Bad knees and lunges

[phantomsam]

Hi,

I have very bad osteoarthritis in both knees and I can barely do lunges. In addition, my lumbar spine is fused and I sometimes have back pain. How can I successfully do the DVDs without doing lunges or plyo moves that involve a lot of knee work?

 

[maddiesmum]

I am sorry but I don't think that anyone on these forums, including Cathe, has the required expertise to be able to advise you on this issue.

I think what I would do in your position is watch the DVD you have and write descriptions of the moves. Then, I would take this to a physiotherapist and ask him or her to please help me adapt these moves so that I could do them or something close to them. It is also true that your physiotherapist will have the required knowledge to advise you on what is possible for you and will also know ways to train the lower body that are safe for you and effective and not included in Cathe's DVDs.

Good luck.

Clare