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single leg stance holding medicine ball overhead - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

single leg stance holding medicine ball overhead

stand on one leg while holding medicine ball with arms elevated forward to maintain balance and stability

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee, head
Muscles
gluteus medius, quadriceps, hip abductors, gluteus maximus, ankle stabilizers
Equipment
medicine ball
Goal
postural correction, balance, stability, proprioception
Type
active, isometric

How it is done

Stand with arms elevate the 90 degree forward with holding a Medicine ball. Lift one leg off the floor by bending the knee, hold and maintain the balance on one leg. Lower down the leg to starting position, repeat alternate.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.