Amputation Exercises, Above-the-Knee

para>This is an image of a man lying on his stomach with his legs extended straight back. His right leg has been amputated above the knee. He is resting on his forearms so his chest is propped up slightly. There is a callout showing him pushing his chest up, arms straight under his shoulders.View Original

This is an image of a man lying on his stomach with his legs extended straight back. His right leg has been amputated above the knee. He is resting on his forearms so his chest is propped up slightly. There is a callout showing him pushing his chest up, arms straight under his shoulders.

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This is an image of a woman lying on her stomach. Her left leg is extended straight. Her right leg has been amputated above the knee and is propped up on a towel roll.

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This is an image of a woman lying on her stomach. Her left leg is extended straight. Her right leg has been amputated above the knee and is propped up on a towel roll.

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This is an image of a man lying on his back with his left leg extended. His right leg has been amputated above the knee and his hip joint is flexed to raise his leg off of the floor. There is a callout showing him crossing his right stump across his body, pulling with his left hand. His shoulder s remain flat on the floor.

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This is an image of a woman sitting on the floor with her legs extended out in front of her. Her left leg has been amputated above the knee. She is squeezing her thighs together with a pillow between them.

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This is an image of a woman lying on her stomach. Her left leg is extended straight. Her right leg has been amputated above the knee. There is a callout showing her raising her right leg up.

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This is an image of a woman lying on her stomach. Her left leg is extended straight. Her right leg has been amputated above the knee. There is a callout showing her raising her right leg up.

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These are 2 images of a man lying on his back, arms across his stomach. His right leg is bent and foot is flat on the floor. His left leg is amputated above the knee and his stump is resting on a towel roll. In the first image his whole back is resting on the floor and in the second image he has lifted just his hips and lower back off of the floor.

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What will the results be?

Less pain
Faster healing
Stronger muscles
More flexibility
Prevent muscle tightening or contractures
Increased blood flow
Easier to move around and use a prosthesis or artificial leg

Helpful tips

Do not prop your stump up with a pillow unless your doctor or therapist tells you to do so. This could cause tightness to happen in the front hip muscles. This will make walking with your prosthesis more difficult.
Keep your stump wrapped as instructed by your doctor. If the bandages loosen, rewrap. Be sure not to wrap it too tight at the top so you do not cut off blood flow.
Stay active and work out to keep your muscles strong and flexible.
Keep a healthy weight to avoid putting too much stress on your spine. Eat a healthy diet to keep your muscles healthy.
If you have diabetes, it is very important to keep your blood sugar numbers good to help with healing.
Be sure you do not hold your breath when exercising. This can raise your blood pressure. If you tend to hold your breath, try counting out loud when exercising. If any exercise bothers you, stop right away.
Always warm up before stretching. Heated muscles stretch much easier than cool muscles. Stretching cool muscles can lead to injury.
Never bounce when doing stretches.
Doing exercises before a meal may be a good way to get into a routine.
Exercise may be slightly uncomfortable, but you should not have sharp pains. If you do get sharp pains, stop what you are doing. If the sharp pains continue, call your doctor.

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2015-06-08 ‚

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