Mini Squats
Builds leg strength through a comfortable range.
What it helps
Builds hip and leg strength through a comfortable range, so everyday moves — sitting, standing, bending — take less out of your joints.
How to do it
- Stand holding a counter.
- Bend your knees a small amount, keeping them behind your toes.
- Return to standing.
Commonly done as 2-3 sets of 10, once or twice a day.
Where this appears in recovery
Mini Squats is part of 51 recovery programs, typically in the phase 3 and before surgery and phase 2 and phase 5 stage. Each program shows how it fits alongside the other movements:
- Tarsal Tunnel Release exercise guide
- Achilles Tendon Lengthening exercise guide
- Fifth Metatarsal Fracture ORIF exercise guide
- Total Knee Arthroplasty exercise guide
- Ankle Arthroscopy (Debridement) exercise guide
- Achilles Tendon Reconstruction exercise guide
- Morton's Neuroma Excision exercise guide
- Ankle ORIF (Bimalleolar) exercise guide
- Calcaneus Fracture ORIF exercise guide
- Keller Bunionectomy exercise guide
- Medial Displacement Calcaneal Osteotomy exercise guide
- Hammertoe Correction exercise guide
- …and 39 more
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These are general exercise guides, not a personal prescription. The repetitions and frequency shown are what's commonly used — your own surgeon or therapist may advise something different, and their guidance comes first.