Protect Your Back When Getting Out of Bed

Roll Onto Your Side

To achieve the rolling, let gravity help you. The key to this is to avoid intentional tightening of your back or ab muscles.

_{Sources:
Kisner, C., & Colby, L.A. (2002). Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques.Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.
Hage, M. (2005). The Back Pain Book. Atlanta, Ga. Peachtree Publishers.}

• Getting Out of Bed In the Morning
• Bend Your Knees
• Roll Onto Your Side
• Push Yourself Up to Sitting
• Getting Ready to Stand Up
• Bend Forward from the Hips
• Straighten to Come Up
• Feet Together