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What are some good thigh exercises that don't bend the knees?

I need to stretch out some muscles in my thigh and work on bending my leg at the hip, but i don't want to bend my knee just yet. Are there any good exercises to do that? Bubbles, what's a calf stretch? And yes, something like that. Only if I strain my muscles too much it could get worse.

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1. all thigh exercises require bending the knee
2. Lie in bed or on the floor on your side, and lift up your leg as high as you can. Do it with a lot of force. When you are tired, switch legs. Also do it on your back for a different angle.
3. leg lifts: lay flat on back and lift leg 8 inches off ground and hold for 20 seconds. do 6-8 times.can do one leg at a time or both side leg lifts: lay on side and do same as above, but only one leg at a time, you can do top leg, or bottom, but flip over and do both sides. fro a thigh stretch w/o bending knee: do a calf stretch, but drop knee a slight bit to change the stretch from calf to hip flexor/quads, your knee will bend about three inches. why can't you bend your knee? did you have surgery? CALF STRETCH: when you put one leg forward, and one back, then shift your wieght forward to stretch the back of the calf. can also stetch achilles if you lift the heel, or hip flexors if you push through following hip, as well as thigh. hope that helped some. google it if you still don't get it. if you play a sport, you should know what it is.....