Laying Hip Abduction

Teaching Points

• Sit on the floor with your legs together
  
  
• Wrap the band round one ankle twice and then around the other ankle and back.
  
  
• Lean back on your arms and move your ankles apart against the resistance
  
  
• Slowly return to the starting position

Muscles Worked

• Gluteus Medius
  
  
• Gluteus Minimus
  
  
• Tensor Fasciae Latae

Alternative exercises

• Standing abduction with a resistance band
  
  
• Hip abduction using body weight
  
  
• Outer thigh machine

Related Injuries

• Iliotibial band friction syndrome - runners knee