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standing hip adduction - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

standing hip adduction

stand beside chair, move working leg across body toward midline then return to starting position

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip
Muscles
hip adductors, gracilis, adductor longus, adductor magnus
Equipment
chair
Goal
postural correction, balance, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand next to the backrest of chair, hold the backrest with finger if needed. Move the leeg towards the other leg crossing the body, 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.