Exercises For People with Knee Arthritis

15 May 2006

Research shows exercise decreases gives arthritis pain relief, improves signs and symptoms, and performance. But before you rush out to an aerobics session, prepare your muscles with some flexibility and strengthening exercises.

For Arthritis Pain Relief try these arthritis exercises for better movement - arthritis knee exercise, arthritis neck exercise, arthritis shoulder exercise and arthritis hand exercise.

Arthritis Knee Exercise

To build up the quadriceps and hamstring muscles and increase flexibility and strength.

• Warm up the joint by riding a stationary bicycle, then straightening and raising the leg (but not straightening it too much).


• Extend the leg while sitting (a weight may be worn on the ankle for this exercise).


• Raise the leg while lying on the stomach.


• Exercise in a pool (walking as fast as possible in chest-deep water, performing small flutter kicks while holding onto the side of the pool, and raising each leg to 90 degrees in chest-deep water while pressing the back against the side of the pool).

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