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standing hip abduction with chair support - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

standing hip abduction with chair support

stand beside chair, move leg laterally away from body, return to start and repeat

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip
Muscles
gluteus medius, hip abductors, gluteus minimus
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 leg away from the body, move 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.