After a shoulder procedure, it’s important to be proactive in your own recovery and advocate for yourself. That means listening to your surgeon’s post-op recovery instructions to the letter! Depending on your specific procedure and situation, you may be prescribed various rehabilitation exercises. In this article, we are going to walk through four shoulder resistive band strengthening exercises.
Resistive Band Strengthening Exercises
- Start by tying the rubber band that your healthcare provider supplied you with to a sturdy object. Begin the exercise by setting your scapulae or pinching them together. Now put yourself into a position to pull the rubber band toward your abdomen, paying attention that your elbow does not move away from your side or that your shoulder rotates forward as seen in picture 1.
- The next exercise is in the opposite direction away from your abdomen. Initiate this movement again by setting your scapulae, avoiding excessive movements from rotating your trunk, extending your wrist, and/or your elbow as seen in picture 2. A towel under the arm may be used to assist with keeping the elbow by the side.
- The third exercise will be to set the rubber band in a position to have resistance with reaching or punching forward as seen in picture 3.
- Finally, set the rubber band up in front of you so that you have resistance from it as you pull your arm toward your side. Never pull the rubber band so far that your elbow goes past your body
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