I guess whatever makes it different matters.

Poangs are really comfy and easy to get out of.

LOL

This sounds very familar, so I'm laughing at me, too, Lucille!

I bought a cheap folding outdoor lounge chair so I could sit out in the sun & read when I was in MX. The darned thing was so low to the ground that I had to roll out of it onto the ground & then get up.

One afternoon when I was snuggled into the chair, there came a whoosh of water over the side of building about 2' from where I was sitting. There was guy up there sweeping water off the roof! I managed to exit the chair, none too gracefully, in record time. I must have been very engrossed in my reading because I had no clue anyone one was up on the roof.

I had to google to see what a "Poang" was.

I'd laugh -- but I can SO relate. LOL

My son has the Poang rocker. It's comfortable and easier to escape.

Try this seating position. :)

This will sound strange and not something that I would do if I have company but my right hip hurts for no real reason. I find sitting similar to the young woman but not with the legs crossed or with my left leg over the arm of my recliner makes me notice the ache less.

Before anyone starts giving suggestions it has been checked several times and by several methods and nothing "organic" has been found. Translation it is in my mind. My comment is more for anyone that may have pain in their hips to suggest that they try sitting like this.

Is that the rocker from Ikea? If so, my son had one and it was a pain to get out of! I loved it's rocking and would have bought it from him when he was getting rid of it, but it was just too low.

Exactly. The other one of the pair that I put much thicker cushions is fine, it sits higher. I had Poangs many years ago, no problem. But those days are gone.

maifleur -- I have back pain from spinal stenosis. (Lost 2" in height over two years.) Two things help me.

In bed, I lie on my back and pull my knees up to my chest, holding that for a minute, pulling hard to stretch my spine. If I then lower my legs slowly, trying to keep that 'stretch' going, and stay on my back for awhile.

My back will ache if I am not wearing Merrills shoes.

So funny, this happened to me just last week with a Poang at my house. I tried to get and thought what am I going to do know? Luckily my son was there to lend a helping hand. I am short and have bad knees. A Poang is not my friend.

mailer, like chose, I was going to suggest core exercises. For years my hip was bothering me. P.C. thought I had bursitis. Gave me a shot, that didn't help, put me on prednisone and after one day I was running up and down the stairs (I was much younger) but that only last a few weeks. I complained about it every time I got up from the bridge table. One day one of my friends said the doctor told her the same thing. Thought it was bursitis. Told her she had bursitis. Turned out she didn't have bursitis at all, nothing wrong with her hip, it was her back. Told me I should have an MRI. I thought, don't need an MRI, I know I have back problems so I began doing core exercises to strengthen my stomach muscles which support the back. Haven't had hip problems since.

Joann on line?

I did all kinds of exercises and therapies which ended up making things worse. I have had the pain for over 25 years and can mostly ignore it. It is only recently that I have found that sitting sideways or with one leg over the chair helps. Having a cat that wants to drape himself the way he wants helped me discover this position. It was that or claw marks as he slid off my chair.