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single leg deadlift - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

single leg deadlift

standing single-leg hinge with trunk forward flexion and posterior leg extension while maintaining knee extension

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, head, lumbar spine
Muscles
gluteus medius, gluteus maximus, hamstrings, erector spinae
Goal
postural correction, balance, stability, proprioception
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand with feet hip-width apart and arms elevated to overhead. Keeping knee straight, kick backwards while trunk bending forward parallel to floor. Back 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.