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core heel slide - beginner Trunk exercise
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core heel slide

supine abdominal bracing exercise with alternating leg slides to challenge core stability during limb movement.

Starting position
supine, crook-lying
Joints
hip, knee, lumbar spine
Muscles
hip flexors, rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis
Goal
postural correction, coordination, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Lie on the back with feet on the floor and knees bend, arms crossed over the chest. Slide the heel forward by straightening the knee, slide back the heel to starting position and repeat by alternating the side.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.