Getting Out of the Bathtub | Knee Pain, Hip Pain, Back Pain, Weakness 

The video is helpful for what you can use to get in or out of the tub but you should show people how to stand up from the sitting position. Especially if you are not allowed to put weight on your knees after a Total Knee Replacement Surgery. I have had both my knee Replacement Surgeries 4 months apart. This would be helpful 🙂. Otherwise great video. 👍

I keep to know how to get in the tub not just out. Thanks!

i really needed to see you stand

Oh my goodness this is just what I needed! Thank you!!!🥰😍🤩

Thank you so much for sharing this!!!

Looking at your video again, I wonder if you plan to consider producing another version that takes into account those bathtubs that don't have any kind of ledge at the wall. The tub you're in has three separate levels that someone can use, but I've never seen one like that.

Thank you. I have been having knee problems and haven't ben able to get in and out of the tub. I miss it. I have the bar already for my son, but he still struggles. I thunk the cushion will be a game changer for both of us. You could use it doing the opposite to get down as well.

Thanks!! This had just the right information for my situation. I will definitely buy those items. And thank you for showing the jetted tub. It’s just like the one I have!! Great video!!

Thanks, that was helpful.

I think you may have saved my life. I have not been able to take a sit-down bath for years! I’m so tired of wishing and hoping for a new house with a walk in sit down bathtub! 😊

This was great information thank you very much. I've got them both ordered. now, do you have a video you could refer me to how to get in and out of the bathtub with weak shoulder pain or upper back pain

Thanks for a helpful video. I’m struggling with hip pain and have been advised to take soaking baths, but I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to get out. I’m going to try both these devices.

Excellent! I'm adding a master bathroom with a drop in tub and realize I will certainly have difficulty getting out since I have very bad knees. These tips are invaluable. Thanks!

I'm 51 taking care of an 81 year-old mother and I wanted to say you had a really great content that suits both of us

THANKS! SURE HELPS!

Thank you. My mother is 86 and we just replaced her bathtub. Problem is - it is a little deeper and she is very concerned she cannot use it independently (without me helping her). And your video is PERFECT for her independence. I am here - but she wants the ability to bathe on her own.

A child's booster seat cushion will also work and they tend to be a little thicker because I think a cushion that's around 3" it won't help a lot if a person's knees are bad, you really have to be able to bend your legs good and bring them together to be able to push up on your feet so the thicker a cushion is the better it will be.

A different video says that those tub side grab bars could crack a fiberglass tub if they are tightened too much or if someone grabs onto it to stop a fall. That video says not to use these grab bars on fiberglass tubs.

Thanks for the video. I need instructions on the best way to safely get into the tub.

Need some suggestions on how to get out of tub if you have a frozen shoulder. Mine is on my dominant side and poses so many problems.

Helpful video! How would this work with a claw foot tub?

Thank you!!!!!!!!!

Thank you! I can't kneel, and both these ideas might help.

Thanks. I have found to flip over to bands and knees and then using the sides to help push myself up is the best way. There is less risk of falling backwards and I use my wrung out washcloth (no soap) as an extra slip prevention for outside of tub. That grab bar looks sturdier than k thought they were. I just had two grab bars installed at both ends of my tub to assist stepping out at the non drain end where I usually get out and one at faucet/drain end just outside the shower tile on both ends. The drain end bar is installed to assist post knee replacement. I already have arthritis in back and hands and neck. I am very nervous about how I will get my non bendy knee over the tub side to get in and being safe with less space while using a bath chair (temporarily). I have a knee surgery on right leg and enter with left leg to face the faucet so wondering how to get right leg over the side of the tub with limited space when using the chair and also how to get out safely when my leading leg will be painful and weaker. The side railing you show seems helpful and the end bars I have are vertical. Any ideas for safe entry and exit post op knee replacement over a tub side to a bath chair? Showering is hard for me so not a great option.

thank you. I had a hip replacement. How did you get in and sit?

Thank you because I'm struggling with a sore knee and gaining extension. Soaking in the tub is really effective but then getting out of the tub is a nightmare. Trying to get OT help from the doctor is tough and they must think my arms are Arnold Swartzneger strong because I can't lift myself up to get to the edge. This should help me a lot. Thank you so much.

Wonderful help

Thank you! 😍

Great 🎉thanks!!

I had a hip replacement and that clamp-on grab bar is a godsend. While I don't use it for taking a bath, getting in and out of the shower is not a worry for me anymore.

Thank Youuuuuu

I see you didn't show how to stand. To put that under your but by a heavy disabled person is impossible !!

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I Love the tub grab grab bar! But still can't get into a standing position to get out of the tub. Tried pulling, pushing & all that. Stuck sitting in a tub!

