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shoulder external rotation isometric wall push - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

shoulder external rotation isometric wall push

standing isometric external rotation at 90 degrees elbow flexion, pushing thumb against wall at 45 degrees rotation.

Starting position
standing
Joints
shoulder, elbow
Muscles
rotator cuff, posterior deltoid, infraspinatus, teres minor
Equipment
wall
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isometric

How it is done

Stand near the edge of wall, bend the elbow to 90 degrees, rotate the arm outwards to 45n degree such that thumb touching the wall. Further push the wall by rotate the hand outward, hold and release the push to starting position.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.