Propioception exercises help recover joint or knee ligament injuries because they force the body to adapt to the injury, avoiding too much effort in the affected area in daily activities, such as running, walking or climbing stairs, for example.
These exercises should be done daily for 1 to 6 months, until you can do the exercises without losing your balance or until your orthopedist or physical therapist recommends it.
- Knee propioception is generally used in the recovery of sports injuries such as stroke.
- Meniscus injuries.
- Ligament rupture or tendinitis because it allows the athlete to continue training without affecting the injured area.
- In addition.
- These exercises can also be used to recover from orthopedic injuries.
- Surgeries or on the simplest wounds.
- Such as a crooked knee.
Some propioception exercises used in knee recovery include
These exercises should, as far as possible, be guided by a physical therapist to adapt the exercise to the specific injury and adapt to the evolutionary phase of recovery, increasing the results.