Help me here, is tangled in your underwear a metaphor, colloquialism or good advice?

Regardless, it happened to me and I’m wondering. . . .Has this happen to you?

Let me start at the beginning. I lost my balance and things were getting scary. Fear of falling resulted in my sitting down to put my pants on. It was vertigo.

A physical therapist shook the crystals out and explained, that although poor balance is assumed to go hand in hand with aging, behavior changes are a huge factor and the root cause of my loss of balance.

She was right. I was holding on to kitchen counters, walked with my arm tucked under someone else’s and sat down to put my pants on.

She recommended an exercise program.

The good news; my balance was restored, and I set a goal to dress standing up and had success except when my toes got tangled in my underwear.

Pointing my toes provided mediocre results as did wearing socks.

It is a daily challenge, so here are a few tips:

1. Always have a bench or chair behind you.
2. Practice standing on one foot leaning against a counter or wall, first.
3. Graduate to standing on one foot with your eyes closed and then the other.
4. When you’ve mastered the above introduce the underwear; concentrate hard and one leg at a time . . . go for it.
5. Expect to wobble but refuse to fall-down.
6. Continue to do balance exercise, daily, for the rest of your life.

. . . just saying

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