Always check with your CPO/therapist which exercises are possible with your prosthesis. As with any exercise, if you feel unwell or experience physical pain or discomfort, you should stop immediately and consult a doctor.

Stance phase training: Standing infront of a small ball, inside the parallel bars, stand with your weight evenly distributed between your prosthetic and sound sides. Move your weight onto your prosthetic side and slowly shift it forward over the prosthetic foot. Squeeze your residual limb muscles back into the socket and in a controlled manner, lift the sound side foot onto the ball. Feel your full weight loaded on your prosthetic leg and concentrate on only using the sound side for balance, instead of your full weight on the ball. Try to control your balance on the prosthetic side using the muscles around your hip. Pay attention to the forward movement of your pelvis on the prosthetic side, keeping it in line and without twisting or rotating. Move the ball forwards and backwards, and in circles. You can even attempt the alphabet! When you are finished, squeeze your residual limb muscles to push down into your prosthesis while you lift your sound leg to return back to the starting position on the ground.

In this video you see a Rheo Knee XC, If you do not have this prosthesis ask your CPO/therapist how to exercise with your prosthetic limb.

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