Ankle dorsiflexor/plantarflexor strengthening in supine

Client`s aim
To strengthen your ankle muscles.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself lying on your back. Start with your toes pointing
down. Finish with your toes pointing up.

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Hip flexor strengthening in supine

Client`s aim
To strengthen the muscles at the front of your hip.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself lying on your back with your legs straight. Lift your
knee towards your shoulder.

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Hip and knee flexion in supine

Client`s aim
To increase movement of the hip and knee.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself lying on your back. Start with your hip straight. Slide
your heel along the bed towards your bottom as far as possible.

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Hip abductor/adductor strengthening in supine

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 Client`s aim
To strengthen the muscles at the side and on the inside of your hip.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself lying on your back. Start with your leg parallel to
your other leg. Finish with your leg out to the side. Ensure that your
foot is kept vertical.

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Bridging
Client`s aim
To strengthen the muscles at the back of your hip.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself lying on your back with your knees bent. Lift your
bottom off the bed.

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Knee extension in sitting

Client`s aim
To strengthen your thigh muscles.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself in sitting in a chair or with your legs over the side of
a bed, thighs supported and feet on the floor. Slide your knee
backwards bending your knee as much as possible. Tighten the
muscles in your thigh, lift your toes and straighten your knee as able.
Precautions
If you have pain in your calf or foot, adjust your foot position (ie. Relax
your ankle).

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Hip abduction in sitting with theraband

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 Client`s aim
To strengthen your hip muscles.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself in sitting with your feet on the floor and a theraband
around your thighs. Push out against the theraband.

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Bending the knee in sitting

Client`s aim
To stretch or maintain range in your knee.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself sitting with a towel underneath your foot. Slide your
foot backwards along the floor to bend your knee.
Precautions
1. Impaired or absent sensation of stretch.

Hold for __ seconds.

Repeat __ times.

Bending the knee in sitting using a roller-skate

Client`s aim
To improve your ability to bend your knee in preparation for standing.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself sitting with one foot strapped into a roller-skate and
your other foot on a block. Practice bending and straightening your
knee so that the roller-skate rolls between the lines on the floor.

Repeat __ times.

Ankle invertor/evertor strengthening in sitting without weights

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 Client`s aim
To strengthen the muscles on the inside and outside of your ankle.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself sitting with your feet on the floor. Start with the soles
of your feet facing in. Finish with the soles of your feet facing out.
Ensure that your knees are kept still.

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Ankle plantarflexor strengthening in sitting without weights

Client`s aim
To strengthen your calf muscles.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself sitting with your knees together. Start with your feet
flat on the floor. Finish with your heels lifted off the floor. Ensure that
you keep your toes on the floor.

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Ankle plantarflexor strengthening in sitting using sandbag weights

Client`s aim
To strengthen your calf muscles.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself sitting with a weight attached to the top of your knee.
Start with your feet flat on the floor. Finish with your heel off the floor.
Ensure that you keep your toes on the floor.

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Ankle plantarflexor strengthening in sitting using theraband

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 Client`s aim
To strengthen your calf muscles.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself sitting with your foot on a wedge and some
theraband attached under the wedge and over the top of your knee.
Start with your foot flat on the wedge. Finish with your heel off the
wedge. Ensure that you keep your toes on the wedge.

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Knee flexion in sitting using slidesheet

Client`s aim
To increase the range of motion in your knee.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself sitting with your feet on the floor. Start with your foot
in front of your knee. Finish with your foot behind your knee. Ensure
that you keep your foot on the floor.

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Toe curls with towel

Client`s aim
To strengthen your toe muscles.
Client`s instructions
Place yourself in sitting or standing with your foot on a towel. Curl
your toes and crumple up the towel.

Perform __ sets of __ reps.

Do__ sessions per week.

Hamstring and ankle plantarflexor stretch in sitting

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 Client`s aim
To stretch or maintain length in the muscles at the back of your thighs
and ankles.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself sitting with your legs raised up on a chair. Ensure
that your ankles are firmly pushed against the backrest of the chair.
Precautions
1. Impaired or absent sensation of stretch. 2. Ensure that the chair
does not tip backwards.

Hold for __ minutes.

Ankle plantarflexor stretch using a foam block

Client`s aim
To stretch or maintain range in your ankle.
Client`s instructions
Position yourself lying on your back with your feet resting against a
foam block at the end of the bed. Place a pillow under your calves to
raise your heels off the bed.
Precautions
1. Impaired or absent sensation of stretch.

Hold for __ minutes.

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