01 Jan Plank Walk – Band
HOW: Begin in a high plank position with a band around your forearms. Bring out your arm and leg on the same side, allow the opposite side to follow up towards that side and repeat. REGRESSION: If too difficult perform this exercise on an...
01 Jan Side Plank – Reps
HOW: Begin in a full side plank with one foot in front of the other, keeping your body in one straight line from your heels to your hips to your shoulders. Hold for a few seconds, then drop your hips down on the floor....
01 Jan Quadruped Shoulder Ts – Band
HOW: Begin on your hands and knees, with your knees under your hips and your wrists under your shoulders. Place one end of the band underneath your stationary arm, with the other end of the band, bring out your arm in a T formation....
01 Jan Shoulder Flexion – Band Pull Apart
HOW: Begin with both hands at your side with a band looped around your wrists. While keeping tension on the band for the entirety of this exercise, elevate your arms overhead. The higher you get the more challenging this exercise will become. Make sure...
01 Jan Prone Ts
HOW: Lay face down with your forehead rested on a towel for comfort. With your arms elevated into a T formation, lift up as high as you can towards the ceiling. You should initiate the motion from the shoulder blade, then allow the shoulder...
01 Jan Scapula Clock – Arms Up
HOW: Begin with your arms in a 90 degree position, where your hands are directly in front of your shoulders. Move your shoulder blades up, back, down, and forward. Then repeat. Once going backward is performed, move in the opposite direction, initiating the motion...
01 Jan Bear Hug
HOW: being this exercise with a staggered stance, use either a theraband or crossover symmetry unit pulling from behind you. Push against the resistance to bring your arms all the way out in front of you, this includes pushing your shoulder blades away from...
01 Jan Posterior Cuff Soft Tissue Mobilization
HOW: Stand up leaning the back of your shoulder against a lacrosse ball or mobility ball into the wall. Cradle your arm against the ball with your opposite arm to keep it relaxed, from here you can work on the muscle. You have the...
30 Dec Shoulder Around The World – Wall Support
HOW: Standing about upper arm distance away from the wall. Begin with your hand by your side and palm facing towards you. Bring your arm up and around until you hit a “sticky” spot, then rotate your palm facing towards the wall. Follow this...
29 Dec Standing Sword – Band
HOW: Get set-up standing holding the ends of a band in each hand with an alternate grip, the side you will perform this on will have it’s palm facing forward with the other palm facing down. We will go over the example for the...
