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standing shoulder external rotation using cane - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

standing shoulder external rotation using cane

stand with elbows bent ninety degrees, use cane to assist rotating affected arm outward away from body

Starting position
standing
Joints
shoulder, elbow
Muscles
rotator cuff, posterior deltoid, infraspinatus, teres minor
Equipment
cane
Goal
postural correction, mobility, stretching
Type
isotonic concentric, isotonic eccentric, active assisted

How it is done

Stand, bend the elbows to 90 degrees with palm facing towards ceiling and hold either ends of the cane. Using assistance of other hand and cane, rotate the affected arm away from the body. Rotate back to starting position and repeat.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.