Stairs. How do you go up and down stairs?

WindnSea said:
I really try to stretch things out at least twice a day. I have noticed some wierd popping noises when I try to squat all the way down, time is taking its toll on my boney knees.
Click to expand...

I was sitting at the breakfast table this morning eating and listening to the snap, crackle and pop.......everything was fine until I realized I *wasn't* eating Rice Crispies.
 

I live on the 9th floor. Sometimes I walk down to the lobby, to get some exercise. Not bad, but a little boring. At least on the treadmill at the gym, I can read a book.

Twice, I've walked all the way up: once, to see if I could do it, and once when the elevator was not working. (Down is a lot easier!)
 
Strength/technique person here, though once I get a little momentum behind me I like to keep it going. :)

One of my sons took a tumble down the basement stairs when he was a toddler, going all the way down from top to bottom. Thank goodness the stairs were wood, and him being made of rubber (courtesy of his age).

I had taught all of my kids from day one when they were young, NO going down the basement stairs by yourself. It was laundry day the day my son took his tumble. I had spent the morning going up and down the stairs, and wouldn't you know it, I dropped my guard for a minute, and straight for the basement stairs my son went, and down he went.

I heard the series of clunks and bangs, and the wailing that followed. I don't think my feet touched more than two stairs going down to fetch him in a panic. Amazingly enough, dear son had just scared the dickens out of himself, and once I established that he was alright, I grabbed hold of him by one arm, and as I was marching him back up the stairs, for every step he took, I landed a smart spank on his thickly-padded diapered bottom, all the way to the top.
 
QuickSilver said:
Rule of thumb for stairs.. If you have a bad leg.. for what ever reason.. It's always UP with the good leg first.... and DOWN with the bad leg first. Up with the good/Down with the bad.
Click to expand...
A few days after surgery for right knee replacement, at the top of some stairs my rehab guy said, "Step down with your good leg." So I stepped down using the leg without surgery. "No, no! Not that leg!" "Well isn't that my 'good' leg?!" He meant my "good" leg as the one that the knee had surgery. crazy. It all ended up fine, but I sure didn't see my knee transplant as the "good" leg. :)
 
hollydolly said:
Currently I have a back problem waiting for surgery in 5 weeks , but I still take the stairs one at a time straight up and down walking briskly holding the bannister unless my back is spasming so painfully I have to crawl up them on my knees...and then it seems like attempting to conquer Everest,...*yikes* but generally I run upstairs and run down them..no losing momentum.. just generally fit. ( except for the back at the moment)
Click to expand...
6 years on from this post of mine... I have to take stairs more carefully now due to my dodgy knee...I still go up fast but I'm more careful coming down.. definitely no running..
 
Even with old knee injuries I was eventually taking the stairs rather than the elevator everytime. But now it has come back to haunt me so I go up a few flights very slowly and carefully. I sure do miss sliding down the banister, though! :cool:
images.jpeg
 
Living on the 3rd floor of my apartment building, I have had to use the stairs a time or three when the elevator wasn't working.
And it is much easier to go down than up! .... 4 sets of stairs and two landings.

The exercise part of it is good, but when a dog is pulling at you, or having to carry groceries ... not fun!

... and then there is carrying a dog... lol
iu
 
Last edited:
Before going down the three steps that lead to my basement landing--no railings, I used to slide my basket of laundry down them. Then I'd slide the basket down the rest of the steps to the basement floor. And I'd then carefully walk down the steps while hanging onto their railing. Climbing the stairs is tough going. This all either from lack of adequate exercise, age, or from tiring leg tremoring, I don't know. My thoughtful daughter now washes my clothes. :)
 
Elsie said:
Before going down the three steps that lead to my basement landing--no railings, I used to slide my basket of laundry down them. Then I'd slide the basket down the rest of the steps to the basement floor. And I'd then carefully walk down the steps while hanging onto their railing. Climbing the stairs is tough going. This all either from lack of adequate exercise, age, or from tiring leg tremoring, I don't know. My thoughtful daughter now washes my clothes. :)
Click to expand...
I go up and downstairs here at the house probably 30 times a day or more... I want to move to a one storey house but my o/h is not shifting...
 

You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top