1Elbow Flexion and Extension
- In a seated or standing position keep your arm by your side.
- From this position, bring the palm of your hand up towards your shoulder in its full available range.
- Control the back of your hand back down to a straightened position.
- Repeat as per physiotherapist instructions.
2Shoulder Pendulum
- Position the unaffected hand onto a firm surface roughly at waist height (bench, tabletop, back of a chair).
- Come into a lunge position with the feet and allow the weight to come into the hand that is supported.
- Completely relax the affected arm and let gravity act in this position.
- Using the legs rocking forwards and backwards allow the arm to swing forwards and backwards.
- By changing the position of the feet, utilise momentum to move the affected arm in a circular motion and side to side.
- Complete a number of repetitions as designated by your Physiotherapist.
3Scapula Retraction
- Come into an upright standing or sitting position with the head stacked over the pelvis and the chin slightly tucked down.
- Draw the shoulder blades together and hold as instructed by therapist.
- Return to the start position with control, maintaining an upright posture.
4Scapula Retraction
- Come into an upright standing or sitting position with the head stacked over the pelvis and the chin slightly tucked down.
- Draw the shoulder blades together and hold as instructed by therapist.
- Return to the start position with control, maintaining an upright posture.
only go to neutral, use opposite hand to assist through range
5Shoulder Abduction Pulley
- Stand under your shoulder pulley device and hold on to the handles.
- Extend one arm out to your side with the other handle resting in front of your chest.
- Pull down slowly on the handle in front of your chest to assist you raising your opposite arm above your head.
- Gently guide your arm back down by slowly raising your other hand back to the start position.
- Complete this exercise as prescribed by your physiotherapist.
face towards the pulley as practised in clinic and do not go above Surgeons Ranges