Therapeutic exercise for the shoulder
Range of Motion and Flexibility
- Pendulums
- Table Slides into flexion, external rotation, and abduction
- Supine active assist wands:
- flexion
- abduction
- bilateral external rotation
- unilateral external rotation and internal rotation at 0 degrees abduction
- unilateral ER and IR at 45 degrees abduction
- unilateral ER and IR at 90 degrees abduction
- Shoulder rolls or scapular squeezes
- Supine opposite arm assist flexion
- Standing active assist wands for flexion and abduction
- Flexion and abduction wall walks or wall slides
- Standing active range of motion into flexion, scaption, and abduction
- Horizontal adduction stretch/cross-body posterior capsule stretch
- side lying internal rotation stretch/sleeper stretch
- Towel behind back internal rotation stretch
- Inferior capsule stretch
- Doorway stretch
Strengthening
- Isometrics for
- flexion
- extension
- IR
- ER
- Abduction
- Adduction
- Elastic resistance for:
- IR/ER at 0 degrees abduction
- IR/ER at 90 degrees abduction
- extension
- adduction
- flexion
- scaption
- Side lying external rotation
- Side lying internal rotation
- Full can
- Empty can
- Blackburns
- Blackburn 1
- Blackburn 2
- Blackburn 3
- Blackburn 4
- Blackburn 5
- Blackburn 6
- Supine Serratus punches
- Front and lateral deltoid raises
- Bent-over row
- Row machine
- Lat Pulldown
- Bench Press
Plyometrics
Closed-chain exercises
Manual Therapy techniques