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standing hip flexion with chair support - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

standing hip flexion with chair support

stand beside chair, lift one leg straight forward then return, use chair for balance if needed

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

How it is done

Stand next to the chair. Move one leg straight forward and move back to starting position. Place a finger on backrest of chair for balance or support if needed.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.