Instructions
Preparation
- Instruct participant to lie prone on mat or floor. Straddle participant facing toward feet. Knee beside participant with leg extended over or just above participant's hips. Bend participant's near knee and place hand under participant's upper leg and opposite hand on ankle.
Execution
- Lift knee and push ankle down toward hip. Hold stretch. Repeat with opposite side.
Comments
- The opposite leg or a thick towel can be placed under the
participant's near knee (and above participant's far knee) to
further stretch the Rectus
Femoris. Tibialis
Anterior can be stretched if ankle is completely plantor
flexed.
- See PNF stretch techniques. Also see Prone Quadriceps Stretch for similar static stretch.
Muscles
Target
Other
