trying to get up. Nature started calling, so I called 911. Fortunately, I managed to hold things in until after my rescuers came and went. The cause of both falls is due to my other health issues. Yes, I have more than already listed. They leave me exhausted all of the time causing me to nod off anywhere, including at the counter or table in the kitchen. Several years ago I bought a wheeled office chair to scoot around my kitchen doing chores and food prep. Unfortunately, the office chair I got lacks flip up arms. Both falls were when I nodded off in the chair and tilted sideways. Both times I woke partway to the floor, so I was able to break my fall without breaking me. I now keep my rolling walker next to the office chair in the kitchen on one side, and a tray table on the other side when not scooting around in the kitchen. My walker seat isn't comfortable enough for prolonged sitting, so I can't use it for that. Also, most rolling walkers, including mine aren't built for riding, just for walking and sitting. As long as it's parked next to my office chair I can still use one of it's handles to keep from falling sideways if I nod off. It also makes a nice armrest too. I am thinking of getting a new wheeled office chair for the kitchen, but with flip up arms this time. Unfortunately, they aren't cheap, so it will be a while before that happens. Until then my rolling walker and tray table don't mind standing in to keep me from falling over when I nod off.

[@edithrandall9441]

It's great to do it your way. But how about people 0 knee replacements . I can't get up on my knees 7:36 7:45 pain is terrible . I've put pillows under them to try. Finally, I took my dogs heavy pillow bed. It still hurt, but I pulled myself up with a chair and the dogs bed under my knees. My husband can't get up he can't bend his knees . His knees are bone on bone . Plus, he's a large man. I just have to call the fire department.

[@debbeleigh1930]

❤

[@jeandavis860]

That's OK if you don't have 2 knee replacements like me

[@melindaapril3880]

Is she for real. I guess it’s fine for people who may be young like 30- 50 but not older. None of that would work for people with bad knees or knee surgery. If you fall it’s roll. You roll to the nearest chair, bed, stairs and hope to GOD you can get up

[@MINOMBRES007]

😺👍🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏻😺

[@klynn987]

This doesn't help if your 70 and over 200 lbs. in a parking lot or on a sidewalk.

[@cathyolson5530]

Thank you,!