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standing pillow balance with reaching activity - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

standing pillow balance with reaching activity

stand on pillow with hip-width stance while reaching one hand forward and laterally to challenge balance.

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee, head
Muscles
gluteus medius, quadriceps, tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius, soleus
Equipment
pillow
Goal
balance, stability, proprioception
Type
active, resisted

How it is done

Stand on a pillow with feet hip-width apart. Reach out with one hand in front and sideways directions.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.