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single leg heel raise with support - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

single leg heel raise with support

standing calf raise on one leg while holding chair for balance, lifting heel without bending knee

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

How it is done

Stand facing towards the backrest of chair. Lift one leg off from the floor, with maintaing the balance lift the heel off other foot without knee bending. Place finger on back rest for support, lower down heel to starting position and repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.