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Some of you may be interested in a system my husband and I have developed for helping him rise from bed or chair at times when he is rigid. It works very easily, and is EASY also on the back of the caregiver! I'll try to describe it as clearly as possible without diagrams--- I (caregiver) stand on his right side, facing him, with my own right leg extended back,left bent. He takes ahold of my right arm above the elbow, and I take ahold of his right arm in the same way, so the strain is on both upper arms. As I straighten my left leg,I pull on his arm, and he on mine, and he rises "magically" and smoothly to standing position. It really works! I hope the explanation is fairly understandable. We've used it many times and no back pain yet :-) When he's in bed, of course, he has to get his feet doen before we can do this maneuver, but it works then also. "Try it, you'll like it"----Camilla and Peter Flintermann, Oxford, OH