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straight leg raise with towel assistance - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

straight leg raise with towel assistance

supine leg elevation with towel support under foot while maintaining knee extension throughout movement.

Starting position
supine
Joints
hip, knee
Muscles
quadriceps, hip flexors, rectus abdominis
Equipment
towel
Goal
postural correction, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, isotonic eccentric, active assisted

How it is done

Lie on the back with legs straight forward, loop a towel under the foot and hold the either ends with hands. Lift the one leg off the floor using assistance of the towel, keeping knee straight. Lower the leg 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.