Maintain passive range of motion

• OBJECTIVES
• IMMEDIATE PHASE
• EARLY PHASE - IN BED
• EARLY PHASE - MOBILE

• INTERMEDIATE PHASE

• maintain passive range of motion
• increase active range of motion
• start rebuilding lower limb strength
• start strengthening trunk and upper body
• rebuild balance and spatial awareness
• learn about potential complications
• LATE PHASE
• GLOSSARY OF EXERCISES

During this phase, when you are getting back to tackling home and work chores again, it is easy to be a bit lax about knee rehab. But this phase is important to maintain and improve the range of motion (ROM) of the knee joint. Even if the muscles are not fully strong again, the ROM can be maintained with passive stretches including:

• full quads stretch
• lying wall slides
• hamstrings stretch
• ilio-tibial band stretch
• piriformis stretch
• patellar mobilisations