Can you stand on one leg?

alladream

To be a smart aleck, 'depends on whose leg', but for real, yes, I can, which is almost odd since I got electrocuted a few years back which messed up body and brain. I do not do it a whole lot to any great height, but can stand on either leg--and barefoot seems to be helpful bigtime--at work or whatever, to burn calories and build muscle.

californiagirl2012

i was back to the physio this morning. Good progress on the hip stability (clam exercise) so we are advancing that one (legs off the ground!) but as for the rest of me...

Can you stand on one leg for more than 10 secs? i can't and even during the short time I can my supporting leg is wobbling all over the place. So I now have that and a couple of other exercises for my gluteus medius. I feel for the first time that the issues I have been having for years are being taken seriously, sad that it took a crisis and months of excrutiating back pain to get this far.

I am uniquely motivated to get everything strong again now though

Yes! But I was not always able to, so have hope. And now it's even better, for over a year now my routine includes one legged get ups, Bulgarian split squats, curtsey lunges, lunges, reverse lunges, step ups, crossover step ups, and one legged stiff leg dead lifts (along with bowler squats, squats, narrow squats, dead lifts, stiff leg dead lifts, and "The Glute Guy" exercises). It's made my strength and stability in my legs much much better and it has improved my running performance.

AddieOverhaul

I can, but I'm pretty wobbly. Yoga has improved it. I can relate to you because I have had pretty bad back/neck and arm injuries which I have spent the past two years working on recovering from through chiro, massage, yoga, endless stretching and exercises. I'm have improved in leaps and bounds and it motivats me to keep going until I feel "normal".

Good luck and keep practicing!

TheFitHooker

Yes I can even hop on one legs

etoiles_argentees

Oh, and IMO and experience the best approach to correcting right-left imbalances is to focus on asymmetrical poses. Work one side first, then the other and watch for differences. If you have an imbalance do the same pose 3 times, starting and ending on the more difficult side.
Symmetrical poses will just result in the same difference or exaggerate it, leaving you more out of balance.

the problem is that the compensatory mechanisms my body is doing to stand on one leg are doing alot of damage. you have to make sure your body is doing it right first

I understand that, beginners unknowingly place themselves in danger by not "protecting" themselves. I usually ask beginning yoga students to plant their feet firmly and hold the muscles of the hips and thighs in a state of moderate tension. Construct standing poses from your feet to your hips to your torso, from your hands to your shoulders to your torso. Settle the distal portions of your limbs first so that you can keep them stable with minimal effort and place your attention on the central "core". Why not practice tree pose against a wall at first?

BinaryPulsar

My PT did point out that when I am standing on an unstable surface (like a foam pad) my muscles fire off constantly (I could already feel that on my own). So, I do need to work at it more than other dancers. It takes practice and being calm and relaxed while practicing. Sometimes it is easier to move around and dance on one leg, than to just stand still. It's an important thing to practice. And you can do one leg weight lifting exercises. Step ups would probably be a good one for you. And when you get better, you can do one leg Romanian dead lifts or one point rows.

allthenamesaretaken1

Yes. Balance is all within your core. Tighten those abs and they should help you balance.