Hip · Mid recovery
Donkey Kick
How to do it
Start on your hands and knees, one knee bent to 90 degrees. Keeping the knee bent, kick that foot up toward the ceiling, then lower it back down with control.
- Body region
- Hip
- Position
- Quadruped
- Equipment
- No equipment
- Recovery phase
- Mid recovery
- Purpose
- Strengthening
Used in home programs for
- Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (Gluteal Tendinopathy)
- Hip Osteoarthritis
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