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reverse clamshell - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

reverse clamshell

side-lying hip internal rotation exercise with knees together, lifting top foot towards ceiling

Starting position
side-lying
Joints
hip
Muscles
hip adductors, hip internal rotators, tensor fasciae latae
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Lie on one side with hip - knees to 90-90 degrees. Keeping the knees touching to each other, lift the top foot towards the ceiling. Lower the foot 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.