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Exercises for patients before and after a knee injury or operation

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Exercises for before and after a knee operation

You should practise all these exercises with both your legs.

Aim to repeat each exercise 10 times, when this becomes easy; increase the repetitions gradually until you can comfortably manage 50 repetitions of each exercise.

A diagram of a person exercising with both legs
A person performing exercises

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