MODIFIED HORSE STANCE (BANDED ISOMETRIC SQUAT)

This exercise has been adopted from Martial Arts as a strengthening and stability exercise for the lower body and low back. Wrap a band around the knees to increase gluteus muscle engagement and hold a squat position to resist your knees from buckling inwards (knocked knees). The goal of this exercise is to increase hip stability to prevent compensation patterns during a squat like the hip shift. This exercise is also good for building stability in the hips in general and can help many conditions like hip osteoarthritis.

Muscles Involved:

• Gluteus Minimus, Gluteus Medius, Gluteus Maximus

• Core

• Quadriceps

Related Conditions:

• Glute Amnesia / Gluteal Amnesia

• Hip Shift

• Sacroiliac Joint Syndrome

• Hip OsteoArthritis

• Hip Impingement

• Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome

• Greater Trochanter Bursitis

• External Snapping Hip Syndrome

• Knocked Knees / Genu Valgum

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