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    Sitting With a Walker (Weight Bearing)

    1. Back up until you can feel the chair on the back of your legs.

    2. Reach back for the chair with one hand, then the other. Do not pull on the walker.

    3. Slowly lower yourself into the chair.

    Step-by-Step

    5 steps in sitting with a walker (weight bearing)

    Online Medical Reviewer: Mahammad Juber MD
    Online Medical Reviewer: Marianne Fraser MSN RN
    Online Medical Reviewer: Trina Bellendir PT
    Date Last Reviewed: 3/1/2025
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    Southern New Mexico
    Surgery Center
    2301 Indian Wells Rd. Suite B
    Alamogordo, NM 88310
    www.snmsc.org

    Phone: 575.437.0890
    Fax: 575.437.0905
    Email: info@snmsc.org

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