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elbow touches - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

elbow touches

stand with hands on shoulders, elbows forward touching, open chest by moving elbows apart, return and repeat

Starting position
standing
Joints
shoulder, thoracic spine
Muscles
trapezius, posterior deltoid, rhomboids
Goal
postural correction, mobility, stretching
Type
isotonic concentric, active

How it is done

Stand with hand on the shoulders and elbow facing forward such that touching each other. Move the elbow away from each other by opening the 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.