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As we get older, the act of standing up from a sitting or lying down position becomes more difficult.
“Standing requires both leg strength and power,” says Rachel Prusynski, an assistant professor of physical therapy at the University of Washington and a spokesperson for the American Physical Therapy Association. “Everyone gets weaker as we age because our muscles start to lose mass, especially the large muscles in our legs that we use to stand.”
