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bridging with hip abduction band resistance - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

bridging with hip abduction band resistance

supine bridge with band around thighs, lift hips while pushing knees outward against resistance

Starting position
supine, crook-lying
Joints
hip, knee, lumbar spine
Muscles
gluteus medius, hip abductors, gluteus maximus, hamstrings, erector spinae
Equipment
resistance band
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
resisted, isometric

How it is done

Lie on the back and bend your both knees around 90° and feet touches the ground, loop a theraband covering both thighs or above the knee, Lift your trunk off the floor and strech the theraband and hold for 10 sec, return to staring position and Repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.