These knee stretches and exercises in bed are a great way to help relieve knee pain in the morning before getting up, and/or when going to bed at night. And they don’t necessarily need to be done in bed, they can also be done on the couch or floor.
Often with knee pain, we wake up stiff and sore. We can also have knee pain at the end of a long day. These simple knee stretches may help no matter when knee pain strikes.
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