Barrel Quadriceps Stretch
Place top of your foot on the barrel. Squeeze the backs of your hip and inner thighs together, keep your belly in and lift tall through the center of the spine. Avoid arching your spine. Keep ribs in with abdominals tight.
Ground your hips and lift waist up out of hips. Hold for 5-8 breaths.
Progression: raise arm up while maintaining framed posture. Hold 5-8 breaths.
Wendy Quitasol, MPT, is the founder of MindBody Physical Therapy & Wellness in Baltimore, built on a simple belief: Physical Therapy is the first step to lasting wellness. With over three decades of experience—including Johns Hopkins and GBMC—Wendy bridges the gap between recovery and fitness every day. A Pilates instructor trained in the Romana’s lineage—a direct line from Joseph Pilates himself—she uses Pilates to support her patients’ transition from rehabilitation to an active, injury-free life.