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active vmo - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

active vmo

sit on stool, squeeze towel between knees while extending and flexing knee to activate vastus medialis oblique

Starting position
sitting
Joints
knee
Muscles
quadriceps, vastus medialis oblique
Equipment
towel, stool
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Siton the stool with feet on the floor. Place a towel roll between the knees, press the towel and straight one knee. Maintain the press and bend the knee to strating position and repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.