- Lie on your side with your bottom leg slightly bent for balance and your top leg straight.
- Keep your hips stacked, pelvis steady and waist gently lifted away from the floor.
- Gently brace your abdominal muscles and keep your top foot in line with your hip.
3 part series:
- 1. Lift the top leg and down keeping the knee straight and toes facing forward.
- 2. From this lifted position, slowly move the leg forward into hip flexion, then backward into hip extension, keeping the movement controlled.
- 3. Bring the leg forward again to approximately 45 degrees of hip flexion and pulse at this angle
- Complete repetitions as prescribed by your physiotherapist.