Just wanted to add to exercise...if you put your arms out to the side and use them as a brace and balancer...it is much easier at first (bendiing and straightening your elbows to help you boost your bent up legs to the other side of the bed. It can even help you to get up as you learn to use the momentum generated. When you are ready to get up...just swing your feet over the side and push up at the same time with the arm on that side of the bed. ..this will sit you up. You can also do this with hands around the underside of your bent up knees. Just keep you shoulders flat as possible on the bed while doing this so you are just turning at the waist. It will really improve torso strength