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sitting knee flexion with towel assistance - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

sitting knee flexion with towel assistance

sit with legs straight, use towel around foot to assist knee bending, sliding heel toward body then return

Starting position
long-sitting, sitting
Joints
hip, knee
Muscles
quadriceps, hamstrings
Equipment
towel
Goal
postural correction, mobility, stretching
Type
isotonic concentric, isotonic eccentric, active assisted

How it is done

Sit with legs straight, loop a towel around the foot and hold either ends with hands. Using the assistance of towel, bend the knee and slide the heel towards the body. Straighten the knee 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.