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aeroplane position - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

aeroplane position

prone exercise elevating arms, head, and chest off floor to strengthen back extensors and shoulder stabilizers

Starting position
prone
Joints
shoulder, thoracic spine
Muscles
deltoid, erector spinae, rotator cuff, trapezius, rhomboids
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Lie on the stomach with legs straight forward and elevate the arms to 90 degrees by the side. Lift the arms, head and upper chest off the floor, lower the arms, head and upper chest 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.