Standing Hip Exercises

Standing Hip Exercises

 

 

I apologize for the long hiatus in blog posts.  I recently relocated from Florida to Rhode Island and am just now in the process of unpacking. 

 

Today's post deals with a common question I get form my patients.

 

During Physical Therapy treatments for hip, knee, ankle or spine, a common series of exercises that may be prescribed include standing hip extension, abduction and adduction.

HIP EXTENSION

HIP ADDUCTION

HIP ABDUCTION

For most patients, I will have them perform these exercises on both legs, the affected as well as the unaffected, in order to include both open and closed kinetic chain activities.  Not only will these exercises strengthen the free moving hip extensors, abductors and adductors (open chain), but they will also force the patient to stabilize on the non-moving extremity (closed chain).  This allows them to include ankle stability, balance, hip stability, and even trunk stability training to their program.  Many times, weak hip stabilizers can lead to other problems, such as knee pain.  Further explanations of the above exercises can be seen on the S.O.D. Patella-Femoral Pain Syndrome DVD Rehab Set.