ASSISTED STATIC SIDE LUNGE

The assisted static side lunge exercise is used as a hip and knee strengthening exercise. Start by holding a chair, wall or stable counter to support your balance and offload your body weight. Lunge to the side making sure that the knee tracks in line with the middle of your foot. Raise yourself back to a standing position by extending your bent knee and hip.

Muscles involved:

• quadriceps

  • vastus lateralis

  • vastus intermedius

  • vastus medialis

  • rectus femoris

• gluteus medius

• gluteus maximus

Related conditions:

• runner’s knee / jumper’s knee

• quadriceps tendinitis / patellar tendinitis

• meniscus tear

• patellofemoral pain syndrome

• ITB syndrome

• knee osteoarthritis

• hip osteoarthritis

• chondromalacia patellae

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