SIDE-LYING LEG RAISE EXERCISE

 SIDE-LYING LEG RAISE EXERCISE AND BENEFITS

• Side-lying leg raise exercise helps in strengthening your gluteus medius muscles in your buttocks, which play a key role in pelvic stability and in the prevention of back problems. 

• Try to use your core and leg muscles rather than your back muscles

Side-lying leg raise exercise has many benefits:

• Improves range of motion in the hip

• Improve body stabilization

• Helps to activate the muscles of the hip that are mostly not used by us in our daily routine

• Helps in strengthening and increase the endurance of the hip muscles

HOW TO DO SIDE LYING LEG RAISE EXERCISE?

1. Lie down on your left side and try to stretch your left arm out, so that your legs, body, and head are aligned. 
2. Place a rolled towel between your head and arm to support and help keep your upper body relaxed, and use your upper arms to stop you rolling forward and backward
3. Keep your knee straight and your foot turned inward to maximize the benefit of the movement, lift your right leg about 16 in (40cm) off the floor.
4. Ensure that you keep your core muscles engaged to prevent lower-back strain.
5. Hold at the top of the movement for about 3–5 seconds, return to the start position, slowly and with control.
6. Perform 5 reps, then do it with another leg. 
7. you can increase the number of repetition gradually as your strength increases