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seated heel slide on swiss ball - beginner Trunk exercise
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  • beginner

seated heel slide on swiss ball

sitting on swiss ball, slide one heel forward on floor maintaining balance, alternate legs.

Starting position
sitting
Joints
hip, knee, lumbar spine
Muscles
quadriceps, hip flexors, erector spinae, transverse abdominis
Equipment
swiss ball
Goal
postural correction, balance, coordination, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Sit on the Swiss ball, with feet touches the floor and hips-knees at 90-90 degrees and arms crossed over chest. With maintaing the balance, slide one heel forward on the floor, slide back to starting position and repeat with other heel.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.