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louise_48509
louise_48509

I'm getting myself an exercise bike on Saturday. Will this be good for properly strengthening my leg? I really need to get back to work

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  • CHICO_MARX
    CHICO_MARX louise_48509

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    A bike is great to gradually get your leg straight as you raise the seat to increase your ROM.  "Strengthening" the surrounding musculature takes a lot more than biking, IMO.  There may be some people out there who will disagree but, for me, you'll need more than biking and/or walking.  At home, a good set of fitness bands would be great; a real gym would be better.  The test is to put your bad leg on a step and go to the next step without using a railing or "bouncing" up to that next one.  This requires pure quad/glute/core strength.  This is the exercise program my daughter put together...total pro...

    https://patient.info/forums/discuss/post-tkr-exercising-565527

    Bike is also great for warm-up and cool-down but I think you'll find that you'll need weight resistance to build back those muscles...

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