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hip extension in quadruped position - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

hip extension in quadruped position

extend one leg straight back while maintaining quadruped position on hands and knees with neutral spine alignment

Starting position
quadruped
Joints
hip, lumbar spine
Muscles
gluteus maximus, hamstrings, erector spinae
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Get down on hands and knee position i.e on 4 points ( both hands and both knees), hands under the shoulder and knees under the hip. With maintaing the position, straight one knee up, 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.