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standing knee flexion with ankle weight - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

standing knee flexion with ankle weight

stand facing chair, bend knee to maximum range with ankle weight, then return to start position.

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee, head
Muscles
gastrocnemius, hamstrings
Equipment
chair, ankle weight
Goal
postural correction, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Tie a weight cuff above the ankle of the exercising leg and stand with feet hip width apart, facing the chair. Bend the knee of exercising leg to the maxium available range. Hold and bring back the feet to the starting position.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.