‘Bungalow legs' (2.1)

LIFETIME HIP & KNEE

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#095: Avoid ‘Bungalow legs’

Is this the secret to living longer..?

Here's introducing the formal Sit-to-stand test:

(direct from our kitchen 😀)

Sit down and cross your arms
Set a timer for a 30 seconds
Stand up, sit down
Count..

We gave it a go in the other day..

(with our 4yr + 6yr old.. we all hit our age targets!)

Easy to do, Sit-to-stand measures..

How many times you can sit to stand in 30 seconds?

(with your arms crossed on each shoulder)

Give it a try..

Here's the average age group scores..

The Sit-to-stand test.. provides a simple profound insight into your health (BBC Health)

And for younger readers, another study of 7000 x 20–24-year-olds showed:

- 25 or 50/minute for men

- 24 or 47/minute for women.

Okay, so it’s not as simple as do this test and live longer! But the implications are super interesting..

6x more likely..

One further study in 2012- of 51- to 80-year-olds- found those ‘who scored low on the test were 5x to 6x more likely to die over the next 6 years (than those who scored high).

BUT I prefer to write that the other way around..

Score HIGH and you’re 5x to 6x LESS likely to die.

Jugdeep Dhesi, a consultant geriatrician at Guy's and St Thomas' explained..

"You want to avoid 'bungalow legs' [i.e. weak legs from living in a single-storey home]
“..essentially you want to make sure you can carry on going up and down stairs using those muscles, maintaining your balance, and remaining independent..”

We know higher activity levels and strength lead to better outcomes for those of us with hip or knee pain.

Check back to Newsletter #009 for that evidence from 10,000 people.

So, could it be that our hips and knees are trying to tell us something..?

Guiding us on how to live longer. Perhaps..

All we have to do is listen 👊

Next week

One more look at sit-to-stand

(I love this next bit of research) 👏👏

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