Assisted Supine Heel Slide with Strap
Knee|Lower Body
Setup Instructions
Lie on your back with one leg straight and a strap looped around your foot.
How To Perform
Use the strap to slide your heel toward your hips, bending the knee while keeping the foot on the surface. Move into a comfortable range, pause briefly, then guide the leg back to the starting position with control.
Dosage
2–3 sets, 8–10 repetitions, Tempo controlled, Rest 20–30 seconds
Key Cues
- Keep your heel in contact with the surface
- Move slowly through a comfortable range
- Relax your leg while using the strap
Exercise Purpose
Restores knee mobility and helps maintain joint motion early in rehabilitation or after surgery.
When To Use
Useful when knee bending is limited due to stiffness, swelling, or early postoperative restrictions.
Common Mistakes
- Lifting the foot off the surface
- Pulling too aggressively into painful range
- Allowing the hip to rotate outward
Progress When
- The movement can be performed with good control
- The exercise no longer produces symptoms
- The final repetitions feel manageable
Regress If
- Pain increases during the exercise
- Balance cannot be maintained
- Movement becomes uncontrolled
Exercise Calibration System
Exercises should feel challenging but manageable. This tool helps you adjust the difficulty so you keep progressing safely.
Wondering if Exercises are Too easy, Too Hard, or Just Right?
Find out using our Exercise Calibration System
Answer based on how your last set felt (effort) and how your body felt afterward (symptoms).
How to Use this tool
Use this tool after you finish an exercise to decide whether to keep it the same, progress it, or make it easier next time.
When to Use this Tool
- Use it after your last set
- Answer based on how that set felt
- Consider how your body felt later that day or the next day
What to Do with the result
- The tool will give you one clear recommendation:
- Appropriate level → Keep the same version next session
- Hold steady → Keep everything the same and reassess next time
- Ready to progress → Follow the instruction shown (weight, reps, or control)
- Too challenging → Choose an easier option or reduce the load
Important
- You don’t need to push to exhaustion to improve. Use this tool regularly to guide safe, steady progress.
- Tip: Record the recommendation in your exercise tracker so you remember what to use next session.
