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single step sideways walk with chair support - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

single step sideways walk with chair support

lateral stepping movement using chair for balance support, moving leg away and returning to starting position.

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee, head
Muscles
gluteus medius, hip adductors, quadriceps, hip abductors
Equipment
chair
Goal
postural correction, balance, coordination, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, active, resisted

How it is done

Stand with feet hip-width apart besides the back rest of a chair. Lift the leg on the opposite side of the chair and place sideways. Return to starting position.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.