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external rotation with resistance band - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

external rotation with resistance band

bilateral shoulder external rotation at 90 degrees elbow flexion using resistance band for rotator cuff strengthening.

Starting position
standing
Joints
shoulder, elbow
Muscles
rotator cuff, posterior deltoid, infraspinatus, teres minor
Equipment
resistance band
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand, bend the elbows to 90 degrees such that thumb pointing away from each other, with holding either end of theraband with each hand. Rotate the arm away from each other without moving the elbow, rotate 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.