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apple pickers - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

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standing arm elevation overhead, alternating sides, returning hand to shoulder each repetition

Starting position
standing
Joints
shoulder
Muscles
deltoid, rotator cuff, trapezius
Goal
postural correction, coordination, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand with hands on the shoulders. Elevate one arm towards the ceiling, lower the arm by placing the hand on shoulder. Repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.