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standing hip flexion - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

standing hip flexion

standing single-leg forward raise with straight knee, returning to neutral position between repetitions

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip
Muscles
quadriceps, hip flexors, rectus femoris
Goal
postural correction, balance, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand with arms by side. Move one leg forward keeping knee straight, move the leg back to starting position. Repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.