your mother can definitely increase the strength of the muscles that surround and support the knee. the good thing is it doesn't take hours and all of them can be performed at home. 1. sit to stands starting position: sitting with both feet flat and her walker in front of her exercise: slowly and with control come to a standing position finish position: slowly and with control return to the seated position important safety and progression points 1. in the beginning let her use both arms to push up. 2. as she gets stronger and can perform 10 repetitions with little effort have her only use one arm to push up. after that progress to using no arm movement to come to standing 3. once that becomes easy switch chairs. chairs that are lower to the ground are much more difficult to get out off. however when you do this allow her to push off with both arms and progress her through just like you did before. 4. also if loss of balance or dizziness upon standing is a problem make sure someone is standing next to her when she's performing this exercise. 5. start slowly begin with just 3 repetitions and progress to 10. 2. knee extension starting position: sitting up straight in a chair with both feet flat and a leg weight attached to the ankle exercise: slowly and with control straighten the leg like you were going to kick a ball finish position: slowly lower to the floor and repeat for a total of 10 times. switch the ankle weight to the other side and repeat important safety and progression points 1. with this one its better to start off with a very light weight and progress as needed as sometimes it can bother the knee. 3. hip flexion: starting position: sitting up straight in a chair with both feet flat on the floor and the leg weight from the previous exercise lying on the thigh exercise: lift the leg up towards you keeping the knee bent. slowly lower and repeat for a total of 10. switch the weight to the other side and repeat just performing 1 set of 10 repetitions of each of these exercises can make a big difference in her strength and mobility. however it's important that as she gets stronger that you increase the resistance (lower chair or a heavier weight). these exercises should challenge her but not exhaust her. the key is to start small and build from there. as with any new exercise program make sure its ok with her doctor before beginning
hi my mother 85 y suffer from lumber. s. s she need exercise for her knee kindly advise since she stand (with walker)