03 Feb Scapula Retraction Ball Toss
HOW: Use a light option to push back and forth behind your back. Make sure your shoulder blades are pulled back for the entirety of this exercise. FEEL: You will feel your shoulders and shoulder blades working with this exercise. COMPENSATION: Avoid allowing your...
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...
30 Dec Hook Lying Single Arm Serratus Scoop – Band
HOW: Get set up in a hook lying position as shown in the video with a band around your back under your arms, then crisscross the band in front of you and hold the ends of the band in each hand. While keeping your...
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...
04 Dec Push Up Plus – Wall
HOW: Begin with your forearms against the wall while keeping your body in line (feet up to shoulders). Allow the scapula to sag then push the scapula away from you by pushing your chest away from the wall. This will cause rounding of the...
04 Dec Plank Push Up – Band Around Head
HOW: Begin in a plank position on your hands and feet with a band wrapped around the back of your head. Spread your shoulder blades by pushing your chest away from the floor. In this position perform a chin tuck, try creating a double...