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quadriceps setting with towel roll vastus medialis activation - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

quadriceps setting with towel roll vastus medialis activation

press knee down into towel roll to contract quadriceps and lift heel, activating vastus medialis oblique.

Starting position
long-sitting
Joints
knee
Muscles
quadriceps, rectus femoris, vastus medialis
Equipment
towel
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
active, isometric

How it is done

Sit with both legs straight in front of you and place a towel roll under one knee. Press the knee down into the towel to straighten the leg and lift the heel slightly. Return to the starting position. Repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.