External Rotation

Teaching Points

• Start with the band attached to a fixed point to your side
  
  
• Hold other end of the band in the hand furthest from the bands attachment, with the elbow bent and upper arm by your side
  
  
• Keeping the elbow by your side, move your hand away from you as far as is comfortable
  
  
• Slowly return to the starting position

Muscles Worked

• Infraspinatus
  
  
• Teres Minor

Alternative exercises

• External rotation using a dumbbell

Related Injuries

• Shoulder Impingement
  
  
• Rotator Cuff Injuries