Instructions
- Stand with weight in your hand to the side of your body
- Knuckles towards the ceiling
- This can be completed with one arm or both arms as instructed by your physiotherapist
- Relax the shoulders and begin lifting the arm out to 90 degrees to the trunk
- Adapt the height you are lifting to according to advice from your physiotherapist
- Return to the start point slowly and controlled
- Repeat 10 times
Precautions
- Ensure that your shoulder blades are back and down and avoid hitching them towards your ears
- If you experience pain, stop the exercise and speak to your physiotherapist