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

lateral step up onto pillow with single leg stance

step sideways onto pillow-topped platform with one leg, follow with second leg, then reverse to starting position.

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

How it is done

Stand next to the step on which 1 pillow is placed, lift off one leg from floor and place on step sideways, followed by second leg . Lower down second leg on floor and bent the first leg knee placed on step 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.