1Lunge
- Stand with both feet facing forward.
- Step the right foot in front keeping it in line with the hip joint.
- Come onto the balls of your left foot.
- Gently drop your back knee to the floor.
- Ensure your trunk stays upright.
- Use a wall or railing for balance if needed.
- Repeat as instructed by your physiotherapist.
Progressions
1. Static lunge
2. step into lunge
3. walking lunge
2Squat [Banded]
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, toes pointing slightly outward.
- Place a theraband around your thighs, just above your knees. Make sure it is secure but not overly tight.
- Engage your core and keep your chest lifted and back straight.
- Begin the movement by pushing your hips back as if sitting into a chair, while bending your knees.
- Focus on pressing your knees outward against the band to keep them aligned directly over your toes, resisting the inward pull.
- Lower yourself down until the height recommended by your Physiotherapist, or as far as is comfortable, ensuring your weight remains through your heels.
- Push through your heels and squeeze your glutes as you rise back up to a standing position, maintaining the outward pressure on the band.
- Complete repetitions as prescribed by your physiotherapist.
Superset with crab walk
3Crab Walk [Feet]
- Secure the band around the tops of the feet.
- Come into a squat position, sending the hips back and maintaining the knees over the top of the ankles.
- Side step controlling the movement of the stepping foot against the band.
- As you step imagine you are passing under a shallow roof, maintaining the squat depth.
Superset with squats
4Step Down
- Step both feet onto the step.
- Keeping your affected leg on the step, slowly step down with your unaffected side until your heel gently taps the floor.
- On your affected side, ensure your knee is in line with your second toe and hips remain level.
- Modify as prescribed by your physiotherapist.
Focus on knee control
5Step Up [Gluteal]
- Place the leg you are wanting to train on a step.
- Hinge at your hips, leaning forward so that your knee is above your ankle.
- On a count of roughly 3 seconds, step up with other leg.
- As you step up, focus on activating the muscles in your thigh, and try to keep your knee over the middle of your toes, don’t let it wobble side to side or fall inwards. This targets your quadriceps.
- As you step up, also focus on driving forward with the hips, and standing all the way up. Doing this will target your gluteal muscles.
- Reverse this movement, and slowly step back down again on a 3 second count. Remember to hinge at the hips, and keep your knee stable.
- Repeat this as many times as your Physiotherapist has prescribed.
Do on HIGH step
6Sit To Stand [Single Leg]
- Position yourself in front of the chair of choice without the back of the leg contacting the chair.
- Shift the weight onto the target leg and lower down so your bottom contacts the chair.
- During the lowering phase, ensure the hips stay level and square to the front.
- Bend the knee and simultaneously send the hips back behind you.
- Stand from the chair using the target limb.
- Straighten the knee and tuck the tailbone under at the end of the movement.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapist’s guidelines.
optional progression- you must maintain good knee control
7Quadrant
- Stand on the affected leg.
- Maintaining a level pelvis, reach as far forward, diagonal, side and behind as you can.
- You may steady yourself between each direction if required.
- Attempt to reach as far forward with the opposing leg as possible whilst maintaining your balance and control.
- Further directions may be progressed by your Physiotherapist.
Do this on a soft surface eg: foam, bosu ball or wobble board
8Single Leg Balance [Pillow]
- Position yourself next to the wall to use if balance is lost.
- Place a doubled over a pillow, yoga mat or piece of foam underneath the affected foot.
- Aim to maintain balance for as long as possible in this position.
wobble board, bosu ball or foam