Hip and knee · Early recovery
Standing Weight Shifts
Also called weight shifts, lower limb weight shifts, side to side weight shift.
How to do it
Stand with your feet apart, holding a steady surface. Shift your weight slowly onto one leg, then the other, keeping both feet on the floor.
- Body region
- Hip and knee
- Position
- Standing
- Equipment
- Support
- Recovery phase
- Early recovery
- Purpose
- Balance
Used in home programs for
- ACL Reconstruction
- Bone Health & Fragility (FLS)
- Femoral Neck Fracture Fixation
- Femur Intramedullary Nail
- Gait & Balance Dysfunction / Fall Risk
- Hip Arthroscopy
- Hip Hemiarthroplasty
- Hip Replacement
- Knee Ligament Laxity (Non-Surgical)
- Meniscus Repair
- Meniscus Root Repair
- MPFL Reconstruction
- Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation
- Partial Knee Replacement (Unicompartmental)
- Partial Meniscectomy
- Revision Hip Replacement
- Revision Knee Replacement
- Senior Mobility & Fall Prevention
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