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wall push plus with pillow - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

wall push plus with pillow

push against wall with straight elbows while protracting scapulae, pillow between hands and wall for resistance

Starting position
standing
Joints
shoulder, thoracic spine
Muscles
serratus anterior, rhomboids, pectoralis minor
Equipment
pillow, wall
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
resisted, isometric

How it is done

stand facing the wall, raise the arms to 90 degree and rest the hands on the wall keeping the elbow straight, place one pillow between the hand and wall. Push the wall, try to round the shoulders and hold. Release the push and 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.