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

wall push plus to kneeling with pillow

kneeling wall push with scapular protraction, maintaining pressure while sitting back to heels and returning.

Starting position
kneeling
Joints
shoulder, thoracic spine
Muscles
deltoid, trapezius, serratus anterior, rhomboids
Equipment
pillow, wall
Goal
postural correction, stability, mobility
Type
active, isometric

How it is done

Kneel in front facing the wall, elevate the arms to 90 degree forward and rest forearm on wall, place a pillow between foreram and wall. Pushing the wall with forearm round the shoulders. With maintaing the push, try to sit back on heel without lifting the elbow off the wall and back to kneeling position to repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.