The Environmental Blog

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Bad Knees - Here are some Exercises

This is for your internal environment - your knees. If you are having pain in your knees, it is painful even to walk a little bit.

Don't give in. Knee pains do not need to be the end of all physical activity. You can keep active by switching to exercises that have less of an impact on your knees. The key is supplemental conditioning, where you work to strengthen your lower body to withstand the wear and tear of whatever exercise you ultimately choose.

Exercises you actually can do is to swim. Swimming is fairly easy on the knees. Just jump into the water and make your swim just a little bit longer than you intended to. It helps. Not close to the water? Then jump on your bicycle, which is not bad for your knees, and go for a ride.

Not having a bike either - go for a walk in the forest where the ground is soft.

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