 Exercises
For Knee Replacement Surgery
Help Prepare For Knee Replacement Surgery
To help you to prepare for your knee
replacement surgery you may practise the following exercises at home. The purpose of
these exercises is to strengthen muscles, which will be useful in your rehabilitation. These
exercises should be performed at least twice a day in repetitions of 10 for one month before
surgery.
1. Heel Slide
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Description
- Slide your heel along the surface, bending the knee towards
your chest.
- Then slide the heel downward, straightening the knee.
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2. Quad Sets
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Description
- With a rolled towel under your knee, press downwards, tightening
the knee and raising the heel approximately 1 inch off the surface.
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3. Short Arc Quad Sets
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Description
- With a pillow under your knee, raise the foot and straighten
your knee.
- Hold for 3 seconds. Lower your foot slowly.
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4. Straight Leg Raise
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Description
- Raise your leg toward the ceiling, keeping the knee straight.
- Your opposite knee should be bent, with your foot flat on the
surface to protect your back from straining.
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5. Posterior Knee Stretch
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Description
- With a rolled up towel under your heel, press the back of the
knee downwards towards the surface.
- Hold this position for 3 seconds. Then release.
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6. Knee Flexion Prone
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Description
- Raise the foot, bending the knee towards the buttocks.
- Hold this stretch position for 3 seconds, then lower slowly
to the surface.
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7. Knee Extension
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Description
- Begin with your feet flat on the floor. Slowly raise your foot
straightening the knee. Hold this position for 3 seconds keeping the back of your
thigh on the chair. Lower your foot to floor.
- This exercise can be done with a small rolled towel under your
thigh.
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8. Dorsi/ Plantar Flexion
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Description
- Begin with both feet flat on floor. Raise your toes up keeping
your heels on the floor.
- Reverse, raising both heels with your toes on the floor.
- Continue alternating, raising first the toes and then the heels.
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9. Glutial Sets
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Description
- Recline on your back, supported by your elbows. Keep both legs
straight.
- Squeeze your buttocks together as tightly as possible. Hold for
five seconds and relax.
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