26 Jun Seated Hip Abduction Isometrics
HOW: Begin seated with a band looped just above your knees. Spread your feet apart just enough to create tension in the band. Keep your feet flat as you push both of your knees outward and hold that position for the prescribed amount of...
26 Jun Toe Tap – 3-Way, Band
HOW: Place a band around your knees above your knee cap. Bend your knees slightly and hinge forward at the hips performing a small squat. From this position, shift your weight to one side. With the other leg, reach out and tap your toe...
26 Jun Bridge Hold
HOW: Start by lying on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the ground spread slightly apart. Drive your heels into the ground lifting your hips up as high as you can go. Use your glutes and hip muscles to...
05 Jun Hip Egg Beater
HOW: Shift your weight to one leg. Use some type of support on the same side. With the other leg, bend the knee and bring it up and straight out from your hip creating an “L” shape. Rotate just the lower leg in a...
16 May Prone Glute Squeeze
HOW: Start by lying face down. Put your toes into the ground. Squeeze your glutes rotating your hips down to the ground. Hold that contraction for the prescribed amount of time, then relax. Imagine trying to pinch something between your butt cheeks. FEEL: You...
13 May Single Leg Supine Clam – Band
HOW: Lying on your back with your knees bent up and your feet flat on the ground. Loop a band around your knees. While keeping one knee stable, push the band out with the other knee until you feel the most resistance and return...
13 May Supine Hip PNF Pattern – D2
HOW: Start by lying on your back. Bring your legs together and shift them both to one side. With the leg that was moved to the inside, point your toes down and in. Bring that knee up towards your chest as you move your...
13 May Supine Hip PNF Pattern – D1
HOW: Start by lying on your back. While keeping your knee straight, move your leg out to the side. Rotate your foot out and point your toes down. From this position, bring your knee up towards your chest as you rotate your lower leg...
09 May Sidelying Hip Abduction – Extra Range
HOW: Using a weight bench, place your elbow on the bench directly below your shoulder. Bend your knee and place it on the bench. Lift your hips up in the air to form a side plank position, then straighten out the top leg. Engage...
08 May Posterior Lunge To Single Leg Balance
HOW: Step back with one leg. Keeping your weight on your front leg, drive into the ground and push yourself back up into a single leg balance position. FEEL: Feel your glutes and your quads of your front leg working. COMPENSATION: Don’t push with...
