LER – Advanced Stretching

Hip Flexion:

Kneel down on your affected leg with your
unaffected foot on the floor, lean forward
and slightly tilt your pelvis forward.
Hold the stretch for 30 seconds.
Hip Abduction:

While lying down flat, stretch your affected
leg straight across your body. Hold this
stretch for 30 seconds.
Quadriceps Stretching:

While standing, bend your affected leg behind you.
Reach back and grab your ankle with one hand,
while stabilizing yourself with the other on a
chair or table. Enhance the stretch by bringing your
ankle closer to your body. Hold this stretch for 30 seconds.
Iliotibial Band Stretching:

While standing, cross your unaffected leg over
your affected leg. Then slowly lean down and
towards your unaffected side. Hold this stretch
for 30 seconds.
Hamstring Stretching:

While lying down on the floor, place your affected
leg against a wall. Position your arm under your
low back, make sure to keep your buttocks on
the floor. You can enhance this stretch by moving
your body closer to the wall, which will extend
your leg higher on the wall. Hold this stretch or
30 seconds.
Piriformis Stretching:

While sitting on the floor, bring your foot of
your affected side across your body and
place it on the floor on the other side of your
unaffected knee. Carefully rotate your body
towards your affected side and push your knee
in the opposite direction with your elbow.
Hold this stretch for 30 seconds.
Heel Cord Stretching:

While standing, place your hands against a wall and place your
unaffected foot in front (closer to the wall) of your affected foot.
Keep your affected leg straight and lean towards the wall
making sure to keep your heel on the floor and your toes
slightly pointed in. To enhance this stretch, move your
affected foot further from the wall and perform the same stretch.
Repeat this stretch with your knee bent. Hold these stretches for 30 seconds
and repeat 1-2 times per day.

Lower Extremity Rehabilitation Program

Joseph H. Guettler, M.D.
Kenneth Soave, PT, Director of Physical Therapy Services

Lower Extremity Advanced Stretching:

Hip Flexion:

Kneel down on your affected leg with your unaffected foot on the floor, lean forward and slightly tilt your pelvis forward. Hold the stretch for 30 seconds.