Miguel Said:

What are some physical therapy exercises I can do for a sprained ankle?

We Answered:

http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/sprainss…

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Guy Said:

What are some physical therapy exercises for an elbow contracture?

We Answered:

gentle stretching. If you have someone you trust you can ask then to help. Put your arm on a table and ask them to gently push down on your hand until you ask them to stop. This will not be resolved in a day but may take several weeks. Do it several times a day. You also need to see the doctor and make sure there are no other problems. Stiffness after a fracture and immobilization is common but if it's too bad you may need to see a physical therapist. Be patient.

Sharon Said:

Physical therapy exercises in or out of water?

We Answered:

It depends on what the purpose is of the exercise. If it's for balance, you'll get more benefit doing them OUT of water, if it's for strength, many of them may give you more benefit IN the water such as the "open chain" exercises (leg kicks, etc). Squats, on the other hand, will be easier in the water...good if you have advanced OA, but does not give you as much strengthening benefits as doing them on land.

You need to ask your therapist the purpose of your exercises and which ones should be done in the water. Realistically, probably none of them will HURT you to do them in the water, but you might be decreasing the effectivenss of some of them...depends on the movement and purpose.

Erica Said:

What Physical Therapy exercises can I do for my Ankle?

We Answered:

to strengthen your ankle muscles use your feet to write your abc's in the air. other than that just keep walking short distances with your crutches and try to walk on your feet as much as possible

Patsy Said:

what kind of physical therapy exercises for a dislocated knee are there?

We Answered:

This is a safe exercise which should help to stabilise your knee.

Sit on the floor or your bed, leg straight. Put your hand under your knee and 'push' your hand down by tensing your quadriceps (the big muscles on the front of your thigh). Hold the tension for a count of 10. Relax and then repeat.

But you do need to get expert advice depending on which bits of the soft tissue stabilising your knee have been damaged.