A Physical Therapist Shares the 5 Best Knee-Strengthening Exercises To Support Your Joints as You Age
As you get older, maintaining strength around your knees can help you stay active and make everyday movement easier.[1] Your knees play a key part in your daily activities, including walking, climbing stairs, and getting up from a chair.[2] Strengthening the muscles around your knees—including your quads, hamstrings, glutes, and calves—can help support the joint and improve stability and function.[3] These five exercises can help.
Sit-to-stands strengthen your quads and glutes while practicing a movement you perform throughout the day: getting up from a chair. Building strength in these muscles can help support your knees and make sitting and standing easier.[4][5]