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Active Shoulder Abduction

Active Shoulder Abduction: start and finish positions
Start and finish positions. Photographs by BoneArc.

How to do it

Stand with your arm at your side, palm facing in. Raise your arm out to the side and up overhead as far as comfortable, then lower it back down with control.

Body region
Shoulder
Position
Standing
Equipment
No equipment
Recovery phase
Mid recovery
Purpose
Strengthening

Used in home programs for

  • Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis
  • Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement
  • Rotator Cuff Repair
  • Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy
  • Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
  • Shoulder Replacement

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