[jeffreygoesto]

Actually I wanted to reply to you. Now with your explanation I understand better and we have no disagreement in fact. Thank you!

I wish more care givers would learn kinaesthetics (speaking from my own experience). It makes transfers easier for both and you can help people in ways you never thought were possible.

[malauxyeux]

> I wish more care givers would learn kinaesthetics

If you know some good resources, please share!

[jeffreygoesto]

We have the luck to have some physios specialized to it in the vicinity. In Germany and some other European countries there is the Kinaesthetics Association [0], we contacted them for trainings nearby [1].

Amazing. This send to be a German/Suisse thing? Did not realize that until today.

The principle is to use the bones to carry weight and lots of pivots around natural joints so you don't need so much muscle force (while pivoting only to guide, not to lift).

An eye opening exercise was to sit as relaxed as possible on a chair and concentrate on what muscles you use when starting to stand up. You don't push up for a long time actually, but lean forward until the center of gravity of your whole body is above the rectangle your feet form. Only then you can start pushing up. Try it as slowly as possible and feel every single muscle participating.

So if you help a sitting person, don't try to pull up, but help leaning forward and find the point where the butt starts feeling "lighter". Then the person can concentrate on helping pushing up with the legs.

Also we worked in pairs to learn that you can synchronize your movements by feeling each other and the cared for person can feel the right moment to spent his/her precious muscle force and not work against you. Your tension starts a tiny moment before the actual movement and if that can be perceived, you can literally join your forces.

[0] https://www.kinaesthetics.net [1] https://www.kinaesthetics.de/trainerinnenliste.cfm