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Will have to try this, thanks, my low blood pressure is often an issue when getting up!

Or, after you squat, you'll feel even more lightheaded and fall down.

Yeah, this is horrible advice. The change standing up from sitting is less than the change standing up from squatting.

The best advice is to sit back down and wait a second. Two seconds is a long time when you're about to pass out.

Just clench your core muscles. Like you’re trying to shit, but instead of poop, you’re pushing blood to your brain.

Sounds like this should be in shitty life pro tips.

Don’t do this. I don’t feel like typing out the entire reason why this is a really bad idea. Just don’t.

This is an even worse idea. Omg you guys.

I have an injury that makes it so if I stand up too fast I'll just pass the fuck out. It's gotten a lot better with yoga and neck exercises.

Squatting (and staying there) with your legs spread automatically helps with bloodflow. This is what we would do in boxing class when heart rate getting too high.

but I like the rush... I take a moment to enjoy it.

All the blood rushes to you thighs……. No!!!!!!!!!!

And then.. have a heart attack…….. who’s giving this advice? Kavorkian?

Some people take blood pressure meds or have low blood pressure and will stumble or be dizzy or fall over. This is not for them

Always looking for more good neck exercises - any recommendations?

This is the real LPT.

Same. It makes my head feel warm too.

This is called orthostatic hypotension (translation: standing up low blood pressure). It started for me in my 50s, a couple of times I fainted and fell down after standing up, until I learned to detect it--you have a couple of seconds warning. If you can't sit down right away, just lean over with hands on knees, that's better than squatting because it gets your head down to the level of your heart right away.

Or, you have orthostatic hypotension and need to see a cardiologist.

This feels like an All-American LifeProTip. Don’t see the doctor, it costs too much ! Do a squat instead !

Can also be caused by low blood pressure when changing positions; orthostatic hypotension.

The trick there is to 'bear down' and exhale slowly and forcefully through pursed lips when standing. This raises the BP just enough to *usually* avoid the head rush. This can be pivotal for at-risk populations.

Source: worked in Cardiac Rehab a long time

How is clenching your core muscles a bad idea? You sound dumb.

this is anemia? didn’t know this. i usually cant see when i stand up too quickly.

I did. Woke up on the floor in a pool of my own blood after hitting my head on the table corner.

LPT: be careful with underqualified medical advice

Real tip... take long deep breaths instead. Absorb oxygen.

I dunno, I just duck my head down for 2 seconds and I’m good.

how is this that much different from what OP recommended? you’re both basically saying to sit back down. Besides, if you go to squat on the floor and pass out, you’re basically on the floor anyways.

the only gripe i have is many ppl probably cant just squat because we’re fat or old or both, in which case your recommendation would be superior.

Am I the only one who actually enjoys the headrush?

The next time you’re lightheaded after standing up and every single time after that, I strongly encourage you and all of your kin to prove just how dumb I am. I dare you. Cmon.

Uh, I get the dizzy lightheaded feeling FROM getting up from a squatting position. This does not seem like good advice!

They often come hand in hand, yes! Anemia can often cause low blood pressure, which is a factor. I have the same. Easy tips that I find helpful.

• iron supplements. I personally try to eat iron rich foods, but when I'm not getting enough, I have supplements as well. I recommend looking for ones that are low-dose/easy on your digestion, because otherwise iron supplements may cause constipation.

• drink more water! I find the vision failure happens more often when I haven't had very much water.

• if lying down, try to sit up for a moment before standing, instead of just jumping to your feet.

• if dizziness comes along with the lack of vision, don't push through it, stop and sit back down... Even on the floor. Fainting because you were trying to "power through it" is embarrassing, stupid, and needlessly risky. Just give yourself a moment.

There might be some truth in this, but I would advise that the smartest thing to do is to brace yourself/sit down/go to the ground.

I have a history of passing out. I dont fuck around anymore. If I feel faint, I hit the ground with a knee and a hand. Head trauma is not something to fuck around with.

