A knee arthritis exercise plan can combine mobility, strength, and general activity. It should fit your symptoms, other health conditions, and ability to walk safely.
Discuss a manageable starting dose and whether seated or supported exercises are best. Avoid choosing a large routine solely because more exercises are available.
Start only if your treating clinician specifically approves the movement, range, and dosage.
Chair rises, hip strengthening, and supported balance may be useful options selected by your therapist. Progress from a controlled, tolerated movement rather than forcing depth or resistance.
Start only if your treating clinician specifically approves the movement, range, and dosage.
A flare may require a temporary change in dose or activity. Seek assessment for a new hot, markedly swollen knee, inability to bear weight, or symptoms unlike your usual pattern.
Confirm your restrictions, review symptom changes, demonstrate the current movements to your therapist, and obtain the next written instructions. Time alone does not establish readiness.
Stop exercise for new or increasing weakness, spreading numbness, dizziness, or worsening symptoms. Seek urgent medical assessment for fever, concerning wound drainage, or a newly painful swollen calf after surgery. Call 911 for chest pain, sudden shortness of breath, stroke-like symptoms, or a medical emergency. New loss of bladder or bowel control, saddle numbness, or rapidly worsening weakness requires emergency assessment.
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Educational overview assembled October 18, 2026. This is not a reproduction of the full protocol, a medical clearance, or a clinician-signed prescription. Follow your own surgical team’s instructions.
