Exercise cues/tips:

• Start with your arms by your side with a band around the wrists

• Pull apart your arms to place tension on the band, and begin to reach overhead while keeping tension on the band throughout

 

Muscle groups targeted:

• Rotator cuff

• Scapula

• Shoulder

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Exercise progression:

• Banded wall walkouts 

 

Exercise regression:

• Banded IR/ER

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❗Steuri et al. (2017) described this exercise, among others, as effective as improving pain, function and range of motion in patients with subacromial pain.​

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