L18: FRONT-PLANK WITH BENT LEG LIFT Teaching points
Lesson instructions:
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Key teaching phrases
- “Imagine your buttock muscles are elevating your leg not your lower back muscles”
- ‘Imagine your belly button being pulled towards your spine” If you want the patient to use transversus abdominis during this exercise
- “Don’t let your head drop – keep your eyes on the floor”
- “Lengthen the back of your neck”
- “Remember to breathe”
- “Keep your elbows directly beneath your shoulders”
- “Don’t bend your knees”
Contraindications
- Inability to hold the plank position due to weakness/lack of endurance
- Elbow, shoulder, ankle, toe or lower back pain during or after this exercise
- Repeated foot cramping during this exercise
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