Patient Exercises
PLEASE READ: before undertaking ANY exercise or exercise program, to avoid risk of injury or any health complications, you should first consult an appropriate healthcare professional. Whilst every effort has been made to make these exercises safe and clearly explained it is impossible for this type of generic advice to be complete, safe and effective in every individual case.
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Pectoralis/Subscapularis/Teres Major Stretch
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Bicep/Pectoral Stretch (Seated)
Place your hands on the sofa or two chairs and look forward, keeping your chest up.
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Serratus Anterior Push Up - Video
This is simply a ‘push up’ but instead of pushing up through your hands you push up through your elbows.
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Serratus Anterior Forward Shrugs & Forward Raises - Video
Both exercises can be done with or without a resistance band. EXERCISE ONE: FORWARD SHRUGS. Keep looking forwards throughout the exercise. Keeping your elbows straight firstly draw your shoulders blades back, squeezing them together, and then push them forwards, pulling them apart. EXERCISE TWO: FORWARD RAISES. Keep looking forwards throughout the exercise. Keeping your arms straight run your knuckles up a wall and then lower them back down again.
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