The knee is the most susceptible to injury in people with and without haemophilia. It‘s truly an irony of our physiology, that the knee joints, which enables us to participate in such vigorous sports activities such as football and rollerblading, is so delicate and so easily injured. Considering that when you simply walk up a few stairs you are putting pressure across your knee joints that is approximately four times your body weight, it isn‘t surprising that nearly 50 million Americans have knee problems, either from athletic injuries or simple everyday wear and tear. Knee exercises will help you to get rid of joint pains like arthritis.

To further understand the knee, let‘s take a closer look at its anatomy. It is a relatively straightforward hinge joint which connects the thigh bone (femur) with the leg bone (tibia). For pain relief you must take proper medication and continue to do rehabilation exercises.

So it is particularly important for PWHs to participate in an exercise program that will help strengthen the muscles around the knees, increase the joints‘ range of motion and build up endurance. The goal of these exercises are both reparative and preventative. As a PWH with joint damage, you‘ll find that both range of motion and strengthening exercises help increase joint mobility. These same exercises can also help prevent further joint destruction.

There are many exercises available geared to teenagers and adults. Since young children don‘t generally like regular exercises programs, we suggest that parents (under direction of a physical therapist) encourage children in more playful forms of knee exercise such as kicking a ball, safe and supervised jumping and bicycling with an elevated seat which puts less pressure on the knee.