Introduction to Standing Exercises
Exercise is an important part of COVID-19 recovery in order to regain your strength, endurance, flexibility, and ability to fully take part in all aspects of your daily life.
Sit-to-Stand
This highly practical and functional exercise strengthens the muscles we need to be able to safely get in and out of chairs, stand up from bed and get on and off the toilet.
Standing Basic Balancing Exercises
Improving our balance makes us more stable while walking and using stairs and decreases our risk of falls and injury. It is an important component of recovery after extended illness and hospitalization.
Standing Calf Raises & Marching
These exercises improves blood flow, strength and stability in the lower legs and make activities like climbing stairs and stepping over objects easier.
Standing Hip Abduction & Extension
Strengthening the muscles of the side and back of our hip and leg is very important for low back support, hip alignment, posture and stability, as well as keeping us stable when walking or standing on one leg, like when using stairs.
Standing Posture
Improving posture can make breathing easier, help with back and neck pain, enhance our digestion and improve pelvic floor function.
Standing Supported Lunges
Lunges work on your balance, strength and stability at the lower legs and hips, and can make it easier to get up from the floor or lift heavier objects off the floor, like a grocery bag.
Standing Supported Squats
Squats are a very useful exercise to make it easier to get up from a chair, off the toilet and out of bed. If this is difficult, try the sit-to-stand variation first or the wall squat variation.
Standing Wall Push Up
This easier alternative to floor push-ups still strengthens the chest, abdominal, arm and shoulder muscles, making it easier to complete everyday tasks. Increase the angle when you are ready to make it more challenging.
Standing Wall Squats
Squats are a very useful exercise to make it easier to get up from a chair, off the toilet and out of bed. If this is difficult, try the sit-to-stand variation first or if too easy, do the supported squat variation instead. It can also be helpful if you have one-sided weakness, like after a stroke.
Judith Meer, PT, DPT, PRPC, CSCSDoctor of Physical Therapy
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