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core set - beginner Trunk exercise
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  • beginner

core set

supine abdominal bracing exercise with knees bent, drawing navel toward spine to flatten lumbar curve against floor

Starting position
supine, crook-lying
Joints
lumbar spine
Muscles
rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis, internal obliques
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
active, isometric

How it is done

Lie on the back with arms crossed over the chest. Bend knees around 90° and feet touches the ground. Pull the belly towards the spine as flattening the back with touching the floor. Hold and back 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.