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seated heel slide knee flexion extension - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

seated heel slide knee flexion extension

sitting with one leg extended, slide heel toward chair to bend knee, then slide away to straighten, repeat alternating flexion and extension.

Starting position
sitting
Joints
hip, knee
Muscles
quadriceps, hip flexors, hamstrings
Equipment
chair
Goal
postural correction, coordination, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Sit on a chair with one foot on the floor and other leg straight. Bend the straighten knee by sliding the heel towards the chair. Slide the heel away from the chair and straighten the knee. Repeat

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

The plan starts with an assessment.