Hip Circles (prone)
Instructions:
- Position yourself on your hands and knees on the ground. Maintaining good posture, raise one bent knee off of the ground. This will be your starting position.
- Keeping the knee in a bent position, rotate the femur in an arc, attempting to make a big circle with your knee.
- Perform this slowly for a number of repetitions, and repeat on the other side.
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