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standing hip extension with flexed knee wall push - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

standing hip extension with flexed knee wall push

push bent knee backward against wall while standing, maintaining ninety degree knee flexion for hip extensor activation

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee
Muscles
gluteus maximus, hamstrings
Equipment
chair, wall
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
resisted, isometric

How it is done

Standd against the wall, with facing backrest of chair, hold the backrest for support if needed. Bend one knee to 90 degree in such a way that, foot resting on wall. Push the wall using foot, release the push 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.