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Squat or sit.

 
 
 
My wife is pretty short, and she swears by our "Squatty Potty" (foot stool) to get her knees up sufficiently.
I am quite tall, and my legs naturally reach the bathroom floor with my knees adequately high for a smooth move.
The squatty pottie is designed such that it conforms around the contour of the base of the toilet, so it pushes back (almost) entirely out of the way when not in use.

Info on the product here: http://www.squattypotty.com/
 
any stool-type-thing would work. What I like about the squatty pottie is its contoured shape, molded to the base of any regular toilet. It slides out of the way when not in use.
 
Schrodinger's Outlaw said:
Why don't you just get rid of the toilet?
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In case the elderly visit. Many people through illness, or, most commonly, lack of exercise can not squat properly when they get old. So much so that it frequently requires special exercise to avoid becoming a quality of life issue.
 
EricB said:
Schrodinger's Outlaw said:
Why don't you just get rid of the toilet?
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In case the elderly visit. Many people through illness, or, most commonly, lack of exercise can not squat properly when they get old. So much so that it frequently requires special exercise to avoid becoming a quality of life issue.
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Not mention the smell. Not only does the toilet mean easily flushing the shit down into the sewer, but the water in the toilet bowl and the bend pipe below it act as a barrier to the odors that would otherwise come up and out of the pipe.
 
Maybe you can replace the standard sized toilet with one that is shorter (where the seat is closer to the floor). Sounds like it should become the new standard, as it would provide additional health benefits through change in body position and retain a semblance of comfort for those in need of a few more minutes.
 
I don't want to be too much of a contrarian here, but, as usual, when the young speak they think it's the final answer when it isn't.

I have a right height toilet and it works very well for me, a six foot something mid septuagenarian. Mope instructive are the even taller toilets in handicapped restrooms. My experience is that knees bent leaving less than ninety degrees for stand up work better than some flex routine needed for the lower positioned pots.

just ole just sayin'
 
I'm with fdi. Not that old, but for the last 6 years my femurs haven't been on speaking terms with my tibiae(?)

A box that can be positioned for use with a "normal" toilet sounds like a good idea, the best of both worlds, but a kinder sized toilet would result in me never leaving the place unless I was prepared to roll onto the floor and then get to my feet the hard way.
 
My mother twigged to the squattypotty idea a year or two back and subbed a small stool she already had for the purpose. Said small plastic foot stool slides into the cupboard beside the throne when not needed.
She is an octogenarian and says that the use of the stool does indeed facilitate her body functions as she tends toward constipation both genetic predisposition and by the fact that she eats small volumes of food.

The squat position does promote better and more complete elimination for most people so by whatever practical means they may utilize, I am a proponent of the position. I can also appreciate that toilets of very low height
are a challenge in their own right for anyone but a young child. There is one such toilet in a building that I have occasion to visit and I make certain that I will NOT need to use it when I have occasion to go to that work site.
 
For me it all hinges on what mood my bowel is in. Sometimes I find myself standing straight-backed at the toilet waiting for that perfect moment, upon who's arrival I drop. Then again, once dropped I sometimes find myself straightening my back as it seems to aid complete elimination.

But, yah, that's another old fart extoling the virtues of a satisfying dump. Sometimes if I squat too soon it seems to lesson the urge.

So to each his own. In the end - pun intended - I find that the food I eat is the biggest factor in the whole dump thing.

And I never get the urge until I get out of bed. Probably some evolutionary selection there. But once standing it doesn't take long before we're visiting the porcelain god for another sacrificial offering.
 
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