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pectoral stretch with hands behind head - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

pectoral stretch with hands behind head

stand with hands clasped behind head, open elbows laterally to stretch anterior chest muscles then return to start

Starting position
standing
Joints
shoulder, thoracic spine
Muscles
anterior deltoid, pectoralis major, pectoralis minor
Goal
mobility, stretching
Type
active

How it is done

stand, clasp the hands behind the head and elbows facing forward. Open the elbows and feel for the stretch in front of chest, elbows 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.