7 Advantages To A Sit To Stand Chair
- chelsie462
- Apr 3
- 5 min read
This article is a transcribed, edited summary of a video Bob and Brad recorded in June of 2024. For the original video, go to https://youtu.be/JPhdAyrSwCg
Mike: Sit-to-stand chairs or recliners are becoming more popular amongst elderly people.
Brad: So we're going to talk about the seven advantages you get with the sit-to-stand chair. I'm intimately involved with these as both my brother and I bought our parents a sit-to-stand chair each in the later years of their life, and it really helped their function throughout the day, and they're very comfortable.
Mike: Now, a lift chair is essentially just a recliner with motors attached to it. So you can recline all the way like normal, or you can actually get up in a standing position.
Brad: That's right. These chairs are very nice and equipped. The motors on this are very quiet, and this chair happens to be a FlexiSpot. What's the model number?
Mike: Flexispot XL6.
Brad: That's right. We're going to use this to demonstrate, but they're all pretty similar to the same features as this. We'll go through them in detail.
Mike: So the first advantage of these chairs is that they make standing up a lot easier for people who are weak in the legs and want to stay independent. Now, as you can see, Brad is going up. This is going to make it easier for him to stand up. Now you don't want to go max all the way up just because it's super easy. You still want your leg muscles to work. So go to the optimal height for you where you're still working, but it helps you get up.
Brad: Right, it's all about safety with these chairs. They're solid. The nice thing about these components is that there are actually two motors. There are two jacks, one for lifting your legs and a separate one for lifting the chair up, so you get maximum power and good reliability.
Mike: Another advantage is that this allows some individuals to actually stay independent wherever they are living. We've personally worked with people, maybe in an assisted living, that couldn't get off a normal chair or couch and needed to be able to remain there. So having a lift chair like this allowed them to be independent still.
Brad: That's right. The next thing about these is elevating the legs. For people with poor circulation in their legs, edema, et cetera, this is great. You can elevate the legs, it's comfortable. It's nice to have the full cushion all the way through under the knees. And then you can also recline the back so that you can actually take a nap and sleep quite well.
Mike: So, a different benefit specifically for this chair is that it actually has heat and massage built into it. So it actually has eight different vibrating massage nodes, and it also has heat available in the lower back region.
Brad: That's right. And the controls are separate. There's one for the mechanics of lifting and going down with your legs, trunk, et cetera. And then the separate one controls the vibration massage, whether it's in your legs, your back, or your upper back. The heat has three different levels in the lumbar spine. I really do like that. It feels great on that. So it's all ready for you. Now, one of the best things about these chairs is you get all the benefits we've talked about at a really good price. Now we bought our chairs for my parents over about eight years ago, and they were over a thousand dollars each, and they did not have the massage or the heat on the lumbar back. This is only what is the price on this, Mike?
Mike: It's $489 for the medium version and $569 for the larger version.
Brad: It's a deal. The other two nice options that this chair comes with is a lumbar support pillow. You can put it right back in there if you need more support in that area, as well as a neck pad, which does adjust. It's all the way back now. There are three locations, you simply pull up and it locks there. I'm gonna go again. And the third one, and this is particularly important if you're all the way back and you need to have your head up a little bit to watch TV, for example, or something of that nature. There we go.
Mike: We need a TV in here.
Brad: If you're wearing microphones, it's not so convenient.
Mike: So the last benefit of this chair in particular is that it comes in two different sizes. So there is a medium size, which is for people 5'2 up to 5'9. It can handle up to 400 pounds. And the version we have here is the tall and wide version, which is for people 5'10 to 6'2, and can handle up to 440 pounds.
Brad: There you go. And the warranty for this product is three years on the frame. Two years for the electric motors, and that's very competitive.
Mike: So those are the seven advantages of using a sit-to-stand chair. If you want to focus on your leg strength, which is very important for getting from sitting to standing, check out our video "3 Leg Strengthening Exercises Every Senior Should Do."
Brad: Nice job, Mike. Excellent work, guys. Cameramen. Bob, thank you. Thanks for coming. Thanks for coming to my party.
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