Exercise after stroke: Stop Knee Hyperextension 

I’ve noticed that if I loosen up my ankle before I walk it helps my knee from hyperextending

Awesome. You are addressing all of the issues associated with spasticity , from MS. I love how you explain the why. Keep the videos coming.

Thank you so much for doing these videos. This will target something I have been fighting for several years now as my Ms has crept along.

I so wish I had seen your videos 10 years ago when I had my strokes. You understand my issues. I’m going to have to start my own therapy again.

Good information provided, thank you, thanks for all your hard work in helping with these problems

Thankyou so much!! I really needed these awesome tips!

I am 70 years old & Stroke in 2019, hemiplegia, had 6 mo. basic physical training, can walk limping a limited distance. Your videos helps a lot (still) fighting hyperextension and knee side movement. An awareness of limb position slowly develops. Thank you from my ❤ ! Mike P.

Simply love to watch Your videos over and over again. THANKYOU SO MUCH. has helped me a lot ..more than You can imagine. Thanks once again. Keep posting the videos n reach out to a larger audience who truly need Your help .💕

Thank you for making these! I have severe leg spasticity and foot drop. I think these will work for me. 3 months I've been looking. Thank you again 💓

Dr. Tara, thank you so much for this great video. Again super helpful exercises and information 💛🧡💛🙏🙏

an invaluable video! Thanks for posting. Gives me hope.

Thank you so much for these videos!

I tried to do the sliding of my heal back towards my button, and thank God I was able to do it. My knee is hyperextending occasionally since about 10 month of wearing the Afo I put it down,and strengthened my leg muscles so that I can give up the Afo for good. My biggest issue now is my ankle rolling especially when I get stressed. Thank you so much for the great videos. Like I said in my previous comment somewhere you are aGod sent .

Thanks, Doc. You are awesome! I don't know how to express my gratitude. These are exactly my problems. I have been search the cause and solutions for years. Thank you!

Great explanation ,thanks

It's working for me. Thank you Tara Thank you so much

You are doing us all a great deal of favor. You are a Beautiful blessing ❤

I'm a mom of a child with cerebral palsy.. these exercises sounds like it can help my child as well. Im binge watching your video currently...😊

I’ve watched this video in the past and have added it my Therapy Playlist. After walking on the beach yesterday in Myrtle Beach (vacation), I’m reminded I need to put more focus on these exercises. 😅 Thanks again for helpful guidance!

Great video ,Tara, TY.

This was my problem thank you so much Love this video

Thank you for this video!

Thanks. Tara

This is another great video

Also.stationary cycling helps the quadriceps n hamstrings to work in synchronized way for those with less severe probs

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am determined to get this knee stronger! I’ll certainly get back to you

I just came across your website and this youtube channel. I appreciate your great endeavor to inform other individuals. I can also learn more as a physical therapist. Keep up your amazing work! Greetings from İstanbul :)

This is a huge problem for me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You made my day. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thank-you for giving the heel slide exercise.I want to see more of your exercises w/ hypertension, retraining the brain!!!

Thank you, I'm a stroke survivor.. This is the exercise that will bring me back to walk naturally.. Knee lock is my problem for about 10 yrs. Will keep you updated as it improves....

Thank you so much for these videos my current physical therapist hasn’t specifically targeted my knee problem unless some of what she’s had me do which just confuses me constantly is her way of doing something for my knee. I’m just never sure with her she confuses me every session and she’s not very clear on why she’s doing specific exercises.

Very good analysis and phonetics of your speech. Thank you

Thank you so much! You’re awesome!

Many thanks for valuable informations and clearly explanations.

Thank you so much!

Thank you!

Really like that you point out the different aspects. My pattern changes over the day. When I get up is clearly my ankle pushing my knee back but it gets better over the day. I usually walk up and down the hallway in the evening as it feels more normal by than. 🙏

Hello doctor I really appreciate your time for making these informative and helpful videos. If you don’t mind , I’d like you to talk about electrotherapy for stroke patients. Thanks in advance!

