Supination

Teaching Points

• Tie one end of the band around something sturdy at waist height with the arm being worked furthest from the attachment point
  
  
• Wrap the other end around the end of a long thin object and hold the other end
  
  
• Bend your elbow and position the upper arm by your side
  
  
• Start with your hand positioned so that your palm faces down
  
  
• Supinate the hand (turn it over so that the palm faces up)
  
  
• Slowly return to the starting position

Muscles Worked

• Supinator
  
  
• Biceps Brachii
  
  
• Brachioradialis

Related Injuries

• Muscle and tendon inflammation
  
  
• De Quervains tenosynovitis