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supine bilateral shoulder external rotation with resistance band - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

supine bilateral shoulder external rotation with resistance band

lying on back with bent knees, rotate both shoulders outward against band resistance while keeping elbows at sides

Starting position
supine, crook-lying
Joints
shoulder
Muscles
rotator cuff, posterior deltoid, infraspinatus, teres minor
Equipment
resistance band
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Lie on the back with feet on the floor and knees bend, elbows bend to 90 degrees with holding either end of therband with hands. Stretch the theraband by rotating both arms away from the body, keeping elbows close to 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.