Basic exercises for knee pain (arthritis)

Oopsadaisy1

Obviously the less you weigh the less pressure on your joints.

Not too bad in that respect - lost a lot of weight a few years ago when diagnosed with a heart problem. 5’7” / 10 stone. But poor muscle tone from a lifetime of dislike of exercise!

Don’t remind me!

Obviously the less you weigh the less pressure on your joints.

Yes, this is what I’m (belatedly) learning - need stronger thighs and calves.

I think that sitting up exercise helps strengthen the muscles at the front of the thighs which help support the knees, which is important if you have dodgy knees. I have osteoarthritis in both knees and those muscles certainly need working on.

My physio recommended sitting on a hard chair with arms outstretched in front of you, then rising and sitting as slowly as possible without holding on to anything.

Think you first need to find out what is wrong with your knees .
Your doctor can refer you for XRay , then depending on what’s wrong , can refer you to a physio , they then will help you in the best possible way .
Glucosamine & Chondroitin supplements are supposed to be good for knee joints ect , always worth trying .

Sorry to hear that, Oopsadaisy. I know (from previous hip pain) that my knees are not bone on bone, so I’m trying to keep them going as long as possible!

MissOops went to a physio who strongly suggested she had her knees x-rayed, the X-rays showed that the bone was so worn away that no exercises would help, in fact they would be useless and very painful.
1 partial knee replacement done(partial due to her being fairly young ) and one booked in for October.