Health Library
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- Ab Curl-Ups with Crossed Arms
- Ankle Circles
- Ankle Pumps
- Arm Circles
- Arm Raise to the Side
- Arm Raises to the Side with Weights
- Arm Reach While Lying Down
- Back-of-the-Shoulder Stretch
- Backward Back Stretch
- Backward Stretch While Kneeling
- Biceps Curl with Weights
- Bird Dog Exercise
- Bridging Exercise
- Bridging on Your Heels
- Calf and Plantar Fascia Stretch on Stairs
- Calf Stretch
- Calf Stretch with a Towel
- Calf Stretch with Back Leg Straight
- Calf-Plantar Fascia Stretch
- Cat-Camel Stretch
- Chair Push-Up
- Chest Press with Weights
- Chest Stretch
- Core Stability Exercises
- Diagonal Stretch While Sitting
- Dorsal Glide
- Double Knee-to-Chest Exercise
- Forward Bend While Sitting
- Glute Sets
- Graded Exercise Therapy
- Hamstring Curls While Lying Down
- Hamstring Set (Heel Dig) While Sitting
- Hamstring Stretch in Doorway
- Hamstring Stretch While Sitting
- Head Movements While Standing
- Heel Raises
- Heel Slides
- Heel Slides While Lying Down
- Hip (Clamshell) Exercise
- Hip Abduction
- Hip Flexor Stretch
- Hip Hinges
- Hip Rotator Stretch
- Iliotibial Band and Butt Stretch
- Isometric Shoulder Flexion and Extension
- Kegel Exercises
- Knee Extension Exercise
- Knee Flexion Exercise
- Knee-to-Chest Exercise
- Leg Lifts on Your Hands and Knees
- Leg Raise to the Side, Standing with Support
- Long-Arc Knee Extension
- Long-Arc Quad Exercise
- Marble Pickups with Your Toes
- Marching in Place
- Mini Squat
- Neck Circles
- Neck Isometrics
- Neck Stretch to the Front
- One-Arm Overhead Reach
- Overhead Shoulder Stretch While Bending
- Passive Knee Extension
- Pelvic Rocking on Hands and Knees
- Pelvic Rocking While Sitting
- Pelvic Rocking While Standing
- Pelvic Tilt Exercise
- Pendulum Arm Swings
- Piriformis Hip Stretch
- Plank
- Plyometrics
- Press-Up Back Extensions
- Prone Buttocks Squeeze
- Pulling Your Belly In
- Push-Ups Against a Wall
- Quad and Hip Flexor Stretch, Standing With Support
- Quad Sets
- Range of Motion Exercises
- Rest on Belly
- Romberg Exercise
- Seated Exercises
- Seated Hamstring Stretching Exercise
- Seated Knee Flexion
- Shallow Knee Bend on One Leg
- Shallow Standing Knee Bends
- Short-Arc Knee Extension
- Short-Arc Knee Extension Exercise
- Short-Arc Quad Exercise
- Shoulder Blade Retraction with Resistance
- Shoulder Hugs
- Shoulder Press with Weights
- Shoulder Rolls
- Shoulder Rolls While Sitting
- Shoulder Rotations Away from Your Body
- Shoulder Rotations to the Inside with Resistance
- Side Plank with Legs Bent
- Side Plank with Legs Straight
- Single-Leg Balance Exercise
- Single-Leg Stance
- Standing Quad Stretch
- Standing Sway Exercise
- Stationary Biking
- Step-Down Exercise
- Step-Up Exercise
- Straight-Leg Raise Exercise
- Supported Rest or Relaxed Position
- Tailor Presses
- Tailor Sitting
- Tailor Stretching
- Toe Curls with a Towel
- Toe Extension Stretch
- Triceps Extension with Weights
- Trunk Stretch
- Trunk Twist
- Trunk Twist While Sitting
- Turning in Place
- Up-the-Back Stretch
- Upright Row with Weights
- Wall Climbing to the Front
- Wall Climbing to the Side
- Wall Sit
- Water Exercise
- Wrist Extensor Stretch
- Wrist Flexor Stretch
Exercises by Name
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Learn how to do curl-ups to strengthen your core.
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Help prevent blood clots with ankle pumps. They're easy, and really important.
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Learn how to do the bird dog exercise to increase strength and stability in your shoulder, core, and hips.
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Learn how to do the bridging exercise to increase strength and stability in your core and your legs.
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Chair push-ups can strengthen your arm muscles.
