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Activities and exercises to rehabilitate your knee

It is important to begin rehabilitating your total knee replacement within a few hours after surgery. Because the implants are cemented to the bone, you may place all your weight on the new knee. Physical and occupational therapists will teach you how to get in and out of bed, straighten and bend your knee, walk down the hall with a walker, go up and down stairs and take care of yourself while recovering at home. Recovery is faster when you get out of bed.

Sitting exercise for bending the knee

  • Sit on the edge of a bed or chair.
  • Place the ankle of the non-surgical leg in front of the ankle of the surgical leg.
  • Use the non-surgical leg to bend the surgical knee until you feel a stretch and no discomfort.
  • Hold this bend while slowly counting to 10, pull a little more until you feel discomfort, but not a lot, and count to 10 again, then relax.
  • Repeat this cycle of stretches 10 times every time you walk.

Sitting exercise for straightening the knee


  • Sit on the edge of a bed or chair and place the heel of the surgical leg on a chair in front of you./li>
  • Push on the front of the thigh (arrow) to move the back of the knee down towards the floor. /li>
  • Hold this position while slowly counting to 10 and then relax.
  • Repeat this stretch 10 times every time you walk.

Tips for getting out of bed


  • Use the non-surgical leg to shift your body to one edge of the bed. (Figure 1)
  • Use your elbows and hands to help you sit up. (Figure 2)
  • Bring your legs over the edge of the bed to sit up. (Figure 3)

Standing up and walking with a walker

  • Use your arms to slide your body to the edge of the chair while keeping the surgical leg out in front of you. (Figure 1)
  • Push up using the armrests and the non-surgical leg for support. (Figure 2)
  • Transition hands from armrests to your walker, one at a time. (Figure 3)
  • Reverse this process to sit down, reaching back for the armrests and slowly lowering yourself.
  • When walking with a walker, first advance the walker, step forward with your surgical leg, then step forward with the other leg, supporting some of your weight with your arms on the walker as needed.

Climbing stairs

  • To climb stairs, grasp the railing and place the foot of the non-surgical leg on the next step and extend the knee. (Figures 1, 2)
  • Next, lift the foot of the surgical leg up to the same step. (Figures 2, 3)
  • When going downstairs, step down with the surgical leg then follow with the non-surgical leg. (Figure 4)
  • When no railing is available, use a cane in one hand for support.


Going up and down a curb with a walker

  • When going up a curb step, get as close to the curb with the walker as possible.
  • Lift the walker and place it on top of the curb and check that the four legs of the walker are secure. (Figure 1)
  • Step up with your non-surgical leg, lean forward on the walker, then step up with the surgical leg. (Figures 2, 3)
  • Go down the curb by lowering the walker to the ground and step down with the surgical leg followed by the non-surgical leg. (Figure 4)

Getting in and out of a vehicle

  • Park the car several feet away from the curb to allow entry from a level surface.
  • To maximize leg room, move the passenger seat as far back as it will go and recline the seat.
  • Back up to the car, reach back for the seat. (Figure 1)
  • Gently sit on the car seat while keeping your surgical leg straight and in front of you. (Figure 2)
  • Slide back, pivot into the seat and face forward bringing one leg at a time into the car. (Figures 3, 4)
  • Reverse these steps to get out of a vehicle

Dr Sourav Shukla

Director of Orthepedic & Joint Replace Department Medanta Hospital Lucknow
  • Joint Replacements
  • Orthopaedics
Awards Wining Doctor
  • Orthopedic surgeon by Norfolk University Hospital, UK
  • “Icons of the health” 2017 & 2019 by “The Times Group”

Dr. Sourav Shukla completed his basic orthopedic training from MLB Medical College, Jhansi between the year 1996- 1999. Although, the college was a modest government medical college, yet three things kept on firing him to attain higher and cutting edge knowledge during his stay at Jhansi.

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