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prone hip extension with knee extended - beginner Trunk exercise
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  • beginner

prone hip extension with knee extended

lift one straight leg toward ceiling while lying prone, engaging gluteals, then lower with control.

Starting position
prone
Joints
hip, lumbar spine
Muscles
gluteus maximus, hamstrings, erector spinae
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Lie on the stomach with leg straight forward and arms by side. Squeeze the buttocks and lift one leg towards the ceiling keeping knee straight, lower down the leg 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.