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Learn how being active builds a strong core and keeps your back healthy.
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Learn how to do the bird dog exercise to increase strength and stability in your shoulder, core, and hips.
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Learn how to do the bridging exercise to increase strength and stability in your core and your legs.
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Learn how to do curl-ups to strengthen your core.
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Learn how to do the pelvic tilt exercise to strengthen your core.
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Learn how to do the wall sit exercise to increase strength and stability in your core and your legs.
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Learn how to do a simple exercise to strengthen your core and prevent falls.
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Learn how to keep your core strong and prevent injury with two simple exercises.
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Explains what core stability is. Covers how keeping the muscles of your trunk strong helps your posture, balance, and movement, and helps prevent injuries. Gives tips on how to increase your core strength and stability.
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Learn how to do glute sets to strengthen the muscles in your butt that help rotate and extend your legs.
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Learn how to do the hamstring stretch exercise in a doorway to stretch the back of your leg.
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Heel raises strengthen your lower leg muscles, which help support your knees, ankles, and feet.
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Heel slides strengthen the muscles that bend your hip and your knee.
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Hip abduction exercises strengthen the muscles that move your leg out to the side.
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Learn how to do the hip flexor stretch exercise to stretch the muscles in the front of your thigh.
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Learn how to do exercises that can help prevent urine leakage.
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Kegel exercises make your pelvic floor muscles stronger. These muscles control your urine flow and help hold your pelvic organs in place. Doctors often prescribe Kegels for: Stress incontinence. This means leaking urine when you laugh, cough, sneeze, jog, or lift something heavy. Urge...
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Several types of behavioral methods are used for treating urinary incontinence: bladder training, habit training, biofeedback, and pelvic muscle exercises. People who have incontinence due to physical or mental limitations ( functional incontinence) can try timed voiding and prompted voiding. Bladder training...
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Strengthen your knee and increase its range of movement with this seated knee flexion exercise.
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Learn how to do the single knee-to-chest exercise to stretch your hip and lower back.
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Learn how to do a simple exercise to strengthen your core and prevent falls.
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Strengthen your thigh muscles with the long-arc quad exercise.
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Passive knee extension exercises will help you be able to fully straighten your leg.
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Learn how to do the pelvic tilt exercise to strengthen your core.
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Learn how to do the press-up exercise to stretch your belly muscles and increase flexibility in your lower back.
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This exercise strengthens the buttocks muscles, which support the back and help you lift with your legs. Lie flat on your stomach with your arms at your sides. Slowly tighten your buttocks muscles and hold the position (not your breath) for about 6 seconds. Relax slowly. Repeat 8 to 12 times. You may need to place...
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Quad sets can strengthen your quad muscles—the muscles in the front of your thigh that help straighten your knee.
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Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) must do regular range-of-motion exercises to prevent contractures and to maintain joint range and flexibility. If your child is 4 years old or younger, an adult will need to move the child's joints...
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Covers exercises that are helpful for a person with osteoarthritis. Includes aerobic, strength, and flexibility exercises, and tips to motivate yourself. Includes things to avoid. Looks at why it is important to exercise and gives tips on how to exercise.
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Learn simple exercises that you can do while sitting down.
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You may already know that being more active is one of the best things you can do to improve your health and quality of life. But you may wonder how you can be active if you can't stand up to exercise. No matter how old you are, how fit you are, or what health problems you have, there is a form of exercise that will work...
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Stretch the muscles in the back of your thighs with this seated hamstring stretch.
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Strengthen the thigh muscles that help support your knee by doing short-arc (terminal) knee extension exercises.
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Strengthen your thigh muscles with short-arc quad exercises.
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Single-leg balance exercises improve balance and strengthen the muscles that support the knees.
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Riding a stationary bike is great for increasing the strength and mobility of your knees and legs.
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Strengthen your glutes, quadriceps, and hamstrings with step-up and step-down exercises.
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Strengthen your glutes, quadriceps, and hamstrings with step-up and step-down exercises.
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Straight-leg raises strengthen the muscles in the front of your thighs and your hips.
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Learn how to do a simple exercise to strengthen your core and prevent falls.
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Learn how to do the wall sit exercise to increase strength and stability in your core and your legs.
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Water exercise uses water for resistance. It also may be called water therapy, pool therapy, aqua therapy, or aquatics. It's good exercise for many people who have osteoarthritis, back pain, or fibromyalgia. It's often used to help people in rehab...