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supine exrternal rotaion - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

supine exrternal rotaion

supine shoulder external rotation with towel roll under elbow, rotating forearm outward and back

Starting position
supine, crook-lying
Joints
shoulder
Muscles
rotator cuff, infraspinatus, teres minor
Equipment
towel
Goal
postural correction, stability, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Lie on the back with feet on the floor and knees bend and place a towel roll under the elbow and bend to 90 degrees. Rotate the arm outward such that hand away from the body, 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.