Lateral Raise

Teaching Points

• Stand with one end of the band under your feet and the other end in one hand
  
  
• Start with your hand by your side and the band under slight tension
  
  
• Keep a small bend in the elbow as you raise your arm out to the side and just above shoulder height
  
  
• Slowly return back to the starting position.

Muscles Worked

• Anterior fibres of Deltoid
  
  
• Supraspinatus

Alternative exercises

• Lateral Raise using a dumbbell

Related Injuries

• Shoulder dislocations
  
  
• Rotator cuff injuries