Knee strengthening exercises may be indicated for healthy people who want to perform physical activity, such as running, but also to combat pain caused by arthritis, osteoarthritis and rheumatism, for better muscle building due to cartilage wear and tear.
Exercises should be prescribed personally by the physical educator or physical therapist after checking the need presented by the person, as they can be very varied and depend on whether or not an injury is present, but below are some examples of exercises that may be helpful in strengthening.quadriceps, which are the thigh muscles.
The squat is an excellent closed kinetic chain exercise to strengthen the knees.
This isometric exercise includes
For knee osteoarthritis, other more specific exercises may be indicated, find out what they are, and other care needed to recover faster in this video: