Step-Ups
Builds strength for stairs and daily activity.
What it helps
Builds the leg and hip strength — and the control — for stairs, curbs, and everyday activity.
How to do it
- Step up onto a low step with your operative leg.
- Step back down with control.
Tips
- Hold a rail for balance.
Commonly done as 2-3 sets of 10, once or twice a day.
Where this appears in recovery
Step-Ups is part of 45 recovery programs, typically in the phase 3 and before surgery and phase 2 and phase 4 stage. Each program shows how it fits alongside the other movements:
- Tarsal Tunnel Release exercise guide
- Achilles Tendon Lengthening exercise guide
- Fifth Metatarsal Fracture ORIF exercise guide
- Total Knee Arthroplasty exercise guide
- Total Knee Arthroplasty exercise guide
- Ankle Arthroscopy (Debridement) exercise guide
- Achilles Tendon Reconstruction exercise guide
- Morton's Neuroma Excision exercise guide
- Ankle ORIF (Bimalleolar) exercise guide
- Calcaneus Fracture ORIF exercise guide
- Keller Bunionectomy exercise guide
- Medial Displacement Calcaneal Osteotomy exercise guide
- …and 33 more
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These are general exercise guides, not a personal prescription. The repetitions and frequency shown are what's commonly used — your own surgeon or therapist may advise something different, and their guidance comes first.