Posterior Shoulder Stretch

Teaching Points

• Stand upright and cross one arm across your body
  
  
• Using the opposite arm, pull the elbow of the arm being stretched towards the opposite shoulder
  
  
• Hold for between 10 and 30 seconds

Variations

• Bend the elbow of the arm being stretched

Muscles Stretched

• Posterior Deltoid
  
  
• Supraspinatus
  
  
• Infraspinatus
  
  
• Rhomboids

Related Injuries

• Rotator cuff injuries
  
  
• Supraspinatus tear