Single-Leg Balance
Improves balance and stability.
What it helps
Trains your hip and leg to stay steady when all your weight is on one side — which is most of walking. Better balance means a surer, more confident step.
How to do it
- Stand near a counter for safety.
- Lift one foot and balance on the other leg.
- Hold as able.
Commonly done daily.
Where this appears in recovery
Single-Leg Balance is part of 90 recovery programs, typically in the phase 4 and before surgery and phase 3 and phase 5 and phase 2 and phase 1 stage. Each program shows how it fits alongside the other movements:
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- 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
- Ankle ORIF (Bimalleolar) exercise guide
- Calcaneus Fracture ORIF exercise guide
- Keller Bunionectomy exercise guide
- Medial Displacement Calcaneal Osteotomy exercise guide
- …and 78 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.