Passive Contract-Relax Abduction

ShoulderMobility
Passive Contract-Relax Abduction

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Description

Lie on your back, with your shoulder in abduction and your arm extended. Your physical therapist will passively seek your maximum abduction. Perform an isometric adduction against the resistance of your physical therapist for a few seconds. Then your physical therapist will seek a new maximum amplitude in abduction.

Settings

Equipment
Physio
Positions
Supine Position
Difficulty
Easy
Movement
Abduction

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