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oblique crunch - beginner Trunk exercise
  • Trunk
  • beginner

oblique crunch

supine trunk rotation with hip flexion targeting oblique abdominals through alternating twisting movements

Starting position
supine, crook-lying
Joints
hip, lumbar spine, thoracic spine
Muscles
hip flexors, rectus abdominis, external obliques, internal obliques
Goal
postural correction, coordination, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, active

How it is done

Lie on back with both knee straight forward, cross the hand and place behind the head. Lift both feet off the floor such that hips knee at 90-90 degree, with maintaing the position lift the head, shoulder and upper trunk off the floor and twist to one side then other side. Back to starting position and repeat alternate.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.