How do you avoid bed sores and poor circulation in feet from sitting in recliner all day?

My mother-in-law was always in a recliner and fortunately never got any bedsores. It was always a struggle to get her up and moving. She only got up for bathroom breaks and dinner. (She had lung problems and would get very breathless) Getting an in home physical therapist helped a lot but she would go back to her old ways after the 2 months was up. We tried making her drink more water so she would have to get up more frequently. Also doing leg lifts and circles in the chair helped with circulation issues.

RainMom, HRT has its own set of dangerous side effects, as the Women's Health Initiative demonstrated. HRT is another example of potentially toxic side effects from meds.

I never even thought about meds made from horse urine; it was more the torture those poor pregnant mares endured because of greedy pharmaceutical company management. They should have been out in the pasture with other horses, interacting, socializing and living a normal life, not cooped up in stalls and standing for hours on end.

You might try one of the little exercise devices that's like the pedals of a bike. It can rest on a table for arm use (need to clamp it to the table to be safe) or put on the floor and the person can pedal with feet while still sitting.

Google "pedal exerciser" to see what they look like. You can get one for as low as about $18, including from Target.

I don't think it provokes as much circulation as walking would do, but it does provide some circulation since the entire leg up to the thigh is involved.

She can also do some of the heel and toe lifts (think ballet releves) during which the heel is repeatedly raised for a given number of counts, then the toes are raised. Or walking can be simulated with alternate toe and heel raises.

In a hospital they sometimes distribute rabbit skin/fur to place under contact points. Regular massage helps. Electric massage devices (handheld and built into cushion style) can be used.

No No to the rabbit skin. I have pet rabbits and you don't want to hear about the way they are mistreated. Most facilities use fleece that works fairly well.

i got a roho cushion, they are filled with air, so the pressure can be adjusted, helps a LOT

Yes, Jessebelle, I really do want to hear how your pet rabbits are mistreated, but I don't believe you would do that. What did you do now, take away one of their carrots?

I am with Michael on this, and not just because he is a guy. His suggestion of massage is perfect! With diabetes, make sure it is gentle.
I would also take a warm wash cloth and clean the feet and ankles, even up the calf/leg, again, rubbing gently.

Send, Jessie is a kind hearted person and would never mistreat her rabbits. The wording of her comments might have been misinterpreted.

I think she's referring to the shocking abuse to which rabbits are put by the scientific community during tests of lotions and other "beauty" products. Female horses have also been mistreated for years in order to make Premarin.

(Once, for about six months each year during their pregnancies, Delilah, Sydney and Bonnie stood tethered in concrete-floored stalls too narrow to turn around in, hooked to bags to collect their urine at a Canadian "PMU" farm. The Pregnant Mare Urine, which contains estrogen, was used by Pfizer to manufacture a hormone replacement drug called Premarin)

http://www.humanesociety.org/news/magazines/2015/03-04/premarin.html

GardenArtist - I toughed out menopause the old-fashion way - no hormone replacement therapy, for just that reason. I find it impossible to believe women should be ingesting medications with horse urine in it! Maybe I'm overly picky, but - ewww!