1Femoral Nerve Flossing
- Lay on your stomach with your head resting on your forearms.
- Slowly bend your knee until you feel a stretch in your leg.
- As you lower your leg, raise your head up at the same time.
- As your bend you knee again, lower your head back onto your forearms.
- Repeat this 10 times or as directed by your physiotherapist.
Daily
2Banana Stretch – Quadratus Lumborum [Wall]
- Find a wall/doorway that can be gripped with the hands.
- Stand close to the doorway and grab with both hands.
- Draw the side of the body that’s furthest away for the wall outwards until you feel a stretch up the side of the body.
Daily
3Knees to Chest
- Lie on your back.
- Raise both knees towards your chest.
- Using your hands, hug your knees further into your chest – as far as comfortable.
- You should feel a gentle stretch near the base of your spine.
- Complete this exercise as prescribed by your physiotherapist.
Daily
4Lumbar Rotation Stretch
- Lie on your back with the arms extended in a ‘T’ formation.
- Lift one knee up so it aligns with the hip joint.
- Using the arm on the opposing side, draw the knee towards the floor.
- Maintain contact with the shoulders and the ground.
- Take the head to the opposite direction of the knee.
- Sustain this stretch as per your Physiotherapist guidelines.
- Repeat on the other side.
Daily
5Deadbug
- Lie on your back with knees bent up.
- Slowly one leg at a time bring your legs into tabletop position.
- Extend both arms to the ceiling directly in front of your chest.
- Extend opposite arm and opposite leg away from your trunk breathing out as you do.
- Bring the arm and leg back to the start point while breathing in.
- Repeat on the opposite side or as prescribed by your Physiotherapist.
6Single Leg Bridge
- Come into a lying position on the mat with the hands by your side.
- This will reduce the amount of support provided by the upper limb.
- Bend the knees with the heels in line with the sit bones.
- Lift the non-target leg off the floor.
- Press through the foot to lift the hips up.
- Focus on keeping the pelvis level.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapist guidelines.
Remember to roll up/down one vertebrae at a time, and make sure your feet are directly under your knees to make sure you are targeting your glutes