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standing knee flexion with resistance band - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

standing knee flexion with resistance band

standing hamstring curl using resistance band anchored under opposite foot, flexing knee toward hip then returning to extension.

Starting position
standing
Joints
knee
Muscles
gastrocnemius, hamstrings
Equipment
resistance band, chair
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand facing a chair with feet hip-width apart and tie one end of the theraband above the ankle and other end under the other foot. Bend the knee towards the hip stretching the theraband. Hold and straighten the knee towards the floor.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.