I like the bath pad idea, presumably they come in different heights? Would be useful to have a price guide - items under £50, £50-100, and so on so people can see can try lower cost items and then maybe go up. I've found I only needed a smaller and lighter bath seat (with the right bath mat) is needed to help me come up from a lying down position to sitting up, then to sit on the seat, then a stool outside after rotating my body around to the floor. I have to do things slowly or I can easily become disoriented in where my body is. Especially after being in a very different physical, mental and emotional position and state for say 20 mins and with the warmth and humidity of the room. I imagine the latter factor (orientation and sensory issues) may affect many more people can the obvious group you'd think of when considering bath aids (older people and those with physical impairments). I am autistic, hence the need to take into account the changing sensory environment of getting in and out of a shower. People with learning disabilities may have similar challenges.

I have a cultured marble bath/shower combo but the tub is oval shaped garden style with slanted sides. I tried a similar device to the one you feature but it could not grip the slanted tub front. How would you suggest installing a permanent grab bar on the wall to assist me in pulling myself up from a bath? Horizontal? What height? Thanks, I enjoy your videos.

Yes but we want to c u doing it

I have really bad knees I can't bend my legs together very good so I have quite a bit of trouble getting in and out of the bathtub but what I've come up with is the step stool idea, for me the back of my bathtub does not have a lot of edge but for being skinny like I am I'm able to get my butt on it a bit and then I lower myself onto a step stool and then from there I lower myself down onto a thick pillow but the lower I go down when I'm holding the sides of the bathtub it does make my shoulders a bit achy but I think instead of using the pillow I'm just going to buy a 2-step plastic step stool and maneuver my body down into the tub that way. Depending on how a person's shoulders are it can be a little uncomfortable when you're holding the sides of the tub and lowering yourself down in.

Try a plastic folding step stool that when not in use can be stored next to the tub. Just slide it under your bum and hoist yourself onto the top of the stool and push up using upper body strength and the side of the tub. You can get very fashionable grab bars that can be installed on the tile side of the tub.

How would this work for someone with nerve damage in both legs and back

Where can I buy a cushion like that?! Really need one!

I wonder if it’s safe for your back if you use it on a hard chair.

Where is the link to buy these products?

Thanks,for video

How do you get out of a tall tub

Knee replacement..can only use right side..how do I get out of

Can you use this on a fiberglass tub

The cushion is too heavy and too large for my standard tub. Need to return it.

The cushion is a genius idea!

I sprained my ligament and thought I couldn't ever sit to bath again! Thank you for your knowledge and recommendations.

My grab bar will slip, I weigh 140. I'm very careful, it still slips. I use gardening knee pads for women after draining water. Velcro and fast drying too. I hang in on towel rack. Also a shower chair with a hand held.shower on low. Stay seated after rinse off and dry hair and body with towels. Drop towels to dry area around the shower bottom etc. Have clothes in bathroom. Sometimes I wash my hair in the sink if I feel shaky I then take a quick shower from the.neck down, while wearing glasses to see. Hope it helps someone.

I don’t think this would suffice getting out of a narrow deep claw foot tub

How do you modify tub bar for claw foot tub?

Where do bye these 2 pieces? And how much are they?

But we never see you actually get out of the tub! I'd have thought that the most important aspect of a video about how to do it. Fortunately, someone else has posted a video showing exactly how to do it, and without the necessity for buying and installing a piece of equipment.

There's equipment to help get in and out of tub. . Choose was best to use for your independent bathing.. . There's an automatic elevator lift . .There's benches for tub. . Do research on utube.

I love laying down in the hot water so the whole bathtub chair to sit on and bathe that way doesn't appeal to me because of liking laying down. I'm so not a shower person so it really takes being creative to come up with some ideas when you're by yourself to get yourself in and out of the bathtub. I've had a couple of slips where I've hurt myself a bit so what I do now and I think a lot of people should if they're by themselves is to unlock your door take your phone with you into the bathroom that way if something happens you can call and emergency people will be able to get in and help you.

Impossible !!!

There are no links to buy the cushion or the grab bar.

There's toilet seats called drive . By same name as Manuel wheel chairs. . It's a thick plastic toilet seat . .you put on top of regular toilet seat.

With these type of problems . .a low standard size tub and toilet can cause more injury to persons dealing with issues.. . Its not enough putting bars around a toilet to lift up. . You can injury your arms more. . If you have a hard time lifting up. . . ." You need a thick plastic toilet seat to put on top of regular toilet seat.

Where do you purchase the cushion

Also, I had one of those bars and it put a great big huge hole in the side of my tub I don't recommend them at all.

Great demonstration but they never tell you how much these things cost

I have atheritse on my right knee I can't even bend it hurts I haven't took a bath In a while

That's my bathtub and it's deep.

It appears the only folks who receive responses here are those who thank or praise you. All the questions go unanswered. Not very helpful, but maybe that's not the goal here.

I just knew, early on, that you weren't actually going to follow through and show yourself using the grab bar to get out of the tub. Everyone loves to talk about what is good for someone else, but when it comes to actual doing, they stop short and don't complete the job. I appreciate the info on the cushion. I will suggest that. But I am suspicious of that screw-on assembly. Were you afraid that it wouldn't hold up? Then you shouldn't recommend it.

Why didn’t you put a person with a disability and do what you explain? It’s easy to say

You are young, and you have not hip operation, you are just talking and talking 😢