You’re possibly having a heart attack. Quick…do a squat and you’ll be fine.

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This is the dumbest advice Ive ever seen. Listen to your body people! Stay safe, take things slow if you're feeling dizzy. Sauce: my medical degree.

Same, it looks weird from the outside, but it saves my ass (or head) more often than I'm comfortable with

I think I've had this since ever, just got used to it and can feel it coming and I adjust to it. Any issues associated with this?

Life pro tip: STOP and put your head down between your legs. Squatting sounds risky.

I'm no doctor but my doctor told me I just have to be careful. If it's a new condition then it would be worth checking with a doctor in case it points to a problem. See https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/orthostatic-hypotension/symptoms-causes/syc-20352548

If I squat down I'm going to be stuck in that position until either I fall over or someone helps me up.

Or you will fall over …

It's also beneficial backwards, to use that technique to stand up. Starting from a sitting position, put your hands on your knees, lean forward and slowly stand. To be extra safe, pause half way, in that head-at-heart level, before fully standing.

Just get in the habit of standing that way and I haven't had a light headed spell in years. People I know who get them shoot up from sitting down and it makes me cringe.

Or passed out on the floor.

As a physical therapy student, if you know you're going to be lightheaded/dizzy when you stand up, I would recommend doing some ankle pumps (like you're pressing on the gas pedal), seated marches (lifting each leg into the air while seated, one at a time), and/or leg kicks (kick one leg out a time). This can help get your blood flowing and (hopefully) avoid such symptoms from standing up. A squat like OP recommends probably works fine too, but my concern is a risk of falling over and maybe getting hurt if you get dizzy then do a squat. Depends on your symptoms and condition of course.

Also if this is happening to you all the time and it negatively affects you, please consider going to a Physical Therapist or your physician to get it checked out!

Look into POTS, it's a condition that contains this symptom and a host of others. There's a great community that can give you insight about it if it fits for you

The OP is suggesting you go further down than you were before. If you were sitting on the floor, sit back on the floor. If you were sitting on a chair, sit back on the chair.

I have Orthostatic Hypotension and the OP's advice is about as wrong as it gets.

I have it. It's not always a condition which requires a cardiologist. I also have Athletic Bradycardia when I'm in shape and that's a bad combination of things to have.

It isn't. I was going to report it, but couldn't find a rule it violated. Enough people either have Orthostatic Hypotension or POTS I knew the negative comments would handle it.

It's not a blood oxygenation problem. My O2 saturation is usually 98 percent.

There's an autonomic response to standing which can be defective in some people. When someone with that problem stands, the blood pressure in their skull rapidly declines. When the blood pressure in the skull is too low, O2 can't exchange with CO2.

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Had it since I was a teenager, not really sure if it's anything, just lightheaded if I get up sometimes.

Extra LPT: Don't try to wait it out standing up. When I was young I passed out from one of these and bashed my head pretty fucking bad on the way down.

To stop them, it is better to just sit back down. If you can't sit then yeah just partially squat and bend over resting your arms on your legs with your head lowered.

but I like the free buzz

If a light-headed person goes to squat down they might fall over, especially an older person. I have orthostatic hypertension and I just have to get up slowly and wait 2 seconds before I start walking to make sure I'm okay. No big deal.

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Ive had this condition my whole life and outside of being annoying it's never been an issue. I get bloodwork done every three months and it's never been brought up. I also get my blood pressure taken and its never come up. Ive asked doctors about it because my fainting spells were freaking my wife out, and they said it wasnt a huge deal.

All you have to do is flex your abdominal muscles. It works

Bruhhhh wait I get head rushes every time I stand up too quick and I'm not even twenty. Is this a vitamin issue?😅 I've always had this

Thanks, that's reassuring. I've never had health issues, aside from this annoying "condition".

Oh okay POTS says it's a fluids and salt issue Definitely checks out

I think this whole thread is full of people proving how stupid you are, multiple times, on a daily basis.

You’d probably know that if you’d just squeeze some blood into your fat head.