1Heel Raise
- Stand facing a wall or supportive surface and place your fingers on the surface for support if needed.
- Ensure your feet are hip distance apart and toes facing forward.
- Push up onto the balls of your feet by lifting the heels from the ground.
- Slowly lower yourself to the ground.
2Pogo Jump
- With straight knees, bring the weight forward onto the toes as you push your heels off the ground.
- Land on stiff legs and propel immediately again through the ankle.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapist guidelines.
Using resistance band to start
3Chair Squat [Deep Staggered]
- Come into standing in front of a low chair.
- Stagger the feet – the foot closest to the chair will be the working limb.
- Bend the knees and send the bottom back to the chair.
- Use the arms outstretched as a counterbalance.
- Tap the bottom to the chair and rise.
4Bridge [Hamstring Focus]
- Lie on your back with your knees bent at approximately 30° and your feet flat on the ground, hip-width apart.
- Rest your arms at your sides with palms facing down for stability.
- Engage your core and gently press your lower back into the ground.
- Push through your heels, lifting your hips off the ground until your body forms a straight line from your shoulders to your knees.
- Hold the top position briefly, ensuring your hamstrings are activated.
- Slowly lower your hips back to the ground with control.
- Repeat for the prescribed number of repetitions.
5Hamstring Curl [Seated]
- Secure the resistance band around the ankle of the target limb to an anchor point at knee height.
- Come into upright sitting by rolling forward onto the sit bones.
- Keeping the back of the thigh in contact with the chair, pull the foot back to the chair.
- Aim to bend the knee to or beyond 90 degrees.
- Slowly return to the starting position whereby the knee is extended.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapists guidelines.
6Knee Extension
- Secure the resistance band around the ankle of the target limb to an anchor point at behind the foot.
- Come into sitting on a high chair with free space behind the backs of the leg.
- Roll onto the sits bones to ensure you are sitting up tall.
- Extend the target knee out in front of you with control.
- As you reach the end range tighten the muscles at the front of the thigh to draw the knee cap towards the hip.
- Slowly return to the start position.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapists guidelines.