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

forearm supination with elbow extended

rotate forearm from neutral to palm up position while maintaining straight elbow and shoulder flexed to ninety degrees

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

How it is done

Sit and elevate the arm forward to 90 degrees keeping elbow straight with thumb facing the ceiling. Rotate the forearm so that the palm facing the ceiling. Rotate back to the starting position.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.