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wall mini squat - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

wall mini squat

standing wall-supported partial squat with knees bent to thirty degrees then returned to start position

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

How it is done

Stand with feet apart, against the wall and arms by side or crossed over the chest. Rest the back on wall, with maintaing the contact with wall, bend both knees by 30° towards the floor, as sitting on chair. Staright your knees to return 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.