{"id":143516,"date":"2023-09-26T15:02:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=143516"},"modified":"2023-09-26T15:02:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:02:05","slug":"biden-80-doing-balancing-exercises-wearing-sneakers-to-avoid-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/biden-80-doing-balancing-exercises-wearing-sneakers-to-avoid-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden, 80, doing balancing exercises, wearing sneakers, to avoid trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How Biden, 80, is trying to avoid ANOTHER trip: President is &#8216;doing balancing exercises with a physical therapist, wearing new sneakers to stop slipping and using shorter stairs&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Biden has taken more precautions against falling since he took a dramatic tumble at the Air Force Academy in June<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Polls show a majority of voters are concerned about his health\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>New report in Axios outlines measures being taken to help the president\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>President Joe Biden is doing balancing exercises, wearing sneakers and using the shorter stairs on Air Force One as he embarks on a new campaign: to avoid tripping and falling.<\/p>\n<p>The president, 80, has taken several stumbles in his nearly three years in office &#8211; falling while boarding Air Force One, tripping on various staircases, and taking a dramatic tumble at the Air Force Academy when he encountered a sandbag.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as polls show a majority of voters are increasingly concerned about his age,\u00a0Biden&#8217;s team is taking extra steps to prevent him from stumbling in public, Axios\u00a0reported,\u00a0betting that any mockery he receives will be worth it to avoid a public tumble.<\/p>\n<p>And there has been some mockery. The president broke the internet in July when he wore Skechers without socks before boarding Air Force One to head to a NATO\u00a0summit in Europe, with users fiercely debating whether or not bare feet were acceptable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the White House also has to deal with legitimate questions about the president&#8217;s health. Biden is the oldest president in American history and, if he wins a second term, would be 86 at its completion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/15\/75848027-12562031-image-a-10_1695737168017.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>President Biden wore sketchers without socks in July when he used the lower stair case of Air Force One to board the plane\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/15\/75847605-12562031-image-a-11_1695737175216.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Biden has taken more precautions to avoid tripping after his dramatic fall at the Air Force Academy in June\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden took to wearing sneakers and using the shorter stairs on Air Force One more frequently since tripping over a sandbag at the Air Force Academy&#8217;s graduation ceremony, leaving him sprawled on the ground and getting helped up by officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That smaller stair case &#8211; which goes into the belly of the 747 &#8211; is about half the size of the stair case that is used to access the upper part of the plane: 14 stairs versus 26.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The White House has said many factors go into deciding what stair case is used but didn&#8217;t detail the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t have any decision process to walk through,&#8217; White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters in June. &#8216;I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s a protocol that&#8217;s used for Air Force One. I just don&#8217;t have one.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She pointed to Biden&#8217;s annual physicals, arguing the administration has been transparent about the president&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>In both reports on Biden&#8217;s physicals, the president&#8217;s physician, Dr. Kevin O&#8217;Connor, noted the president has suffered from a &#8216;stiffened ambulatory gait.&#8217; Biden fractured his foot during the 2020 presidential campaign and had to wear a boot.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Connor recommended physical therapy &#8211; specifically &#8216;proprioceptive maintenance maneuvers&#8217; &#8211; and shoe orthotics to help with his walking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Proprioception training focuses on the\u00a0sense of body positioning in space and can involve balancing exercises, tai chi, and yoga.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who works out most mornings at the White House gym, has been doing balancing\u00a0exercises with Drew\u00a0Contreras, who was a physical therapist in the Army and worked with Barack Obama when he was in the White House.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/15\/75847553-12562031-image-a-12_1695737522831.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>President Biden has been wearing sneakers more &#8211; above he dons the casual footwear in September when exiting the White House with first lady Jill Biden<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/15\/75847577-12562031-image-a-13_1695737566979.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Biden also has been using the lower stair case of Air Force One more frequently &#8211; only 14 stairs compared to the 26 stairs on the bigger stair case<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also been wearing sneakers more since he tripped in June &#8211; a moment that went viral on the internet, causing the country to collectively wince and critics to pounce.<\/p>\n<p>White House spokesman Andrew Bates mocked the latest report on Biden&#8217;s footwear and physical therapy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Move over, tan suit!,&#8217; he wrote on X. &#8216;Can confirm: @POTUS is one of the millions of Americans with sneakers.\u00a0Notice that when others do the same, the media&#8217;s tone is different?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The president is not the only politician to wear the more casual shoes.<\/p>\n<p>There was a massive debate on men&#8217;s footwear in May, when Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, Senator Mitch McConnell, and House Democratic Leader\u00a0Hakeem Jeffries all wore sneakers in the Oval Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some commentators bemoaned the informality. Others defended a man&#8217;s right to wear the &#8216;dress sneaker.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But, behind the optics, is genuine concern about Biden&#8217;s advanced years. And Republicans are turning it into a political issue, often posting online videos that show Biden appearing to be lost or confused, stoking speculation about his health.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his physical stumbles, Biden has made verbal gaffes and, at times, struggled for words.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, on Take Your Child to Work Day, Biden appeared to forget how many grandchildren he had when he spoke to the children of White House staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, let me see. I got one in New York, two in Philadelphia \u2014 or is it three? No, three, because I got one granddaughter who is \u2014 I don&#8217;t know. You&#8217;re confusing me,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also couldn&#8217;t name the last country he had visited or his favorite movie.<\/p>\n<p>White House staff have defended the president as engaged and energetic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, O&#8217;Connor, in his last report on Biden&#8217;s health said the president was &#8216;fit for duty, and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/15\/75850721-12562031-image-a-14_1695737629348.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The White House defends President Biden as engaged and energetic. The president, a frequent bike rider, goes for a ride in Rehoboth in August\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/15\/40688250-12562031-Biden_s_first_stumble_as_he_bounded_up_the_stairs_of_Air_Force_O-a-14_1695739841830.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/15\/40688252-12562031-Biden_s_first_stumble_as_he_bounded_up_the_stairs_of_Air_Force_O-a-13_1695739841826.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>MARCH 2021: Biden&#8217;s first stumble as he bounded up the stairs of Air Force One. The White House blamed the wind for his struggles\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Multiple polls, however, have shown voters are worried about the matter. An NBC poll released on Sunday\u00a0found 74% of voters are concerned with Biden&#8217;s age as the country prepares for next year&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n<p>For all his stumbles and gaffes, at other times, the president has been sharp, quipping with the best of them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You say I&#8217;m ancient?&#8217; he said in April at the White House Correspondents dinner. &#8216;I say I&#8217;m wise.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12562031\/Biden-trip-sneakers-balancing-exercises-shorter-stairs-air-force-one.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Biden, 80, is trying to avoid ANOTHER trip: President is &#8216;doing balancing exercises with a physical therapist, wearing new sneakers to stop slipping and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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