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supine hip external rotation with knee flexed - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

supine hip external rotation with knee flexed

lie supine with knees bent, feet together, rotate one knee outward and return to center

Starting position
supine, crook-lying
Joints
hip
Muscles
gluteus medius, gluteus maximus, hip external rotators
Goal
postural correction, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Lie on the back, bend both knees to 90 degrees with feet touching each other. Rotate the one bend leg outward or away from the body, rotate 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.