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assistive knee flexion using other leg in supine - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

assistive knee flexion using other leg in supine

supine assisted knee flexion using opposite leg to guide affected limb through range of motion.

Starting position
supine, crook-lying
Joints
hip, knee
Muscles
quadriceps, hip flexors, hamstrings
Goal
postural correction, mobility, stretching
Type
isotonic concentric, isotonic eccentric, active assisted

How it is done

Lie on back with both knee staright forward and arms by side, lock the unaffected leg over the affected leg. Bend the affected leg towards body with the assistance of unaffected leg. Straight the knee by heel slide to back to startinf position and repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.