03 Feb Face Pull – Band
HOW: Begin this exercise upright with the resistance band anchored at about shoulder height. Place your wrists inside a band, then pull your hands back and out to the side. You want to pull with the shoulder blades and the back of the shoulder...
11 Dec Shoulder Internal Rotation Lift Off – Behind Back
HOW: Get set up standing with your hand resting behind your back in a comfortable position. Begin the exercise by squeezing your shoulder blade directly back. While maintaining this, lift your hand off your back for the time prescribed. Return your hand to starting...
11 Dec Prone Thoracic Extension – Hands Behind Head
HOW: Get set up on your stomach with your hands positioned behind your head or fingertips to your ears, elbows up to shoulder height. Begin the exercise by squeezing your shoulder blades back together, lifting your elbows up off the ground towards the ceiling....
11 Dec Prone Shoulder IR/ER Switch
HOW: Get set up on your stomach with one arm behind your low back and the other behind your head. Begin the exercise by squeezing your shoulder blades back and then lifting your hands off your back/head. Refer to the video for how the...
11 Dec Prone Shoulder Internal Rotation Lift Off
HOW: Get set up laying on your stomach with your hand resting behind your back in a comfortable position. Begin the exercise by squeezing your shoulder blade directly back. While maintaining this, lift your hand off your back for the time prescribed. Return your...
11 Dec Shoulder Hand Behind Back – PROM
HOW: On the side you want to work on reaching behind your back, hold a towel with your palm facing backwards. Hold the towel with your other hand and depending on your range of motion, you can have the towel positioned behind the waist...
02 Dec Half Kneeling Thoracic Rotation – Closed, Medball
HOW: Begin in a half kneeling position with the leg away from the wall stabilized against the wall with a ball. With both hands directly in front of you, rotate one arm open attempting to reach the wall behind you. Exhale as you rotate,...
02 Dec Scapula Retraction – Band
HOW: Stand facing a resistance band with the anchor coming from shoulder height. While holding onto a band, pull back your shoulder blade as far as you can. Make sure to stand back far enough to allow your shoulder blade to come forward when...
02 Dec Half Kneeling Thoracic Windmill – Closed, Ball
HOW: Begin in a half kneeling position with the leg towards the wall stabilized against the wall with a ball. With both hands directly in front of you, rotate one arm towards the wall attempting to reach the wall behind you. Exhale as you...
02 Dec Half Kneeling Thoracic Rotation – Open, Ball
HOW: Begin in a half kneeling position with the leg towards the wall stabilized against the wall with a ball. With both hands directly in front of you, rotate one arm open attempting to reach the wall behind you. Exhale as you rotate, inhale...
