Table Top - Heel lift

Changing the challenge and putting more emphasis on the front of the hip and pelvis can be achieved in the table top position using the heel raises. This subtle movement is enough to destabilise the position and therefore put more load in to the weightbearing hip joint. At the same time the lifting leg is subject to force being provided from the gluteus maximus, across the SIJ and into the lower back.

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