Sunday, July 19, 2020

Shoulder Rehab exercises with bands

The pain in the shoulder continues, but it's more of an annoying ache that shows up once in a while as I move around, just kind of "flickering" in and out.  When I first injured this shoulder, the doctor was not absolutely sure what the exact injury was, but he thought it might be subluxation or impingement.

There are a lot of videos which show exercises for shoulder rehab with bands.  This one stands out because the presenter places a lot more emphasis details that are glossed over in most other videos, such as positioning the body in relation to the band, positioning the band.  He also differs from the physical therapists in other videos in that he doesn't find a lot of patients who really need to practice internal rotation exercises for the rotator cuff.


I found one exercise in this video, unique to this video, that works well for my shoulder - it's just pressing the hand down on a chair or table and backing off while maintaining the pressure:


I went ahead and ordered a set of exercise bands, since physical therapists seem to generally recommend rotator cuff exercises with bands.

No comments:

Post a Comment