Can you sit and stand up without using your hands

[splinter]

Kettle Bells are so versatile.
First thing I reach for in the gym (swings are a good starter).

Funnily enough (or not) when I got battered by Covid in 2021 I couldn't so stairs without getting out of breath (and having to stop). This went on for months (and I was running half marathons before I got Covid).
Felt like I was in my 90's.
Best thing that happened to me was getting a hip injury (Cartledge) and being told surgery wasn't an option. Instead I was told to join a gym to strengthen my core and start yoga/pilates.

Before this time my back was so shot (for a good few years). Sometimes hunched over and struggle to walk.
Took up running (against the advice of my GP) and started getting fitter (then the hip thing happened).
But since doing gym core work, yoga and pilates my body's gone back to the vitality and flexibility I had when I was young.
I'll never stop doing it now. It's purely habitual.

BTW - does the OP refer to standing up from sitting on the floor then getting up or when on a chair?

Off the floor

 

[splinter]

Try some yoga..its a game changer

 

[jacko74]

What's done ya knees in

Genetics mainly, lots of rheumatoid arthritis issues in my family, I've had 3 relatives had replacement knee ops that have all been complete failures and left them with more pain and less mobility than they had pre-op.

Although me being a postie for 20 years slogging up and down the hills of Glossop probably wasn't the wisest career choice with my family history!

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Been diagnosed with RA 3 weeks ago after 2 months of pain.

It started in my big toes, the pads of both feet (felt like I was walking on pebbles) and the outside sides of both feet. Over the last 11 weeks its moved in my hands, fingers, both knees, shoulders, neck and even my jaw.

Over the counter pain killers are a waste of space even full strength Naproxen, Ibreprofen, co codamol hardly touch it if at all. The Sulfasalazine I`m on, I believe can take up to 3 months to kick it.

I have since this started only been leaving the house to go to medical appointments.