How can I do cardio with an injured knee?
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Injured my knee and it looks like I won’t be able to work out for a while, what can I do to burn calories at home?
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Hi!
I really blew my knee a year ago. Completely non weight bearing for months before and after surgery. I used an assault bike at home because my upper body could do most of the work and I could propy bad knee up.
The other thing I did was upper body strength and core workouts. Best wishes to you!1 -
There are chair exercise videos on YouTube at many levels of intensity, including some aimed at serious wheelchair athletes.0
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i got a small, good quality pedaler (not a $40, which tend to have rough, gritty motion), and i used my arms to pedal. i was able to get my heartrate pretty high. also i did back extensions and ab crunches, weighted or not, for 20 or 30 minutes at a time.
you can also work out with resistance bands (you can work up a sweat) or get something like a maxpro.0 -
My knee condition may have zero relevance to your knee condition. To get the best advice, have your doctor refer you to a physical therapist. Listen to your body. Pain might not show up until later - start slow.
I always avoid high impact. I can do some low impact. I used to be able to squat for gardening, but these days that hurts my hip.
What I do outside the gym:- The knee exercises from my PT
- Yoga
- Thai Chi (don't use the MFP database entry unless you are doing a very vigorous martial arts style, which might be too intense for your knee)
- Gardening (I only use the MFP database entry for intense gardening such as digging and created my own "Gardening, moderate" entry)
- Fresh water swimming (in season)
- Walking
- Moderate hiking if I can; trail maintenance is easier on my knees
At the gym:- I used to do elliptical, but hated it. They've replaced those machines with something that's like a cross between a recumbent bike with arms like an elliptical. I like that a lot better.
- Recumbent bike
- Walk on overhead track (if there wasn't one of those, I'd use a treadmill, but find them pretty boring.
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It really depends on the type of injury, range of motion, and weight bearing you can handle. I injured my knee last year. I could walk in place(like Leslie sansone videos) but could not take long strides or bend my knee fully, so could not lunge for yoga or piyo. I could bounce a little on a rebounder and do some upper body strength training as well as some band exercises for PT for the glutes to help the knee. Oh, and core exercises and "shadow boxing"/basic or modified low-impact kickboxing.1
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I’m in the same situation and was looking for similar advice from folks who had btdt. I fractured my tibial plateau 6 weeks ago and have at least 6 more weeks of non-weight bearing. I was nonsurgical but I also have a suspected MCL tear which he’s going to order an MRI for on my next visit if it’s still bothering me. I was right on the borderline of being surgical for the fracture.
I’ve gained weight since the injury despite really watching my diet,I’m sure because I normally do several 1/2 mile walks and other activities everyday. I haven’t been cleared for anything yet besides some range of motion so I’m really going stir crazy. It’s my right leg so I can’t even drive and he won’t even let me do water exercise. (I’m a really good swimmer)
My hands,neck and shoulders are giving me pain from crutching so I need to be careful choosing exercise that won’t aggravate this even more.2 -
Check with your doctor to see what he recommends. You may be able to do recumbent bike or pool walking.0
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DancingMoosie wrote: »It really depends on the type of injury, range of motion, and weight bearing you can handle. I injured my knee last year. I could walk in place(like Leslie sansone videos) but could not take long strides or bend my knee fully, so could not lunge for yoga or piyo. I could bounce a little on a rebounder and do some upper body strength training as well as some band exercises for PT for the glutes to help the knee. Oh, and core exercises and "shadow boxing"/basic or modified low-impact kickboxing.
Just to add another perspective - only 10 minutes into a Leslie Sansone video and my knee began to hurt. I can walk walk a lot further.0 -
I’m in the same situation and was looking for similar advice from folks who had btdt. I fractured my tibial plateau 6 weeks ago and have at least 6 more weeks of non-weight bearing. I was nonsurgical but I also have a suspected MCL tear which he’s going to order an MRI for on my next visit if it’s still bothering me. I was right on the borderline of being surgical for the fracture.
I’ve gained weight since the injury despite really watching my diet,I’m sure because I normally do several 1/2 mile walks and other activities everyday. I haven’t been cleared for anything yet besides some range of motion so I’m really going stir crazy. It’s my right leg so I can’t even drive and he won’t even let me do water exercise. (I’m a really good swimmer)
My hands,neck and shoulders are giving me pain from crutching so I need to be careful choosing exercise that won’t aggravate this even more.
That sucks
Is this all from a doctor? I wonder if a physical therapist would be more creative/less conservative. What about walking in the pool, as opposed to swimming?0
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