The Bees Knees Exercises

Try adding these exercises to your routine to strengthen your knees. Repeat 3 times a week. Navel to spine, long backs, shoulders away from ears. Work within any pain threshold. Enjoy!

Standing on one leg. Keep standing leg as straight as you can. Pelvis square. Try not to hitch hip on side of raised leg. Make a deliberate effort to increase duration - aim for 3 minutes!

Knee bends or squats. How many can you do? Count them and increase.

Heel raises. Keep leg straight. Watch out for ankle alignment. Do as many as you can, keeping good form. Follow with a calf stretch. Medial border of back foot parallel!

Standing abductor/adductor leg lifts. Big toe faces forward on the lift. Squeeze top of inside thighs on the crossover.

Prone leg extensions. Legs in parallel. Pressing front of hips into the floor, tailbone down = flattening off lumbar spine. Inhale to lengthen and lift one leg away from the floor, exhale to lengthen and lower with muscles still under tension. Keep changing legs. Repeat 8 times on each leg - if you can.

Side lying adductor squeeze. Flexed ankle on working leg. Exhale to lift and squeeze lower leg into upper. Count and increase repetitions over time.