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lateral step up with hip stabilization - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

lateral step up with hip stabilization

stand beside step, place near leg on step, squeeze glutes and step up laterally, then lower with control

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee, head
Muscles
gluteus medius, quadriceps, hip abductors, gluteus maximus
Equipment
step
Goal
postural correction, balance, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand next to the step, lift off one leg from floor and place on step sideways, squeeze the buttocks and with core muscle step up by second leg ans stand on it. Lower down to starting position. Repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.