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w exercise - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

w exercise

standing shoulder external rotation with elbows bent at 90 degrees, rotating arms outward and back.

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

How it is done

Stand, bend the elbows to 90 degrees such thst elbows are 2-3 inches away from the trunk with thumb pointing away from each other. Rotate the arm away from each other without moving the elbow, rotate back to starting position. Repeat

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

The plan starts with an assessment.