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Knee Exercise

Lie on your back. Bend your knees. Keep your feet flat. Bring your knee towards your chest. Gently bend the knee with your hands and try to touch your heel to your buttock. Do this exercise, one leg at a time.

Knee and Hip Exercise

Lie on your back. Bend one knee up towards your chest as far as possible. Then return your leg slowly, straightening your knee. Repeat this exercise with your other leg. Repeat with alternating legs. This exercise is also permitted by US arthritis Foundation.

Ankle Exercise

Sit in a chair with your feet flat on the floor. Lift rest of your feet up as high as possible keeping your heels down. Then, keeping the front of your feet on the floor, lift your heels up as high as possible. This exercise is also permitted by US arthritis Foundation.

Finally, turn the soles of both feet toward each other, then turn them away from each other. Repeat. This exercise is also permitted by US arthritis Foundation.

Neck Exercise

Slowly drop your chin to your chest, then slowly raise your head and very gently drop the head backward. Do not proceed with this exercise if you feel a sharp pain down your arm. Return head to the upright position slowly. This motion should never be forced.

Turn to look over your right shoulder, then turn to look as far over the left shoulder as possible.

Tilt your head to the right and then to the left. Try to touch your ear to your shoulder.