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isometric knee extension - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

isometric knee extension

isometric knee extension performed in sitting with crossed ankles providing resistance.

Starting position
sitting
Joints
knee
Muscles
quadriceps
Equipment
chair
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
resisted, isometric

How it is done

Sit on a chair. Cross one feet over the other just above the ankle. Straighten the knee against the resistance of the other leg. Hold and release the resistance. Bend the knee and bring to starting position.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.