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push up plus - beginner Trunk exercise
  • Trunk
  • beginner

push up plus

push floor with hands to protract scapulae, then retract and repeat in push-up position.

Starting position
prone, quadruped
Joints
shoulder, thoracic spine
Muscles
trapezius, serratus anterior, rhomboids, pectoralis minor
Goal
postural correction, stability, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Push-up position, so that feet, knees, hips, trunk and shoulder are in one line. Push the floor with hands rounding the shoulders. Release the push to unround the shoulders and repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.