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step up and down with core stabilization - beginner Trunk exercise
  • Trunk
  • beginner

step up and down with core stabilization

alternately step up and down on a low platform while maintaining core stability throughout the movement.

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee, head, lumbar spine
Muscles
quadriceps, gluteus maximus, hamstrings, erector spinae, transverse abdominis
Equipment
step, stool
Goal
postural correction, balance, coordination, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand facing the step ( low siiting stool), lift off one leg from floor and place forward on step, followed by other leg with core stablisation. Lower down the first leg followed by other 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.