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reaching upper back - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

reaching upper back

standing overhead reach across to opposite shoulder and upper back, promoting shoulder flexibility and range of motion.

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

How it is done

Stand arms by the side. Elevate the exercising arm overhead and try to reach the opposite shoulder and opposite upper back, lower the arm to starting position. Repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.