Frenkel's Exercises:

1. Half-lying: hip and knee flexion and extension of each limb, foot flat on the
plinth
2. Half-lying: hip abduction and adduction on each limb wiht the foot flat,
knee flexed; then with knee extended
3.Half-lying: hip and knee flexion and extension of each limb, heel lited off the
plinth
4. Half-lying: Heel one limb to opposite leg (toes,ankle shin,patella)
5. Half-lying: heel of one limb to popposite knee, sliding down crest of tibia
to ankle
6. Half-lying: hi and knee flexion and extension of both limbs, legs together
7. Half-lying: reciprocal movements of both limbs-felxionof one leg during
extension of the other
8.Sitting: knee flexion and extension of each limb, progress to marking time
9. Sitting: Hip abductionand adduction
10. Sitting: alternate foot placing to a specified target (using floor markings
or a grid)
11.Standing up and sitting down :to a specified count
12.Standing: foot palcing to a specified target (floor marking or a grid)
13.Standing: weight-shifting
14.Walking: sideways or forward to a specified count
15.Walking: turning around to a specifed count (floor markings can be helpful
in maintianing a stable base of support-(BOS)

Author: Susan O'Sullivan

regards,
Charlize29