Standing Integration (66)

Standing Supported Left Knee Flexion with Right Psoas and

Iliacus, Right Trunk Rotation and Right FA ER

1. Stand against a desk or counter and place your left foot on a 2-inch block. Keep your
weight through your left mid-foot/heel.
2. Place your hands on the surface in front of you and round your back.
3. With your left knee slightly bent, shift your left hip back and pull your left knee in.
You should feel the muscles on your left outer hip (buttock) and left inner thigh
engage.
4. Sidebend your trunk to the left so that your left shoulder is slightly below your right
shoulder. You should feel your left abdominals engage.
5. Lift your right foot off the floor, and raise your knee up to the level of your hip.
6. Turn your right knee out and bring your right foot in maintaining the muscles on your
left outer hip (buttock) and left abdominals.
7. Begin to squat down by bending your left knee as you bring your right arm behind
you. You should feel the muscles on the front of your left thigh, left outer hip
(buttock), left abdominals and the front of your right hip engage.
8. Hold this position while you take 4-5 breaths, in through your nose and out through
your mouth.
9. Relax and repeat 4 more times.

Reference Center(s): Left abdominals, Left heel

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