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Active assisted flexion

An exercise to improve range of motion.

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This exercise involves both active muscle contraction and assisted stretch.

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Active assisted flexions involve both an active muscle exercise and an assisted stretch, and its objective is to improve your range of motion

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Hook the foot of the good leg behind the ankle of the bad leg.

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Straighten the bad leg and use the good leg to help it up as far as it will go to a count of 5. 

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Let the bad leg bend back down, supporting it from behind with the good leg.

When it has gone as far back as it comfortably can...

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...switch the good leg so that it hooks above the bad leg...

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...and use it to press down into deeper flexion as far as can be reasonably tolerated, and hold it there for 5 seconds. Repeat the exercise 5 times.