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side lying hip adduction - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

side lying hip adduction

side-lying exercise targeting hip adductors by lifting bottom leg while top knee rests forward

Starting position
side-lying
Joints
hip
Muscles
hip adductors, gracilis, adductor longus, adductor magnus
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Lie on one side with legs straight forward, bend the top knee close to chest and rest on floor. Lift the bottom leg off the floor, keeping knee straight. Lower down the leg 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.