Strength Training for bad knees??

StrongGwen

I have had two ACL replacements in the same knee. After telling me the knee "will never be normal", and it isn't....my surgeon suggested putting the stability ball against the wall, leaning up against it with the small of my back and doing squats like this because it is much easier on the joint.

Saw this in another post and have been doing these at home--good ones! I've had 3 knee surgeries due to major damage when I was 18 and regular squats and lunges are hard for me; I can do them, even with weights, but just go down as far as I can without pain. Against the wall with the ball behind my back works good, once I experiemented and found to put my feet farther away from my body. At the bottom I can get a full 90% bend, so it looks like I am sitting in a chair with my lower legs straight down.

donna9089

Glad this is working for you Gwen. It was scary for me in the beginning because I could not hold on to anything, but now it is second nature even with weights in my hands.