Dowel Shoulder Pull

ShoulderShoulder StretchShoulder Flexibility
Written By David Song

DOWEL SHOULDER PULL

This is a shoulder internal rotation stretch that utilizes a dowel. While standing hold a dowel behind your back with both hands. Have one hand holding the dowel at the small of your low back and the other hand holding it behind your neck. Use the healthy arm to push the target hand into tolerable shoulder abduction. Hold the end range for up to 10 seconds and return to starting position.

Structures Involved:

  • Rotator Cuff

    • Subscapularis

  • Glenohumeral Joint Capsule

  • AC Joint

Related Conditions:

  • Frozen Shoulder

  • AC Joint Sprain

  • Subscapularis Strain

  • Rotator Cuff Tear

  • Rotator Cuff Tendinitis / Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy / Rotator Cuff Tendinosus

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