[PDF] Exercices pour le genou (Knee Exercises)

Can Bow Leg exercise correct genu varum?

Bow leg exercise is perhaps the important option to correct genu varum. Genu varum, which is also commonly called bow leg, in which our leg curves outward, bow outward. When it curves inwards it is termed a knock knee. Most bow leg cases develop since birth, but there are cases that are secondary to knee osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.

Can water exercises help arthritic knees?

Learn more about water exercises for arthritis relief. If you can, put a moist-heat pack on your arthritic knee for 20 minutes before you start exercising. Heat is soothing and it also brings the blood to the surface, decreases stiffness, and sometime relieves pain.

How do you treat a sore knee after a workout?

Heat is soothing and it also brings the blood to the surface, decreases stiffness, and sometime relieves pain. If you take pain medications, try taking them about 45 minutes before you exercise for increased pain control during your workout. After exercising, put an ice pack on the sore knee for 10 to 15 minutes.

How much exercise should a person with knee arthritis do?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people with knee arthritis should do moderate exercise for at least 30 minutes per day, five days per week. You can even break it down into three 10-minute sessions each day, which works just as well.