[For Seniors] Knee exercises to relieve pain: soothing stretches and a variety of movements for prevention

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How much TV do you watch in a day? Some of you might even be on your smartphones while watching TV.

How about turning that smartphone time into knee-friendly exercises? Sit in a chair where you can rest your back against the wall, and start by simply swinging your legs.

Small, jittery movements like fidgeting can also improve blood flow.

Rubbing your kneecaps, or gently loosening the muscles around them in circular motions, is fine too.

By combining various knee exercises, it could even help prevent knee pain!

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Osteoarthritis of the knee, which you often hear about, is a condition in which the cartilage that should normally act as a cushion wears down with age, causing the bones to rub against each other and leading to inflammation.

While cartilage wear is inevitable, you can partly compensate for it with muscle strength.

Try to regain a healthy daily life by strengthening the muscles behind the knee and around the knee that support the body.

Simple exercises include moving your toes up and down while sitting in a chair, and crossing your right and left legs in the air with your feet apart.

Start with a small number of repetitions.

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As we get older, our cartilage wears down, and to some extent that can’t be helped, but pain still feels gloomy somehow.

I hope this exercise will help ease your knee pain, even a little.

Because trying to compensate for knee pain often strains the lower back and thighs, start by massaging your lower back and thighs.

Massaging in small circular motions is effective.

Try placing a tennis ball behind your knee and squeezing it.

Put a folded towel between both knees.

As you get used to it, gradually increase the intensity.

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One of the causes of pain common to issues like stiff shoulders and lower back pain is the range of motion in your joints.

As we get older and move our bodies less or stop exercising, our muscles shorten and our range of motion naturally decreases.

Expanding this range of motion can sometimes reduce pain.

Here’s a simple stretch to increase knee mobility.

Prepare one towel.

Lie on the floor, raise the knee on the side where you want to increase the range of motion, and place the towel around your ankle area.

Gently pull up on the towel with both hands and hold for 5 seconds.

When done continuously, it’s more physically demanding than it looks—you may even break a sweat.

Healthy individuals are encouraged to try it too!

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When you have knee pain, you tend to feel resistance to walking or lifting your leg, and moving can feel like a chore, right? Here’s something to try at such times.

Just 10 minutes in the morning can help your knees move more smoothly and fluidly.

First, let’s get the hip joints moving well.

Loosening the hips can reduce the load on the knees.

While taking deep breaths, stretch comfortably and gently with moves like a glute stretch that eases strain on the knees and lower back, and a quadriceps stretch to lengthen the front of the thighs.

Incorporate these stretches into your morning routine and start your day feeling great!

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If you tell someone who hasn’t had an exercise routine to “exercise every day,” it’s likely to create strain somewhere.

What matters is building the habit.

If you keep at it daily, you’ll surely start to see results, so don’t give up—continue little by little.

If walking has become difficult, start by loosening the hip joints.

Sit on the floor and alternately pull each knee toward your chest.

The movement reaches not only your legs but also your lower back and glutes.

Once you can do this, add an exercise where you hug your knee all the way into your chest.

It can feel frustrating, but moving your body a little every day is the first step toward progress.

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This is an exercise where you sit in a chair and touch your elbow to your knee.

In this exercise, you place your hands on your shoulders and touch your elbow to the opposite leg.

It looks easy and simple, but it’s actually quite challenging.

If your body is stiff, your back will round and your posture will collapse, so focus on keeping your back straight and preventing your body from swaying back and forth.

Moving your knees a lot helps make knee movement smoother and can prevent pain.

Other great benefits include preventing trips and stumbles, boosting your basal metabolism, and making it easier to go up and down stairs.

Why not start with a short session and give it a try?

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