Lateral step ups
Written By Jeffrey Wong
Muscles used in this exercise
Quadriceps
Purpose
Higher grade exercise for your quadriceps muscle. This exercise video is an assortment of graded exercises we teach to our patients for rehabilitation and prevention.
To do this exercise
Keep it slow and controlled during the lowering phase
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Jeffrey is an experienced physiotherapist with a special interest in treating office worker's back pain. He is an expert in manual therapy for the spine and he continues to develop skills in strapping and injury prevention for athletes. He was the team physiotherapist for Nepean FC football club.