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standing trunk flexion with knee bend - beginner Trunk exercise
  • Trunk
  • beginner

standing trunk flexion with knee bend

stand with arms crossed, bend knees thirty degrees, lean forward with straight back to stretch hamstrings and calves

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee, lumbar spine
Muscles
gastrocnemius, hamstrings, erector spinae
Goal
mobility, stretching
Type
active

How it is done

Stand and crossed the arms over chest. Bend knees by 30 degrees and lean forward keeping back straight. Feel for the stretch in the back of thighs and calf. Straight to starting position and repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.