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bilateral heel raise with chair support - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

bilateral heel raise with chair support

standing calf raise lifting both heels while lightly touching chair backrest for balance support

Starting position
standing
Joints
head
Muscles
gastrocnemius, soleus
Equipment
chair
Goal
postural correction, balance
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand straight with feet width apart, facing towards the backrest of chair and place one index finger on back rest for support and balance, raise the both heels up and down.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.