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Courtesy of University Sports Medicine
www.ubsportsmed.buffalo.edu
1. SCAPULAR RANGE OF MOTION - Shrug your shoulders up. Then squeeze your shoulder blades together. Then relax your shoulder blades down. Hold each position for 5 seconds. Repeat 10 times. Do 3 sets.
2. SHOULDER FLEXION (USING WAND) - Stand upright and hold a stick in both hands. Stretch your arms by lifting them over your head, keeping your elbows straight. Do not raise them past the point of pain. Hold that position for 5 seconds. Return to the starting position. Repeat 10 times.
3. SHOULDER EXTERNAL ROTATION (USING WAND) - Lie on your back and hold a stick in both hands with your palms up. Your upper arms should be resting on the floor, and your elbows at your sides bent at 90 degrees. Using your good arm, push your injured arm out away from your body while keeping the elbow of your injured arm at your side. Hold that position for 5 seconds. Return to the starting position. Repeat 10 times.
4. SHOULDER EXTENSION (USING WAND) - Stand upright holding a stick in both hands behind your back. Move the stick away from your back. Hold that position for 5 seconds. Return to the starting position. Repeat 10 times.
5. (ISOMETRICS) EXTERNAL ROTATION - Standing in a doorway with your elbow bent 90 degrees and the back of your hand pressing the doorframe, attempt to press your hand outward into the door frame. Hold that position for 5 seconds. Return to the starting position. Repeat 10 times.
6. (ISOMETRICS) INTERNAL ROTATION - Standing in a doorway with your elbow bent 90 degrees and the front of your hand pressing the doorframe, attempt to press your palm into the door frame. Hold that position for 5 seconds. Return to the starting position. Repeat 10 times.
7. (TUBE) EXTERNAL ROTATION - Stand resting the hand of your injured side against your stomach. With that hand, grasp tubing that is connected to a door knob or other object at waist level. Keeping you elbow in at your side, rotate your arm outward and away from your waist. Make sure you keep your elbow bent at 90 degrees and your forearm parallel to the floor. Repeat 10 times. Build up to 3 sets of 10.
8. SUPRASPINATUS EXERCISE - Standing with your arms at your sides and your thumbs pointed toward the floor, lean your trunk forward slightly. Lift your arms up and out from your sides, keeping your elbows straight. Lift your hands only to shoulder level. Hold for 5 seconds. Repeat 10 times. Do 3 sets. Gradually add weight to your hands to increase your strength.
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