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Exercises to Relieve Pain of Knee Osteoarthritis-Part 2
Moving ahead from my last article on exercises to relieve knee pain of osteoarthritis, I have here two more simple yet effective exercises that will prove useful in the long run.
These two exercises are:
- The Calf-raise
- Low Impact Aerobic Exercises
Let’s learn in detail about these exercises. As a bonus, I will add one more exercise at the end that will help you if you have knee osteoarthritis.
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Before we move on to the exercises, let’s learn a bit about the muscles that support our knee joints. Have a good look at the image below-
The knee is supported by two major muscles above the knee, namely quadriceps and the hamstring. Below the knee is another big muscle called gastrocnemius [not mentioned in the above picture, but you can see it clearly], present in our calf.
We have discussed the strengthening of quadriceps and the hamstrings in the previous article. In this article we will discuss how to strengthen the calf muscle-the gastrocnemius.
So, here we go-
