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upper back reach with stick behind back - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

upper back reach with stick behind back

stand holding vertical stick behind back, pull down to slide affected hand up toward neck, return and repeat.

Starting position
standing
Joints
shoulder, elbow
Muscles
rotator cuff, posterior deltoid, rhomboids
Equipment
stick
Goal
postural correction, mobility, stretching
Type
isotonic concentric, active assisted

How it is done

Stand, place a stick behind the back in vertically, hold upper end with affected hand at head level and lower end with other hand at lower back level. Pull the stick down with the hand behind the lower back, such that affected hand slide towards the neck. slide 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.