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bilateral diagonal pnf extension pattern with medicine ball - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

bilateral diagonal pnf extension pattern with medicine ball

bilateral diagonal movement from overhead position to opposite hip using medicine ball for shoulder strengthening

Starting position
standing
Joints
shoulder, thoracic spine, elbow
Muscles
deltoid, latissimus dorsi, rotator cuff, trapezius, rhomboids
Equipment
medicine ball
Goal
postural correction, coordination, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand, hold a medicine ball in both hands in overhead position on one side. Lower the arm diagonally to the other side, towards the hip . Elevate both arms 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.