Therapeutic exercise for the shoulder

Range of Motion and Flexibility

• Pendulums
• Table Slides into flexion, external rotation, and abduction
• Supine active assist wands:
  • flexion
  • abduction
  • bilateral external rotation
  • unilateral external rotation and internal rotation at 0 degrees abduction
  • unilateral ER and IR at 45 degrees abduction
  • unilateral ER and IR at 90 degrees abduction
• Shoulder rolls or scapular squeezes
• Supine opposite arm assist flexion
• Standing active assist wands for flexion and abduction
• Flexion and abduction wall walks or wall slides
• Standing active range of motion into flexion, scaption, and abduction
• Horizontal adduction stretch/cross-body posterior capsule stretch
• side lying internal rotation stretch/sleeper stretch
• Towel behind back internal rotation stretch
• Inferior capsule stretch
• Doorway stretch

Strengthening

•  Isometrics for
  • flexion
  • extension
  • IR
  • ER
  • Abduction
  • Adduction
• Elastic resistance for:
  • IR/ER at 0 degrees abduction
  • IR/ER at 90 degrees abduction
  • extension
  • adduction
  • flexion
  • scaption
• Side lying external rotation
• Side lying internal rotation
• Full can
• Empty can
• Blackburns
  • Blackburn 1
  • Blackburn 2
  • Blackburn 3
  • Blackburn 4
  • Blackburn 5
  • Blackburn 6
• Supine Serratus punches
• Front and lateral deltoid raises
• Bent-over row
• Row machine
• Lat Pulldown
• Bench Press

Plyometrics

Closed-chain exercises

Manual Therapy techniques