Best Exercises to Strengthen Painful Arthritic Knees

[@janarleth9811]

I really appreciate your mention of connecting the muscles around the knee with the brain. “Turning on the muscle” as physical therapists call it. I’ve learned that PTs know more about the body and the brain connections than most health providers. The problem is PTs are seriously busy. They have almost no time to explain anything. The greatest value of your videos for me are your explanations. So insightful. So helpful!

[@HT-Physio]

Absolutely, the luxury of my platform is that I get the chance to explain things in full (although some people do say I talk too much!) but I think it's important that people understand why I suggest what I do, so that they can make informed decisions about their care.

[@janinemaxwell4297]

@@HT-PhysioI don’t think you talk to much. I really like your videos. And appreciate the time you take to show us all these exercises

[@debcatz8445]

​@@HT-PhysioI don't think you talk too much, you are explaining, there are people talking way more than you and they aren't even saying anything, go you 😊

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[@HT-Physio]

Greetings to you in in Fiji - thank you so much for watching, I'm so pleased my videos have been useful - Happy birthday to you for this week, I hope you have a wonderful celebration!

[@ashahatkar8457]

Hello Will, I am a.sr. citizen 78 years old.I try to follow all your exercises as per my requirement. Your exercises are all very good & easy to follow. My problem is that the flexion at my knee joints is less than 90 degrees also. Please show some exercises to increase flexion at my knee joints. Thanks. God bless you.

[@kendylhoudyshell1399]

Great video Will, always appreciate your help and support 😊❤ Have a great day!!!

[@HT-Physio]

So pleased you enjoyed it - I hope you have a great day also!

[@diptishah2641]

Sir, You are explaining v.nicely.I like your videos.

[@HT-Physio]

Thank you very much!

[@lourdesoliva3951]

Thank you. I will practice this exercise every day.

[@ceciyeung4348]

Dear Will, every time I watch your video, I learn something from u. Thank you very much.

[@josiejj8894]

Yes so true... Thank you Will!

[@MeT2338]

IMO Will is the best exercise communicator I have come across. Every movement is explained in detail, together with correct execution and goals. Will is a life changer for me! Many thanks.

[@HT-Physio]

Thank you so much for your kind words - I'm so pleased my channel has been useful :)

[@margaretlouis5172]

Thank you, Mr Harlow for these tips that help us with managing knee issues. We need our knees to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle.

[@HT-Physio]

Absolutely! They are vital

[@NirmalaU-s9t]

Thankyou for sharing doctor.❤

[@lindab4152]

So appreciate your videos Will…I have an arthritic right knee that I have been working on, but I also have some sciatica pain down that right leg, and it is easy for me to get confused about which are good/not good exercises to 1) help the knee and 2)avoid aggrevating the sciatica! I am going to go back through your videos on the sciatica, but if you have some suggestions, I am so open. BTW, I have been doing non-weight bearing exercises for my knee for 3 months now, and the knee is definitely better! Just wish I could not get the sciatica to calm down!

[@TnOrchidguy]

Thank you, Mr. Will, thank you.

[@HT-Physio]

Always happy to help!

[@manou1960]

Thank you!

[@susansumida2263]

Love your videos. Really good advice for my overall arthritic joints

[@HT-Physio]

More than happy to help!

[@rosinadookie-campbell]

Thank you for taking time to share

[@HT-Physio]

More than happy to help!

[@SuePratt-y3y]

Hi Will, so good to see these exercises. They are some of the ones I was given by NHS physio when I was first diagnosed with arthritic knees & struggled with stairs & simply walking. They are marvellous exercises & I have improved so much I can now do 15 squats. I'm even thinking of returning to Pilates, I had stopped going because it became too painful. I have your book which is so nice 👍 informative, beautifully written & easy to follow. Many thanks for all your great videos.

[@draymondrob4818]

The leg extension does strengthen the small diamond shaped muscle closest to the knee on the inside front of the leg. I can't remember the name of it, but you can feel it flex just before the leg is completely straight. If you don't completely straighten your leg, you won't feel it. That muscle helps keep the knee cap from shifting too much. I like the tip with the resistance band on the chair leg. Thanks.

[@marilynlegaspi7335]

Thank ypu Will

[@HT-Physio]

You're very welcome!

[@jaynesierakowska3120]

Thank you for this.

[@HT-Physio]

You're very welcome!

