Mobility: Knee Flexion [Assisted]

Supine Instructions:

• Lye on your back with a towel
• Bring up one leg and place the towel over the bent knee
• Use the towel to bend your knee up and pull against the towel to increase the stretch
• As the stretch sensation settles you can increase the pull from the arms to increase the stretch

Seated Instructions:

• Come into a comfortable upright sitting position with the legs outstretched
• Take a theraband or towel around the sole of the foot of the target limb
• Using the arms, pull the band in towards the body to allow the knee to bend
• The heel will remain in contact with the surface
• Loosen the resistance to allow the heel to slide back to the starting position
• Repeat as per Physiotherapists guidelines

Precautions

• Avoid actively tightening through the muscles through the thigh during the bending aspect of the movement