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quadruped arm raise forward - beginner Trunk exercise
  • Trunk
  • beginner

quadruped arm raise forward

lift one arm forward to shoulder height while maintaining stable quadruped position on opposite hand and both knees.

Starting position
quadruped
Joints
shoulder, lumbar spine, thoracic spine
Muscles
deltoid, erector spinae, transverse abdominis, rotator cuff
Goal
postural correction, balance, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Get down on hands and knee position i.e on 4 points ( both hands and both knees), hands under the shoulder and knees under the hip. With maintaing the position, lift one hand off the floor straight forward to 90 degree. lower thehand 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.