Legs
Standing quad stretch
Mobility · Standing
- How to do it
- Stand holding the desk. Bend one knee and hold that ankle behind you, keeping the knees close together. Don’t twist the knee out.
- Dose
- 25s · each side
- What you should feel
- The front of your thigh
- Common mistake
- Twisting the knee outward.
- Make it easier
- Hold the desk, or skip it and do a seated march.
- Avoid this movement if
- You have a knee injury or balance problem.
- Why DeskBreak uses it
- Lengthens the front of the thigh after a long sit.
Stop this movement if it causes sharp or worsening pain, numbness, weakness or dizziness.
Evidence
General movement principle.
- Effectiveness of workplace interventions in the prevention of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders and symptoms: an update of the evidence (Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2016)