{"title":"Technogym Excite Live Recline — semi-recumbent bike","seoTitle":"Technogym Excite Live Recline — semi-recumbent bike | PES Luxembourg","metaDescription":"Excite Live Recline semi-recumbent bike for cardiovascular reconditioning with a reduced balance demand in Bascharage. Informations et rendez-vous au Pôle ","content":"**The [Excite Live Recline](https://www.technogym.com/us/excite-recline.html) (Technogym) is a recumbent bike, with a backrest and lumbar support, without a requirement of balance on handlebars. At Pôle Equilibre & Santé, in Bascharage, it is often the first pedalling possible after knee surgery, low-back pain or when balance is lacking. It is not a cartilage treatment.**\n\n## Recumbent: oil the joint before loading it standing\n\nThe backrest and the lumbar support unload the lower back. The hips are more flexed than on an upright bike, which can be more comfortable at the start of rehabilitation, especially if sitting without support wakes the back. Magnetic resistance is smooth: one can turn the legs very early, including with a still-limited range, to maintain the joint — circulate, maintain flexion-extension, wake the quadriceps without impact.\n\nThis is not the device of the return to running. It is that of the **first turns of the wheel**. The treadmill demands alternating single-leg support; the stairs demand hoisting oneself. The Recline only demands pushing and bringing back, sitting, the trunk wedged. For many patients, it is the first time since the operation that a leg works in rhythm without balance being a subject.\n\nThe saddle setting (here: seat-to-pedal distance) is decisive. Too close, the knee is crushed at the top of the cycle. Too far, one pedals at the end of range, hip and back compensate. The physiotherapist sets before the first revolution, then watches that the knee does not force at the end of the push.\n\n## When the back refuses an upright bike, and who benefits\n\n- after knee or hip surgery, as soon as the surgeon authorises pedalling;\n- low-back pain for which an upright bike, a treadmill or prolonged standing wakes the back;\n- older people, overweight, or still too unstable for a treadmill;\n- a very early return of endurance, before any weight-bearing work.\n\nFransen et al. (Cochrane, 2015) conclude that exercise reduces pain and disability in knee osteoarthritis, without designating a miracle ergometer. Kettunen et al. (2007) had already illustrated that a supervised exercise programme can improve function. The OARSI recommendations (McAlindon et al., 2014) place exercise — land-based, adapted — at the forefront of osteoarthritis, ahead of passive modalities. The Recline is therefore not a treatment of osteoarthritis on its own: it is a **safe way** to exercise when the back, balance or range still forbid other machines.\n\nPedalling does not rebuild cartilage. It offers a dosed exercise, interrupted if joint pain rises, useful for endurance and mobility within the limits of the day.\n\n## How a session goes\n\nSet-up: seat adjusted, possibly a lumbar cushion, start at almost zero resistance. We rise by small notches. The passage on the Recline often lasts ten to twenty minutes, within a session of about thirty minutes.\n\n## Clothing and preparation\n\n- soft clothing, closed shoes (the feet stay on the pedals with toe clips or straps)\n- No need for cycling shorts\n- Prescription, flexion and weight-bearing instructions, possibly a cushion if you have a recent scar still sensitive to contact with the seat\n\n## Fear, pain and driving\n\nFear of falling is less than when standing, but it exists: fear of flexing too much, fear that the knee will lock at the top of the cycle. We limit the range, we stay beside you, we do not strap a fragile ankle without having said so. If dizziness is the reason for consultation, pedalling sitting can be safer than walking — provided the vestibular or medical assessment does not forbid effort.\n\nPain during the exercise: thigh warmth is normal. Knee pain that grows at every turn, radiating low-back pain, disproportionate breathlessness, chest pain: we stop. We do not exceed a flexion instruction.\n\nDriving home is generally possible: you have stayed sitting. After a first post-operative session, fatigue can surprise; plan not to chain a long night journey. Return to desk work is often compatible fairly early with this type of effort. A physical job or a running sport waits for other devices — [treadmill](/bascharage/equipement/excite-live-run), [stairs](/bascharage/equipement/excite-live-climb) — and other criteria.\n\n## Contraindications and timelines\n\n- pedalling forbidden by the surgeon\n- a recent thrombosis not lifted\n- infection\n- chest pain\n- an unevaluated acute inflammatory flare\n- a wound that does not tolerate sitting\n\nThe first benefits are often felt in **cycle smoothness** and in breath, in a few sessions. Recovering endurance useful in daily life is counted in weeks. This is not a shortcut to jogging.\n\n## Frequently asked questions\n\n\nHow should I prepare and what should I wear?
\n\nSoft clothing, closed shoes, prescription and flexion or weight-bearing instructions. A light meal is enough. Mention a scar still painful on contact with the seat, dizziness or chest pain.\n\n \n\n\nHow long does one pedal?
\n\nOften ten to twenty minutes, within a session of about thirty minutes. We start shorter if range or pain impose it. This is not a bike outing.\n\n \n\n\nI have back and knee pain: is it suitable, and can one fall?
\n\nOften yes, precisely because the back is supported and there is no impact. You are sitting: the fall risk is low, but the knee can force if the seat-to-pedal distance is poorly set. Intensity stays piloted.\n\n \n\n\nWhat if it hurts during the exercise?
\n\nSay so. We lower the resistance, we shorten the range or we stop. Effort thigh burn is not knee pain that worsens turn after turn.\n\n \n\n\nCan I drive, and when can I resume sport or work?
\n\nDriving is generally possible after this sitting work, if it is already authorised. Sedentary work can return early. Running, jumping, a physical job: other steps, other machines, other criteria.\n\n \n\n\nWhat contraindications, and what timeline for results?
\n\nForbidden pedalling, a recent thrombosis, infection, chest pain: we wait. The cycle often becomes smoother in a few sessions; useful endurance, in weeks. Physiotherapy is provided on medical prescription so that it can be reimbursed by the [CNS](https://cns.public.lu/fr/assure/remboursements/prestations-remboursees/prestations-paramedicales/kinesitherapeutes.html). The practice handles the paperwork. Details: [The Consultation](/bascharage/kinesitherapie/consultation-kine).\n\n \n\n\nHow can I book an appointment?
\n\nVia [Doctena](https://fr.doctena.lu/cabinet/Pole_Equilibre_Sante-281318) or on +352 26 65 28 42. Practice at 20B Rue du Bois, 4912 Bascharage — see [Contact & access](/contact).\n\n \n\n## Find out more\n\n- [The Excite Live Run](/bascharage/equipement/excite-live-run) — the next step, walking and running\n- [Orthopaedic rehabilitation](/bascharage/competence/reeducation-orthopedique)\n- [Our technical platform](/bascharage/equipement)\n\n","image":"https://pes-luxembourg.lu/bascharage/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/Excite-Live-Recline.png"}