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warrior side bending - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

warrior side bending

side lunge with lateral flexion, one hand reaching floor while opposite reaches ceiling, then return to start

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee, head, shoulder, lumbar spine, thoracic spine
Muscles
gluteus medius, hip adductors, quadriceps, deltoid, obliques, latissimus dorsi
Goal
postural correction, balance, coordination, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand with feet slight apart than normal width and both arms elevated to 90 degree by side. Perform side lunge and bend to same side as try to touch the floor with hand, while other hand towards the ceiling. Back to staring position and repeat.

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

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