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Sitting With a Walker (Weight Bearing)

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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.


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5 steps in sitting with a walker (weight bearing)

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