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plank on elbows with hip lift - beginner Trunk exercise
  • Trunk
  • beginner

plank on elbows with hip lift

prone position on elbows, lift and lower hips repeatedly while maintaining trunk alignment

Starting position
prone, quadruped
Joints
hip, shoulder, lumbar spine
Muscles
gluteus maximus, deltoid, rectus abdominis, erector spinae, transverse abdominis
Goal
postural correction, stability, endurance
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Lie on the stomuch with legs straight forward and elbows under the shoulders. Lift the hips off the floor, lower the hips 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.