[@chrislora8895]

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[@HT-Physio]

So pleased you find them useful, that is fantastic to hear :)

[@user-qj7bb3mv2l]

Great teaching and training video! Thank you Will. I’m only 66 years young, fairly strong for medium/slim build, but sometimes do have pain in my knees. I know those exercises will really help me! Lord bless you 😊. Keep up the great work. I just subscribed to your videos 😊

[@HT-Physio]

I'm sorry to hear you've been experiencing pain in your knees, I hope my videos can offer some beneficial advice! Thank you for subscribing, it means a lot to me :)

[@GGTutor1]

I find when I do straight leg raises that my femur rotates into external rotation. I have very tight hips and am trying to work up strength in hips and knees. Should I fix alignment before strength or will strength help improve alignment? I am worried that if I strengthen misaligned legs it may make it worse. Great videos by the way, concise, clear and practical. I would like some guidance on alignment issues in future if possible, I think a lot of pain and weakness is coming from uncorrected misalignment.

[@brendaanderson292]

Greetings from Atlantic Canada 🇨🇦. As a new subscriber I’m benefiting from your excellent videos. Thank you 😊

[@HT-Physio]

Greetings! Thank you for subscribing and I'm so pleased you've found my videos helpful!

[@ingridbashor9975]

Exercise number three is the one I can do. Hope it will improve my left knee in the future. Time and effort are the way to get better at this.

[@HT-Physio]

Absolutely, there's no quick fix, but the effort is worth it :)

[@abhakalha7108]

Thankyou for all the help. Please show some exercises for the back too

[@HT-Physio]

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[@frumaknight5176]

I've been helped greatly by your knee exercises, thank you for all you put into your clarity and good order in explaining step after step. I am interested in your Three Tip Friday Emails. Thank you!

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[@margaretpoon9711]

Very Good Bro Will, you are such a caring instructor, explanation with reason so helpful.👏👏👏

[@HT-Physio]

So pleased you found my video helpful! Wishing you all the best :)

[@mikemm40]

Always useful info.

[@HT-Physio]

Thank you!

[@carolehead3581]

Delighted to have found you on line. I have a torn meniscus and these exercises are some of the ones I have been given to do but it really helps to see you demonstrate how to do it and the way you take it slowly. I am a bit impatient and I have not been doing my exercises properly, that's for sure. I am very glad I have subscribed to you.

[@HT-Physio]

Thank you for subscribing - I'm so pleased that my video is able to act as a guide for your exercises! Keep up the great work and I'm sure you'll reap the rewards :)

[@crochetingknitter4751]

I’ve been enjoying your book and your You Tube channel. As someone who’s already been told that I will be needing both knees replaced (with no recommendation for PT), I am doing all I can to delay the operations. I also have been focusing on going up the stairs correctly which helps quite a bit as well. Thank you!

[@chrisb7087]

Excellent description of the bridge. Thanks.

[@HT-Physio]

Happy to share!

[@usha975]

Thank you dear Good exercises God bless

[@HT-Physio]

Very happy to help!

[@siutan6315]

You are a very kind young man. Your exercises are very helpful to us fifty age up ppl . Thanks ❤

[@HT-Physio]

Thank you so much, so pleased my work has been helpful!

[@siutan6315]

@@HT-Physio Indeed it has . 🫶👍👍

[@user-bu5ve5ku5l]

Really excellent information in your videos. Thank you

[@mishong3]

I luv your videos; the alternate exercises for the knees are very effective.

[@prakaryatujuh5339]

Thank you so much.....

[@HT-Physio]

You're most welcome :)

[@ShirleyBramwell]

Thanks for help for the knees

[@HT-Physio]

Happy to help!

[@ameliacarter4376]

Makes sense! I do weighted squats and I work through the pain but I may do pilates coupled with this for a while and give my knees a break! thank you so much!!

[@ЮрийГабрилович]

Have started Definitely feels better Thanks

[@HT-Physio]

That's fantastic to hear, I'm so pleased☺

[@lisanewman7502]

I appreciate your videos so much especially since I've had knee replacement surgery last July and I'm still struggling with pain and stiffness. I can't seem to do the bridge at all at least not on the bed It seems like I'm not lifting up is there any suggestions that might help give me more strength to do that? Thank you for your time and for all your wonderful videos!! Lisa

[@ЮрийГабрилович]

Thanks Will start today

[@HT-Physio]

Wishing you all the best :)

[@LisaVelez-Davis]

I appreciate you sharing these great exercises and showing how to do them correctly. I wills share them with my mom and mom-in-law to help them. Keep up the great work.

