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Keep Your Knee Healthy with These Exercises After Knee Replacement Surgery
The document provides a guide to exercises for maintaining knee health after knee replacement surgery, including ankle pumps, knee presses, leg raises, and heel slides. It outlines step-by-step instructions for each exercise, emphasizing the importance of performing them regularly and consulting with a doctor. Additionally, it encourages walking and engaging in everyday activities as part of recovery.
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Keep Your Knee Healthy with These Exercises After Knee Replacement Surgery
- 2. Table of Content AboutBrand Keep Your Knee Healthy with These Exercises After Knee Replacement Surgery 1. Ankle Pumps 2. Knee Presses 3. Leg Raises 4. Heel Slides Thank You
- 3. Ankle Pumps • Sitdown or lie down as per your comfort to do this exercise. • Bend and straighten the ankles slowly. • Try to keep your knees straight and toes pointed. • Keep moving the ankles (whole ankle, not just the toes) up and down.
- 4. Knee Presses • Liedown on your back and keep both your legs straight. • Keep a pillow underneath your leg. • Now hold your muscles tight and move your kneecap up and down. • Then hold your leg in the air for 5 seconds. • Now relax your thigh muscles. ▪ Note: practice this exercise only after discussing it with the c.
- 5. Leg Raises ▪ Liedown on your back. • Keep the operated leg straight, and bent the other one at 90° • Now lift your operated leg at 45° while keeping the thigh muscle tight. • Do it for 20 seconds and bring back the operated leg to its initial position.
- 6. Heel Slides ▪ Liedown and keep your legs straight. • No slide your heels up till your buttocks. • Keep your knee pointed upwards and try to bend as per your comfort level. • Keep a thick tray or cardboard underneath your heel to help it move faster. Remember to perform at least ten repetitions of these exercises for at least two times a day. Apart from these, your knee joint replacement surgery doctor will also advise you to walk regularly and keep doing everyday activities. For more queries with knee surgery, contact Sarvodaya Hospital Faridabad and get expert advice.
- 7. Thank You Sarvodaya Hospital& Research Centre, Faridabad YMCA Road, Sector-8, Faridabad(Delhi/NCR) - 121006 CALL US : +91 18003131414 EMAIL: INFO@SARVODAYAHOSPITAL.COM