Disclaimer: You should consult your physician before you start any of these exercises or any other exercise.
Hip Abduction in Side-Lying
Instructions
- Place your top leg straight and your bottom slightly bent on the side.
- Elevate top leg toward ceiling 6-8 inches
- Continue the motion 12 times
- Sets: 2
- Sessions: 2x/week
- As Tolerated Hold Time: 5s
- Do this on both sides
Hip Adduction in Side-Lying
- Place your bottom leg straight and lie on your side.
- With one foot in front of the other knee, bend your top leg and place your foot on the opposite side.
- Lower your bottom leg toward the ceiling, 5-6 inches
- Continue the motion 12 times
- Sets: 2
- Sessions: 2x per week
- As Tolerated Hold Time: 5
- Do this on both sides
Prone Hip Extension
- Place a pillow under your hips and lie on your stomach.
- Place your forehead on the arms
- Straighten your legs and lift one of your legs off the surface.
- Continue the motion 12 times
- Sets: 2
- Sessions: 2x/week
- As Tolerated Hold Time 5s
- Do this on both sides
Straight Leg Raise with Knee Flexion in Supine
- Place one leg straight up on your back, the other slightly bent.
- Lift slightly bent leg towards ceiling
- Continue to do so
- Continue the motion 12 times
- Sets: 2
- Sessions: 2x per week
- As Tolerated Hold Time: 5s
- Do this on both sides