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standing hip flexion with resistance band - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

standing hip flexion with resistance band

stand and flex hip forward against band resistance tied at ankle, return to start and repeat

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip
Muscles
hip flexors, rectus femoris, iliopsoas
Equipment
resistance band
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand with arms by the side. Tie one end of the resistance band just above the ankle and other end to the stable surface behind the leg. Move the leg straight forward against the resistance of theraband, move 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.