{"id":30488,"date":"2026-02-22T07:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30488"},"modified":"2026-02-22T07:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:19:45","slug":"how-exercise-helped-a-mother-tackle-serious-knee-pain-and-return-to-cane-free-walking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30488","title":{"rendered":"How exercise helped a mother tackle serious knee pain and return to cane-free walking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">When teaching assistant Kavita Biswas first asked for a wheelchair at the airport, she was struggling to walk even short distances.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It was a world away from her active life practising yoga and dance alongside her full-time job in a Hong Kong school.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Suddenly, in her mid-forties, she found herself relying on a cane and, at times, a walking frame.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Knee pain had steadily taken over her life, reshaping her days and narrowing her sense of what might still be possible.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The pain began around four years ago and was initially diagnosed as a meniscus tear. Biswas, who lives in Hong Kong\u2019s New Territories, wrongly assumed it would settle.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI actually just continued with my daily routine, my exercises, to the extent that the pain became unbearable and I found it difficult to walk,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"By the time Biswas had reached her mid-forties, her knee had become so painful that simple daily activities were difficult. Sitting on the floor with her students was no longer possible. Photo: Kavita Biswas\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/02\/20\/d7e22120-08bd-48f4-9a6b-250788c491cd_64e1666b.jpg\" title=\"By the time Biswas had reached her mid-forties, her knee had become so painful that simple daily activities were difficult. Sitting on the floor with her students was no longer possible. Photo: Kavita Biswas\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">By the time Biswas had reached her mid-forties, her knee had become so painful that simple daily activities were difficult. Sitting on the floor with her students was no longer possible. 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