1Inner Range Quads
- Sit in long sitting.
- Place a rolled up towel under your affected knee/leg.
- Draw your toes up towards your head.
- Press the knee into the towel and start to lift your heel off the floor/bed.
- Hold for a count of 3.
- Repeat as instructed by your physiotherapist.
use to help relieve pain, complete gently
2Terminal Knee Extension
- Anchor the theraband prescribed at knee height.
- Place the target limb inside the loop behind the back of the knee.
- Come into a lunge position with the target limb forward, knee softly bent.
- The opposing limb is straight with the heel planted on the ground.
- Gently draw the knee back to a straight position against the resistance of the band.
- As you draw the knee back against the band, imagine drawing the knee cap up towards your head.
- Slowly control the band as you return to the bent knee start position.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapist prescription.
yellow band first then progress to red band