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single leg heel raise with foot inversion and chair support - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

single leg heel raise with foot inversion and chair support

standing on one leg with foot rotated inward, rise onto toes using chair for balance support.

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

How it is done

Stand facing towards the backrest of chair. Lift one leg off from the floor and rotate the other foot inward, with maintaing the balance lift the heel off of 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.