Dr. Tara,thank you very much for everything that you do speaking for many your great experience and videos are a blessing to us all. During this covid lockdown I do not go to therapy and they tell me that I do not qualify for in home therapy. Perhaps there are other people that encounter the same problem!

❤ your video on Hyperextended Knee exercises

Thanks for this video I’m suffering from hyperextended knee

Thanks

Thanks for sharing....

Great video I'm going to try and find a table I have this very issue I'm in outpatient PT right now any videos for the whole robot walk?

I really enjoying how u explaining all the leg issues so clear, perfect explanation

Thanks for your education! My MS therapist is out due to the pandemic and I am working myself! Your explanations are very helpful!

best video for pt students too

Thank you

Thank you for all you do to help those stroke survivors! Sadly, how can you help if the affected right side leg also has a foot issue (club foot)? I'm trying to help my mum. Thanks x

I'm so glad to learn I can fix my knees! Thank you for your explanations! Strengthening the hamstring and glutes with heavier exercises would work too?

Very great information 👍👍👍

very helpful thanks so m,uch, love you

Brilliant

Doctor Tobias. Why my arm is heavy. My leg I am doing my best to do some of the exercises to help with the heaviness in my leg and it helping. Thanks

I need this

Hi Tara from Australia 😀 Just found your channel, Thank You!!

Thank you. I'm a Pilates instructor, but have had hip imbalance which caused pain, I thought i had it sussed, but for 2 years I've had chronic knee pain on the same side. I think it's probably to do with over active quads? It's confusing because I do heel slides, toe taps and bridges all the time. This was helpful, I need to check I'm not activating the hip flexor over the ham string. Thank you.

First video ive watched that has broken down the micro movement's to get back.. My knees more knock knees gow can i work on this? And thank you thank you thank you forbyour detailed breakdown

Thank you for your help, something your teaching in your videos is working for me I can see and feel a lot of progress ever since I started working on all the different muscles according to your videos, thank you so very much.

I really struggle with my knee popping back as I walk. Really great video. I’ll let you know how I get on. Thank you.

This is a problem for me too. Trying to get better.

amazing hope I can do it with my dad, since he has 0 Knee flexion

Super 🙂

Your the greatest any word on soft contractures

Great

Thank you doctor. 😘💕 Hyperextension of the affected leg is something I struggle with.

Hi dr tara may i know what called that blue strap you a using?

U are just amazing!!

Dr Tara , thank you. My dad's knee is always flexed. What can I do to help him

Dr , above shared video is very helpful. However my knee does not flex. I need some ones help for the same. Please guide me how to go about the same

Hellow doctor can i use muscle stimulator to help me bend the knee while doing the gravity assisted exercise that you showed .. thank you very much doc. Im also doing your exercise how to keep the arm straight whilevwalking , the one that you hold a stick at the back of your leg, and i see a progress my arm does not go up that much while walking thank you🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

I’m catching up on the videos now. My therapist have me doing the last exercise but without a board just sliding my leg by myself. It was difficult at first but got so much better over time. Are you going to do videos about the knee flapping out to the side? I follow a lot of your exercises on the days I do not have therapy.

I’m fighting this hyper extended knee NOW OMG

Hi Dr. Tobias! I really love your videos! I was wondering if you have done a video on “ stroke patients’ so-called “good side” of the body getting injured because of overuse ! My Hemorrhagic stroke occurred in the right side of my brain leaving me with a paralyzed left side! And now since I have to use my right arm and leg to compensate, I now have bad Neuropathy in my right arm and need to have carpal tunnel surgery and my right knee is very painful holdin up all my weight on it! I guess this stuff is unavoidable! I have so many questions for you! You and videos help me more than my team of doctors!! I also have shouldersubluxation on my left shoulder and cannot find an Orthopedic who will fix it, because the cause is my brain and muscles and o ,most importantly, do my OT exercise s which I do as much as I can, but it causes severe pain from the shoulder. I am so upset and depressed because of this conundrum 😭😢 and I feel like the pain that I have isunfounded since my Therapists and doctors make me feel this way , they don’t mean to but they make me feel like they don’t believe that I am exaggerating my pain!! Also, they I am always have nerve pain on my paralyzed side! It’s hard to do my PT because I am always in pain!!is it normal to have pain, itching, hot and cold sensations on that side as well! Do you hear this from your patients?Last question, sorry this is so long! I have watched you videos on how important it is to not lead a sedentary life and to exercise! How can I exercise when I cannot walk?

