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push up on knees - beginner Trunk exercise
  • Trunk
  • beginner

push up on knees

kneel with hands under shoulders, lower body by bending elbows, then push back up to starting position

Starting position
quadruped, half-kneeling
Joints
shoulder, thoracic spine, elbow
Muscles
deltoid, triceps, pectoralis major, serratus anterior
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Kneel and move forward on the hands, in such a way that hands under the shoulder, keeping elbow straight and knees are bend while foot off the floor. Bend the elbow and lower the body towards floor. Push up 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.