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seated knee extension with resistance band - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

seated knee extension with resistance band

sitting exercise straightening knee against band resistance tied to stool, holding extended position then returning to bent.

Starting position
sitting
Joints
knee
Muscles
quadriceps, vastus medialis
Equipment
resistance band, stool
Goal
postural correction, endurance
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

sit on a stool with feet on the floor. Tie one end of the Theraband to a leg above ankle and the other end to the stool's back leg. Straighten the knee of exercising leg thereby stretching the theraband. Hold the extended position before bending the knee to bend position.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.