Elbow · Mid recovery
Elbow Flexion-Extension
How to do it
Sit with your arm resting at your side, elbow straight. Bend your elbow to bring your hand toward your shoulder, then straighten it back out. Move slowly through the full motion.
- Body region
- Elbow
- Position
- Seated
- Equipment
- No equipment
- Recovery phase
- Mid recovery
- Purpose
- Strengthening
Used in home programs for
- Clavicle Fracture (Non-Operative)
- Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)
- Medial Epicondylitis (Golfer's Elbow)
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