When people have a tight psoas (also known as the deep hip flexor), their glutes (butt) and abdominals often aren’t strong. The body then makes compensations – and one of them involves using your hands to get up out of a chair !

I recommend starting with standing/sitting this way 5 times in the morning, and 5 times in the evening. Add in through the day when you think about it. With time, your body will start to stand up properly without needing to think about it !

Sit on a chair.

Move your hands away from your body and chair. Engage your abdominal muscles. Then, use your gluteus muscles (your butt) to stand up.

Keep your abdominals engaged and hands away from the body and chair. Brace your thighs a little. Slowly sit down in a controlled way.

And repeat ! until it’s a (good) habit.

MODIFICATION – if using these muscles is really really hard, then use a chair with armrests. Use the arm rests to help support you a little – they can take some of the pressure off (but the goal is to not completely rely on them !)