Side lying abduction

The side-lying abduction exercise is performed with the patient laying on the unaffected side. The patient raises the affected leg to approximately 30 degrees of abduction, while avoiding hip internal or external rotation, and then slowly returns to starting position. Begin by abducting the leg against gravity, and when this becomes easy add ankle weights, increasing the resistance gradually. Photograph A above shows the start position and B the end position.

From: Fredericson M, Cookingham CL, Chaudhari AM, et al. Hip abductor weakness in distance runners with iliotibial band syndrome. Clin J Sport Med 2000; 10:169. Copyright © 2000 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine, Australasian College of Sports Physicians, and Canadian Academy of Sport & Exercise Medicine. Reproduced with permission from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Unauthorized reproduction of this material is prohibited.

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Side lying abduction