"Prone Heel to Butt" is an exercise that involves lying face down (in a prone position) and bringing your heels toward your buttocks. This exercise is often used in physical therapy and fitness training to improve flexibility, strength, and mobility in the lower body, particularly the hamstrings and...

Spine Hell to butt are simple leg exercises that involve extending your leg away from your body, bending your knee, and sliding your heel toward your buttocks. You can do heel slides using a bed, floor, or wall. They’re often recommended after having a knee injury or knee or hip surgery. You can als...

The Weight-Bearing Lunge Test, also known as the Knee-to-Wall Test or Dorsiflexion Lunge Test, measures ankle dorsiflexion range of motion in a functional weight-bearing position. It is one of the better-supported ankle ROM field tests, with research showing strong reliability and validity for measu...

The Weight-Bearing Plantar Flexion Test assesses ankle plantar flexion in a functional loaded position, commonly through a heel-rise style movement. Direct evidence for the exact MAT Weight-Bearing Plantar Flexion Test is limited, but closely related research supports the Functional Heel-Rise Test a...

The MAT Spinal Assessment evaluates spinal movement across common directions such as flexion, extension, lateral flexion and rotation. The MAT article describes it as an assessment of spinal movements across all three planes of motion, allowing a baseline flexibility measurement to be recorded and t...

The MAT Hip Internal Rotation Test assesses hip internal rotation range of motion. Hip internal rotation can be measured in different positions, including sitting, prone or supine with hip flexion, and results can vary depending on setup. Research supports the reliability of digital inclinometers an...