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hip flexion in side lying - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

hip flexion in side lying

side lying position with bottom knee bent, actively flex top hip forward while maintaining knee extension

Starting position
side-lying
Joints
hip
Muscles
hip flexors, rectus femoris, iliopsoas
Goal
postural correction, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Lie on one side ( Note - Exercising leg on top), bend the bottom knee by 90° and keep the top knee straight. With maintaing knee straight move the leg foreward, return 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.