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Dr T, thank you for this well explained video. But from what I see is this, the exercises only work with patients who have some sort of movements. What about those with 0 power? Could you please offer more variations. Thank you

Hi dr tobias, it's been 7years but my hyperextention. I lost hope but again started. 😔

Could not find anything on the table. Could you please send me the information so I could obtain one? Clyde T. Steapp

Dr Tara...thank you so much for the perfect explaination:-)..I struggle with this issue most probably because of weak hamstrings..this not only leading to knee hypertension I can neither bend my knee backwards..can you suggest some excercises to help me bend my knee from behind? I have checked multiple places but none of them actually gave me an answer to help me bend the knee backwards...this is actually making my gait very weird specially while climbing up the stairs..so if I work on these excercises will I be also able to bend the knee backwards?

Thank you very much for useful exercises. My issue is that I don't have calf muscle control at all. How to regain the control of the same post stroke. I'm left side paralyzed. Now walking slowly. Can't bend my legs backwards, and can't shake my ankle & leg fingers. It's all totally in out of control. Please reply. Thank you.

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Hi Dr. Tobias how much of an impact of a weak glute have on knee hyperextension?

how about hamstring curls? Will this strengthening work?

Hi Tara, I have severe spasticity and lost motor control. Can you please explain what exercises would help to relearn the movement by controlling the spasticity. I have both hyper extension knee and foot pointing towards down.

Hello Tara I had knee hyperextension along with no dorisiflecion in involved leg . I do knee hyperextension progression exercises as suggested in vedio .. Please guide me. How to get progressed in knee hyper extension and ankle problem

I have tried to do this exercise I put my foot curls to the right so I find it very difficult to do it correctly on the board. I will try the nyleax next time. But my knee sometimes hard to do I do tried the hock exercise and it was ok. What else can I do.

link for blue straps goes to wedges

About a week out of hospital from stroke I fell and broke my hip on my affected side. When doing surgery for hip they cut through muscle could that surgery effect my quads from activating properly making my knee to pop back?

Yes you was right my posterior muscles are not working

Hi. I had a stroke and have high extensor tone and literally no hamstring strength In either leg. I tried and couldn’t even do the most basic exercise you described (legs strapped together on elevated board). Can you think of an even more basic exercise to strengthen my hamstrings? Use a strap and pull legs?

I hyper extended my knee at a soccer game but I don’t feel much symptoms. I have 0 knee pain, the only thing I feel is that it isn’t as stable as my right knee. Does that mean 2 weeks of rehab and I should be good to do intense running again?

Could you please let me know why the leg falls on to the side and what should I work on to improve that? This is a trouble when I try to lift my leg and wear my footwear or shoes.please help me and tell me which muscle weakness is leading to this

What about starting straight with hamstring curls?

Please send 6month questions, Thanks 🙏

Please please answer is this exercise applies even if you have drop foot ... can you do exercise like this one with board wearing your footbrace ? Please I need to know .. thank you so much..

I love your video. I'm 35 and I believe I was born with hyperetension. Can it be corrected. Please reply. Thank you.

Hi mam h r u I'm physiotherapists from Haldwani uttrakhand in India my hemiplegia pts walk can't properly higher extension ple help an your opinion mam

Thank you so much for these videos, started doing these exercises for knee hyperextension in day3 i feel some soreness on my glutes n hamstring , could this be a sign that my muscles are activating?

I’d like to ask, where to buy the yellow board you used in the video? I don’t see it in your notes. Thanks.

Do cycling preventing this hypertension?