WOW! "PROPS to 'Neurofit' (my gym)!"

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The staff there EMPHASIZE to me the IMPORTANCE of "breaking-down" the standing-process into "steps".

For example:

1) Be calm.  BREATHE.

2) Look around to make sure I have SUFFICIENT room.

3) "NOSE over TOES"  

(Lean forward and bend down, before I use my LEGS to push myself to a standing-position.  (... "It's ALL physics."--ongoing joke with my trainer) (... = ANGULAR MOMENTUM)

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... Now, EVERY TIME I have to GET INTO or GET OUT OF my wheelchair, I INSIST on doing the MAJORITY of the work MYSELF--using the above HELPFUL tips!