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vmo - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

vmo

Isometric adduction with knee extension to strengthen vastus medialis oblique and thigh adductors.

Starting position
sitting
Joints
hip, knee
Muscles
hip adductors, quadriceps, vastus medialis oblique
Equipment
towel, stool
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, isotonic eccentric, isometric

How it is done

sit on a stool with feet on the floor. Place a towel roll between the knees. Press the towel roll between the knees and strighten the knee. Bend the knee to starting position while pressing the towel.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.