Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
When doing exercise you should listen to your pain levels, especially in the early stages. You may find that these exercises increase your symptoms slightly in the beginning. However, they should get easier over time and, with regular practice, can help to improve movement in the knee.
Introduction. The purpose of this leaflet is to provide you with some general advice about how to manage your knee pain and some simple exercises to help you achieve this. You may be sent this leaflet while waiting for you physiotherapy appointment.
Sit on the floor with your legs straight out in front. Place a large rolled up towel under the injured knee. Pull toes towards your body, tighten the thigh muscles and lift the foot up until the knee locks straight. Do not lift the thigh off the rolled up towel.
This leaflet gives advice and exercises to help you manage your knee pain. If you have any queries after reading it, please discuss with your physiotherapist or contact the physiotherapy department on 0118 322 7812
The exercises and advice in this leaflet will help you to recover the movement in your knee, reduce swelling and ease the pain. If you are unable to put any weight through your injured knee, or if it ’locks’ (unable to straighten or bend your knee), or symptoms are not improving, ask your GP for advice or phone 111.
Exercises for Osteoarthritis of the Knee. This exercise information has specific exercises to help maintain your joint range of movement and strengthen muscles around your knee. When attempting the exercises it is important to perform them with a good technique.
When the pain is under control, you can start to do some gentle exercises to keep your knee moving and build your strength back up. It’s important to get the right balance between rest and exercise, but resting for too long could mean your recovery takes longer. As well as the exercises on this sheet, walking can be helpful for your knees.
This knee rehabilitation exercise program focuses on strengthening the muscles that support your knee to help reduce stress on your knee joint. Strong muscles help your knee joint absorb shock.
complete specific exercises to target the muscles to help protect the knee joint. Below is a selection of possible exercises that are designed to strengthen the muscles at your hip knee and ankle to help improve your pain. You will need to perform these exercises regularly to see improvement.
Website: www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/couch-to-5k-week-by-week. Make training more fun. Vary your exercise in different ways, to train other parts of your body. This is termed ‘cross training’ and is a valuable method of reducing injury by distributing the loads placed upon your body.