Are having stairs in your home good for your health?

[jhwkr542]

I don't see how you could possibly climb your stairs at home enough to justify it being exercise. Unless you're dedicating 30 mins to just going up and down them...

[TheDangerZone]

Not if you slip and fall down an entire flight of them like I did on Monday morning. Bruised my tailbone pretty good. Had a busy OR day lined up too, might be the first and only time I wished I didn't have to sit to operate.

[burritos]

Intentionally try to sprint up the stairs whenever possible. Though have slipped and in the back of my mind worry about giving myself a lisfranc. My daughter is growing out of this, but from time to time my 12 y/o will let me carry her up. Figure it's good resistance. If my kids haven't done any exercise, I make them go up and down in 20 times.

[childay]

Everyone has a plan until they fall and get a hip fracture?

[FIREshrink]

My friend custom built a 3 story home worth ca $600k then, $800k now. I told him to put in a $30k elevator and he scoffed. Since then he's had abdominal surgery and spent several weeks sleeping in the garage level study rather than his master bedroom, and a nother week after an ankle sprain.

We live in a single story ranch. I prefer to get my steps on the trails and sleep in my own bed at night.

[StarTrekDoc]

Missed last two steps one night two years ago while letting the dog out. Grade 3 sprain and still talks to me every morning.

That prompted a move to first floor primary bedroom.

Made about 500k with that decision....though have a larger mortgage now and even more house . But it's a nice house

[Anne]

My parents are in their mid 70s, no sig medical issues, and have only a half bath on their first floor. Laundry is in the death trap aka basement and all bedrooms and showers are on the second floor. My mom is adamant about not leaving. I think they would be active with or without the stairs though, they are just active people.

[CordMcNally]

I'm mid 30s and my motivation to get up off the couch and go upstairs couldn't be lower most nights. I'm actually not sure if having a first floor master would change that much, though.

[Hatton]

I had a house with stairs most of my life. I now have bonus space only upstairs. I think the reason people want a one story house is knee and hip problems that come from aging.

[burritos]

Assuming you don't fall down them(which I have without injury thank goodness). From time to time I will hear about how as you get older people seek single story homes to be able to get around. But doesn't having stairs and using them regularly help keep you out of that debilitative bandwidth?