[@HT-Physio]

Absolutely, it's important to know how to perform exercises safely in order to get the best results. Thank you for sharing my work - wishing all the best to you, your mum and your mother-in-law!

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[@sherrithompson9854]

What about tight hamstrings? Affect the knees?

[@angelawendt3471]

Thank you (again). Very helpful!

[@HT-Physio]

Happy to help!

[@lynnlandry2882]

Thank you so much for your wonderful videos. So glad to have found your channel. I am in US

[@HT-Physio]

Very happy to help - thank you for watching :)

[@josiejj8894]

I had a pinched nerve surgery in April and can I do these exercises? Thank you.

[@shaziagula4270]

Kindly suggest exercise for knee arthritis while standing because due to my office job most of my time is consumed in sitting positio.

[@colinallen861]

Thanks for the video! Are these exercises equally applicable for people like me who have had damaged meniscus and cartilage removed?

[@mick19421]

Will just been diagnosed with Astro . Cant play golf, also need to walk dog twice daily. Now await a specialist appt. Could take time for

[@brianwood1451]

Thanks Will. I know my left knee is arthritic and I have an old meniscus tear. I think golf caused this but I still want to play golf. Could you advise me on exercises to help my left knee to allow me to continue to play golf ( I'm a right handed golfer!). Great channel BTW, Cheers Will, Brian

[@michelefinizio6520]

Thank you very much I'm in physical therapy for lower back pain I have two bulging discs and two herniated discs the pain is in my lower back and it goes to my glute the physical therapist gave me street leg raises for me to do for ab work is this wrong

[@michelefinizio6520]

Thank you very much I'm in physical therapy for lower back pain I have two bulging discs and two herniated discs the pain is in my lower back and it goes to my glute the physical therapist gave me strraight leg raises for me to do for ab work is this wrong

[@tishacarr988]

I've been loving your videos! I do have a question about the sitting knee extensions. I thought you said in another one of your videos that locking the knee is not good for knee arthritis. Should this exercise be done with a slightly bent knee?

[@sharatsharma8273]

Hello Sir.How to correct/open locked arthritic knee.Thanks.

[@geetavenugopalan6393]

Can you please suggest some exercise for arthritic elbow

[@chaudharyhassan.4198]

Sir this exercise will make our knee strong???because I feel weak my knee I am 38 yer old

[@usha975]

Dear doctor I am Suffering with osteo orthiritis. Very painful knee gap For my right knee. How can I do lifting My legs.

[@mick19421]

Will just been diagnosed with osteoarthritus after an X-ray, knocking on in years, don’t have a clue when I’ll see a Specialist. Play golf and walk dog daily twice, can’t do either at present need to get started on exercises asap, will these demonstrated be suitable. Thanks

[@dobrilajovovic-schultz3636]

Do those exercises apply to scar tissues around knee due to injury of tendons and ligaments. Please advise.

[@Sureshbabu-cm7vc]

Hello, I'm 60 years old female.... Is there any exercise for stretched knee ligaments..

[@usha975]

Dear doctor Will I am in stage 4 Knee gap and osteo orthiritis. Very painful. I can do PRP.

[@user-pl2gl3tk8s]

Please advise. I always have pain & serious flareups on my patellar after i do knee extension (straightening my knee). Did i do wrong? I straighten, contract my knee muscle & push downwards?

[@mickeygoldmill3965]

Do I do all 3 exercises or pick one?

[@usha975]

My legs swelling Can you tell me Some medicine for my legs swelling.

[@ingridbashor9975]

I just watched this video again and now I feel like I might try exercise number 2: the bridge.

[@HT-Physio]

I hope you find it beneficial :)

[@sumathyg.ramakrishnan4245]

I have osteoarthritis. Can I do these exercises.

[@anitasathe4934]

I cant walk properly b'coz of knee pain and stifness ,sujgest any exercise or tretment

[@joseenoel8093]

What's the expression? Wash woman knees? There's a sure fire cure for that! Have a nice week everyone ❤ !

[@ronniebiggs4026]

You mean “ House Maids Knee” this condition ie sore knees and dark in colour was basically from kneeling down scrubbing floors all day.

[@jegsthewegs]

Known as "housemaids knee" is a specific condition

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[@Lisalynne-ck9gf]

Thigh and hip. That iliiacus?

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[@LCarefortheworld]

Do I need to use a pillow under my head?

[@SKY-qf8qq]

Your looking good for over 50 😂

[@lefty-bw1zp]

Do you mean you’re looking good for over 50?

[@src5769]

I think I made my knee worse by getting a cortisone shot... twice.