Balance Exercises For Knee Sprains

Balance Exercises For After A Knee Sprain

By Suzanne Stoke, Physical Therapist @ Exercise For Balance via www.exerciseforbalance.com/

Getting up to speed on balance exercises after a fall  is critical to avoid other balance problems and potential falls. For example, if an individual falls and sprains their knee ligaments they can experience instability, swelling, pain and stiffness at the knee joint, which can result in further unsteadiness with standing and walking activities With a sore and unstable knee, the person usually favors that leg, creating a limping motion with walking, which typically is highly unstable. Knee ligament sprains can occur along a continuum from mild to moderate to severe. Within these categories, the knee is mildly to severely unstable. There are several ligaments in the knee that can be damaged with a fall or other traumatic injury. These ligaments include:

-Anterior cruciate ligament

-Posterior cruciate ligament

-Medial collateral ligament

-Lateral collateral ligament

Additionally, a trauma to the knee often results in soft tissue injury including peroneal nerve damage, which subsequently results in weakness and pain in the lower leg. A person who sustained a ligament injury in the knee is advised to practice balance exercises as part of their rehabilitation after their injury. Please see

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Balance Exercises After A Knee Sprain

To combat the instability in a knee joint after a ligament sprain, the person should practice balance exercises to help improve their steadiness and decrease the risk of an additional fall or trauma. By working on equilibrium exercises every day, the individual can enhance their balance reactions at the feet and ankles, enabling them to stay upright during more challenged activities. To progress stability exercises, the individual can practice their routine on balance equipment such as a balance board or BOSU. At home, the individual can advance their steadiness routine by practicing exercises while standing on a couch cushion or other soft surface, which will highly challenge the balance reactions at their feet and ankles. Specific stability training techniques and balance exercises can be practiced at home by following along with an experienced physical therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    If you have experienced a lower extremity injury like a knee sprain that causes you to limp or change the way you walk, please begin balance exercises, get the Exercise For Balance DVD. The step by step Balance DVD is easy to follow to use at home or in a group setting. The professionally filmed DVD is filled with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance senior fitness and to perform basic activities like walking, standing, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like dancing and hiking. In the Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve balance, balance techniques and balance routines from a balance trainer ---licensed Physical Therapist--- who has worked with balance and dizziness disorders for over 20 years. Get your copy of the Exercise For Balance DVD by clicking on the BUY NOW button

Make sure you don't fall after a knee sprain by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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