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forward step up onto pillow with single leg - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

forward step up onto pillow with single leg

step forward onto pillow-topped step with one leg, follow with other leg while contracting glutes, then step down alternating legs

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee, head
Muscles
quadriceps, gluteus maximus, gastrocnemius, hamstrings
Equipment
pillow, step
Goal
postural correction, balance, stability, proprioception
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand facing the step on which 1 pillow is placed, lift off one leg from floor and place forward on step, followed by other leg with squeezing the buttocks. Lower down one leg on floor behind followed by other leg for starting position. Repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.