Bridging with Step

Professional Rationale
This is a great exercise for patients that have moved beyond a basic bridge position. It is not recommended for any patients with sacroiliac dysfunction due to the unilateral weightbearing and the resulting shear forces.

Client Rationale
This is a bridging exercise. This exercise 'wakes up' your core muscles - abdominals, gluteals, back extensors, in a supported environment. The focus of this exercise to to maintain a glut contraction and the lower abdominal (tranverse abdominus) contraction, as your raise your hips off the surface, maintain the bridge position and keep the pelvis level while you decrease your base of support by lifting your foot off of the surface.



Instructions

• Keep your hips/pelvis level for the entire exercise.
• Keep abdominals tight.
• Slowly raise buttocks from the surface.
• While keeping your hips raised, lift one foot up, flexing at the hip.
• Slowly lower your foot and repeat to the opposite side.
• Slowly lower hips to the surface.
• Do not raise your hips too far off of the surface.
• Do not arch your back.
• Do not hold your breath.

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