Lisa Cini explains how to design your home to support movement and wellness. Replace low chairs and worn mattresses that make sitting and standing hard. Modern surgery protocols now encourage movement immediately after knee or hip surgery, not immobilization, because regular movement helps arthritis, circulation, and mental function.
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there's some really cool furniture out, um, that's really way too low and not easy to get in and out of. You know, you should try out the, the seating that you're getting into, or even if it's pieces that you've had for a long time but now it's hard for you to get in and out of, and upgrade to something new. It might have been that the foam in the seat broke down or that your mattress is a little tired, um, but anything that helps you to get in and out easily, not look like you're struggling not be embarrassed when other folks are around, because the more that you move, the better off you are. You know, we often thought back in the day, I don't know if you remember or not, but they used to immobilize you when you had broken bones and that, and they'd put you up in some— my brother had, I think, something broken and he was in like a contraption. And now the first thing they do after you have knee surgery and hip surgery is they get you moving. And so the more that we can move, the better off we are, not only for arthritis, but also for our mental capability, because it moves the blood flow. And it moves the lymph.
