There are a variety of exercises — including quad sets, leg raises, and clamshells, to name a few — that you can do before surgery to strengthen your knee, improve flexibility, and promote recovery.

Exercise after a total knee replacement can increase mobility and strengthen the muscles around the knee joint. Walking, stair climbing, and activities that target specific muscles may all help. Once ...

Getting a total knee or hip replacement? A sensible exercise plan before surgery may help you recover after it. That news appears in Arthritis & Rheumatism. Researchers included Daniel Rooks, ScD, of ...

Our knee joints take a lot of pounding throughout our lives, which can eventually lead to osteoarthritis and other knee injuries. Knee replacement surgery (knee arthroplasty) is designed to restore ...

people undergo a total knee replacement in the United States. Whether you are on the fence about total knee replacement surgery or have the procedure scheduled, you are probably wondering what to ...

Arthritis Care Research News Alerts. 2009;61(2):152-157, 174-18. Two new studies found that exercise may be a factor in recovering from a total knee replacement (total knee arthroplasty or TKA) and ...

BOSTON - Researchers have found that there are certain exercises people with knee arthritis can do to reduce their need for joint replacement. Experts said to focus on the quadriceps muscles, the ...

When former Olympian Joan Benoit Samuelson ran the 2022 London Marathon, she knew she was taking a risk. It would be her first 26.2-mile race since undergoing a partial right knee replacement in 2020, ...

As I mentioned several weeks ago, I’ve been at home recovering from total knee replacement surgery. It’s not fun. Nor was it when I had my other knee done last year. What I’ve learned, more so than ...

A minimally invasive total knee replacement (TKR) is a procedure to replace the surface of the knee and reconstruct the knee joint. It involves making small cuts with minimal disruption to the ...