@rehabscientist: 💥𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞-𝐋𝐞𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲💥 —— ✅Single-leg stability is essential to many general life tasks and sport-related skills. Whether you are looking to reduce your risk of injury or are rehabbing from a current lower extremity injury, the exercises shown here may be helpful to implement into your regular training program. 1️⃣Standing Abduction: In this exercise, the leg on the ground is being pulled medially by the band wrapped around the moving leg. A certain degree of single-leg stability must be possessed in order to maintain neural leg alignment. Perform 2-3 sets of 8-12 reps. 2️⃣Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT): The SEBT is a great test and can serve as an excellent exercise for improving single-leg stability. Place tape on the ground as shown, stand on the injured leg and reach with the uninjured leg as far as you can along each tape line without touching the foot to the ground. Work through the star 3-5 times. 3️⃣Lateral Step Down: This exercise requires a good deal of single-leg strength and control. Sit back into the movement and work to keep the knee aligned over the 2nd and 3rd toes. Shoot for 2-3 sets of 8-12 reps. 4️⃣Single-Leg Squat: A great exercise for working many of the major muscles of the lower extremity and a great way to improve your stability on one leg. Perform 2-3 sets of 8-12 reps. 5️⃣Single-Leg Deadlift: This deadlift variation is great for targeting many posterior chain muscles and for improving single-leg control. Perform 2-3 sets of 8-12 reps. #RehabScience #strength #stabilitytraining
