Hip · Mid recovery
Reverse Clamshell
How to do it
Lie on your side with your hips and knees bent, knees stacked together. Keeping your knees touching, lift your top foot up and away from your bottom foot, then lower it back down.
- Body region
- Hip
- Position
- Side Lying
- 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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