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6.7.1.

Therapy for the extensors, adductors and medial rotators.

Starting Position: P: Supine; left thigh stabilized with a belt; (a belt over P’s pelvis provides additional stabilization); right hip and knee flexed. T: Standing at P’s right side, facing P’s head.

Grip: T’s left hand grips ventral side of P"s knee. T’s right hand grips P’s lower leg just above the ankle.

Fig. 71 a. Starting Position.

Procedurę: Using this grip, T gradually and fully flexes, abducts and laterally rotates at P’s hip.

Stimulation of Antagonists: T retains grip. T then asks P to move further in the direction of stretching, and resists that movement to stimulate P's antagonists.

Fig. 71 b. Finał Position.

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