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quadruped hip extension - beginner Trunk exercise
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quadruped hip extension

from hands and knees, extend one leg straight back parallel to floor, then return to start position.

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

How it is done

Get down on hands and knee position i.e on 4 points ( both hands and both knees), hands under the shoulder and knees under the hip. Lift one knee off the floor and straight as parallel to the floor, bend the knee 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.