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forearm supination with elbow flexed - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

forearm supination with elbow flexed

rotate forearm from neutral to palm up position while maintaining elbow flexion at ninety degrees

Starting position
sitting
Joints
elbow, wrist
Muscles
biceps, supinator
Equipment
chair
Goal
postural correction, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Sit on a chair rest forearm on the arm rest of the chair while keeping the elbow bend and thumb pointing towards the ceiling. Rotate the forearm so that the palm faces the ceiling. Rotate back 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.